Highest-paying Cities for Postsecondary Communications Teachers

The top 100 highest paying cities for postsecondary communications teachers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of postsecondary communications teachers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $141,980, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California is the highest paying city for postsecondary communications teachers. It is followed by Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California (average annual salary $130,760). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of postsecondary communications teachers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Postsecondary Communications Teachers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$141,980	$72,890	170
2	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$130,760	$72,510	330
3	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$116,630	$59,070	910
4	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$110,850	$49,090	220
5	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$107,560	$54,040	250
6	Fresno, California	$104,760	$64,170	60
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$104,380	$64,360	280
8	New Haven, Connecticut	$100,420	$77,370	110
9	Worcester, Massachusetts	$100,380	$60,100	30
10	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$99,410	$50,050	3,140
11	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$99,370	$65,320	140
12	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$99,280	$45,800	40
13	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$96,900	$66,160	200
14	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$94,340	$46,760	220
15	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$94,150	$50,680	1,370
16	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$91,640	$58,500	150
17	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$91,590	$49,930	110
18	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$88,550	$61,570	120
19	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$86,930	$36,000	30
20	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$85,830	$39,650	60
21	Madison, Wisconsin	$84,910	$52,740	120
22	Camden, New Jersey	$84,340	$48,060	140
23	Syracuse, New York	$83,890	$40,250	370
24	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$83,800	$45,950	90
25	Stockton, California	$83,580	$49,290	n/a
26	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$83,130	$48,380	110
27	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$82,990	$47,630	730
28	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$82,830	$40,260	180
29	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$82,770	$60,670	120
30	Fargo, North Dakota	$82,720	$39,930	40
31	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$82,590	$50,260	130
32	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$82,460	$39,110	110
33	Gainesville, Florida	$82,110	$41,230	130
34	Salisbury, Maryland	$81,860	$59,830	50
35	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$81,550	$36,350	30
36	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$81,550	$45,350	510
37	Toledo, Ohio	$81,460	$37,860	70
38	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$81,250	$48,200	50
39	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$81,180	$47,460	70
40	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$80,980	$41,470	50
41	Lubbock, Texas	$80,970	$18,470	150
42	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$80,850	$49,980	n/a
43	Springfield, Massachusetts	$80,620	$61,880	70
44	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$80,500	$51,960	200
45	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$79,960	$50,600	400
46	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$79,930	$50,570	500
47	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$79,560	$48,500	140
48	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$79,260	$48,230	70
49	Tallahassee, Florida	$78,970	$54,190	50
50	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$78,900	$47,420	60
51	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$78,900	$48,520	80
52	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$78,840	$40,510	90
53	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$78,830	$50,380	50
54	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$78,780	$53,520	40
55	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$78,780	$39,950	430
56	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$78,770	$30,880	190
57	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$78,610	$61,760	30
58	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$78,340	$49,630	700
59	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$78,270	$48,360	50
60	Columbia, South Carolina	$78,150	$52,100	90
61	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$77,910	$48,910	50
62	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$77,880	$47,970	100
63	Memphis, Tennessee	$77,630	$48,560	30
64	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$77,630	$48,000	40
65	El Paso, Texas	$77,000	$46,920	50
66	Salt Lake City, Utah	$76,480	$22,170	80
67	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$76,390	$49,720	100
68	Columbus, Ohio	$75,990	$48,280	290
69	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$75,960	$48,320	40
70	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$75,910	$29,690	n/a
71	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$75,690	$48,960	80
72	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$75,650	$48,540	50
73	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$75,410	$48,160	820
74	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$75,240	$48,520	1,350
75	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$75,220	$52,630	220
76	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$75,150	$36,360	90
77	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$75,020	$49,300	60
78	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$74,520	$47,300	50
79	Bellingham, Washington	$74,370	$47,660	40
80	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$74,320	$49,080	30
81	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$74,260	$38,200	390
82	Lincoln, Nebraska	$74,190	$43,800	80
83	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$73,930	$40,850	430
84	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$73,830	$48,780	280
85	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$73,200	$41,020	80
86	Utica-Rome, New York	$73,190	$35,980	30
87	Bismarck, North Dakota	$72,570	$48,240	30
88	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$72,380	$48,960	n/a
89	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$72,290	$45,910	80
90	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$72,270	$46,410	40
91	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$72,180	$48,180	40
92	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$72,090	$53,160	70
93	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$71,780	$21,990	160
94	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$71,600	$34,740	70
95	St Louis, Missouri	$71,450	$40,010	210
96	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$71,100	$37,640	810
97	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$71,090	$22,180	160
98	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$70,940	$50,050	80
99	Tucson, Arizona	$70,330	$50,400	70
100	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$70,250	$47,740	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for postsecondary communications teachers.