Highest-paying Cities for Postsecondary Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers

The top 100 highest paying cities for postsecondary criminal justice and law enforcement 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 criminal justice and law enforcement teachers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $165,000, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California is the highest paying city for postsecondary criminal justice and law enforcement teachers. It is followed by Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (average annual salary $133,310). 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 criminal justice and law enforcement teachers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Postsecondary Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$165,000	$62,040	180
2	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$133,310	$105,660	230
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$130,160	$63,740	240
4	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$127,670	$64,360	40
5	Madison, Wisconsin	$125,470	$74,410	130
6	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$120,890	$59,820	30
7	El Paso, Texas	$118,030	$29,540	50
8	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$110,360	$41,650	80
9	Fresno, California	$104,710	$64,520	120
10	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$103,180	$59,630	60
11	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$98,210	$70,490	70
12	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$96,330	$76,490	80
13	Springfield, Missouri	$89,610	$49,860	60
14	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$86,980	$46,310	100
15	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$85,900	$61,180	30
16	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$84,220	$56,960	100
17	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$83,980	$60,690	110
18	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$83,860	$32,330	100
19	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$83,770	$39,020	50
20	Kansas City, Missouri	$83,210	$48,090	90
21	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$82,190	$41,860	140
22	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$80,570	$47,290	80
23	St Louis, Missouri	$80,500	$40,410	150
24	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$80,280	$37,220	90
25	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$79,930	$45,290	40
26	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$79,920	$38,260	900
27	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$79,730	$44,540	90
28	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$79,100	$48,390	40
29	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$78,900	$48,520	100
30	Worcester, Massachusetts	$78,050	$47,380	30
31	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$77,870	$50,620	210
32	Tallahassee, Florida	$77,680	$51,710	30
33	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$77,670	$48,990	100
34	Columbia, South Carolina	$77,480	$46,230	40
35	Syracuse, New York	$76,830	$48,730	60
36	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$76,710	$45,670	200
37	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$76,690	$62,660	40
38	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$76,330	$50,960	60
39	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$76,100	$36,540	210
40	Columbus, Ohio	$75,840	$38,970	190
41	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$75,690	$41,700	120
42	Fayetteville, North Carolina	$74,890	$57,790	50
43	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$74,670	$47,370	40
44	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$74,120	$48,710	50
45	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$74,000	$35,790	220
46	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$73,570	$29,430	260
47	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$73,370	$46,070	70
48	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$72,760	$50,130	60
49	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$72,490	$33,780	70
50	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$71,450	$29,360	460
51	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$70,420	$57,680	40
52	Ponce, Puerto Rico	$70,240	$17,540	60
53	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$70,060	$48,740	40
54	Provo-Orem, Utah	$69,440	$39,640	190
55	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$68,380	$38,570	240
56	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$67,980	$21,940	210
57	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$67,470	$38,110	80
58	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$67,250	$40,020	80
59	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$66,670	$50,050	30
60	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$66,570	$52,290	370
61	Springfield, Massachusetts	$66,360	$51,070	50
62	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$66,290	$49,660	130
63	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$66,030	$51,100	90
64	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$65,820	$31,230	50
65	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$65,760	$36,720	930
66	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$65,670	$18,310	150
67	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$65,520	$22,110	50
68	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$65,480	$30,610	40
69	North Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$65,470	$41,270	n/a
70	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$65,430	$40,390	60
71	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$65,260	$48,220	40
72	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$65,160	$58,490	90
73	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$65,140	$51,450	110
74	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$64,990	$48,660	190
75	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$64,970	$45,120	120
76	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$64,870	$49,270	40
77	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$64,750	$51,200	110
78	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$64,620	$19,350	50
79	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$64,510	$39,320	450
80	Reading, Pennsylvania	$64,490	$38,700	30
81	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$64,440	$34,060	n/a
82	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$64,270	$48,860	70
83	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$64,110	$40,610	80
84	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$63,970	$48,300	40
85	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$63,910	$39,040	60
86	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$63,900	$59,220	30
87	Toledo, Ohio	$63,880	$50,220	40
88	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$63,350	$52,490	30
89	Richmond, Virginia	$63,250	$47,890	40
90	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$63,250	$39,130	330
91	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$63,210	$34,910	50
92	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$63,180	$29,400	40
93	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$63,010	$18,380	30
94	Rochester, New York	$63,000	$38,020	50
95	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$62,890	$37,820	290
96	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$62,730	$51,990	30
97	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$62,310	$46,320	40
98	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$62,120	$41,580	30
99	Utica-Rome, New York	$61,860	$41,050	60
100	Montgomery, Alabama	$61,850	$40,410	40

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for postsecondary criminal justice and law enforcement teachers.