Highest-paying Cities for Postsecondary Education Teachers

The top 100 highest paying cities for postsecondary education 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 education teachers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $139,780, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is the highest paying city for postsecondary education teachers. It is followed by Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California (average annual salary $135,340). 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 education teachers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$139,780	$41,960	520
2	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$135,340	$45,380	200
3	Auburn-Opelika, Alabama	$102,730	$63,090	130
4	Stockton, California	$102,340	$47,080	130
5	Gainesville, Florida	$100,040	$55,990	140
6	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$98,860	$40,560	4,980
7	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$92,730	$43,350	100
8	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$92,170	$19,250	310
9	Greeley, Colorado	$90,690	$51,560	160
10	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$90,070	$50,480	410
11	Toledo, Ohio	$86,930	$50,320	100
12	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$84,540	$53,980	40
13	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$84,460	$42,960	30
14	Binghamton, New York	$84,130	$42,590	40
15	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$83,920	$56,220	100
16	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$83,740	$50,860	250
17	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$83,050	$51,890	580
18	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$82,690	$49,140	80
19	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$82,520	$45,450	260
20	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$82,450	$49,920	80
21	Madison, Wisconsin	$81,960	$40,140	250
22	Janesville, Wisconsin	$81,840	$55,820	60
23	Springfield, Massachusetts	$81,550	$47,290	200
24	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$81,300	$51,290	110
25	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$81,250	$47,760	140
26	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$81,170	$40,600	150
27	Provo-Orem, Utah	$80,910	$64,930	110
28	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$80,810	$48,300	500
29	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$80,380	$47,790	390
30	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$79,840	$43,670	1,460
31	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$79,840	$40,620	320
32	Rochester, New York	$79,830	$38,500	430
33	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$79,780	$20,000	50
34	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$79,600	$30,440	160
35	Syracuse, New York	$79,440	$37,360	200
36	Anchorage, Alaska	$79,410	$62,460	30
37	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$78,960	$57,520	40
38	Columbia, South Carolina	$78,910	$47,100	160
39	Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$78,820	$52,630	40
40	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$78,670	$45,580	40
41	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$78,650	$38,500	110
42	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$78,600	$48,490	380
43	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$78,360	$48,580	550
44	Worcester, Massachusetts	$78,350	$51,360	80
45	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$78,330	$61,400	320
46	North Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$78,320	$46,780	120
47	New Haven, Connecticut	$78,270	$64,050	90
48	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$78,140	$40,230	120
49	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$78,070	$45,720	1,030
50	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$78,040	$36,510	400
51	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$78,040	$42,390	810
52	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$78,020	$48,080	310
53	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$78,010	$30,840	300
54	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$78,000	$47,980	1,200
55	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$77,950	$51,180	170
56	Salt Lake City, Utah	$77,900	$30,680	140
57	Rome, Georgia	$77,660	$35,360	n/a
58	Memphis, Tennessee	$77,610	$52,030	80
59	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$77,400	$44,790	30
60	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$77,310	$51,600	120
61	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$77,020	$41,080	130
62	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$77,020	$48,430	350
63	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$76,850	$36,480	40
64	Dover, Delaware	$76,840	$24,320	30
65	Laredo, Texas	$76,740	$35,010	40
66	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$76,740	$39,730	150
67	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$76,450	$47,220	1,010
68	Lincoln, Nebraska	$76,380	$47,030	320
69	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$76,300	$46,580	80
70	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$76,290	$21,730	150
71	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$76,190	$49,540	60
72	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$75,970	$41,070	460
73	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$75,630	$46,420	50
74	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$75,020	$54,420	130
75	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$74,830	$38,200	330
76	East Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$74,770	$53,790	80
77	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$74,700	$38,740	670
78	Lubbock, Texas	$74,700	$19,130	280
79	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$74,550	$48,070	370
80	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$74,330	$37,600	730
81	Tucson, Arizona	$74,190	$44,630	100
82	Wilmington, New Jersey	$73,980	$38,540	140
83	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$73,940	$40,020	2,940
84	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$73,910	$34,630	1,110
85	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$73,800	$46,620	130
86	Knoxville, Tennessee	$73,310	$45,930	120
87	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$73,060	$37,240	420
88	El Paso, Texas	$73,050	$27,990	150
89	Salem, Oregon	$72,880	$37,470	70
90	Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$72,380	$52,210	n/a
91	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$71,970	$39,520	260
92	Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$71,200	$45,660	70
93	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$70,950	$34,090	240
94	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$70,090	$28,660	40
95	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$70,040	$17,470	150
96	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$69,800	$47,310	40
97	Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$69,650	$41,600	60
98	Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$69,280	$40,360	90
99	Columbus, Ohio	$69,140	$36,720	450
100	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$69,130	$23,180	150

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