Highest-paying Cities for Postsecondary Engineering Teachers

The top 100 highest paying cities for postsecondary engineering 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 engineering teachers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $152,620, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for postsecondary engineering teachers. It is followed by Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas (average annual salary $150,900). 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 engineering teachers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$152,620	$76,440	250
2	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$150,900	$43,560	n/a
3	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$141,070	$82,700	120
4	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$141,020	$50,280	460
5	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$137,490	$61,520	340
6	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$135,120	$106,120	530
7	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$132,600	$63,390	640
8	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$131,760	$67,880	1,220
9	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$131,430	$78,550	1,800
10	Knoxville, Tennessee	$128,640	$80,530	220
11	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$127,480	$74,740	280
12	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$126,960	$62,230	n/a
13	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$126,560	$67,250	210
14	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$126,050	$73,980	460
15	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$124,990	$49,900	n/a
16	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$123,670	$67,350	630
17	Springfield, Massachusetts	$122,670	$86,120	240
18	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$122,570	$67,880	220
19	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$119,940	$59,250	150
20	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$118,480	$18,710	40
21	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$116,490	$57,660	240
22	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$113,660	$62,300	30
23	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$110,470	$57,730	550
24	Akron, Ohio	$109,970	$51,850	180
25	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$109,840	$67,020	140
26	Madison, Wisconsin	$109,690	$66,660	250
27	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$109,380	$62,400	990
28	Camden, New Jersey	$109,170	$63,740	110
29	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$108,670	$78,980	110
30	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$108,460	$65,380	420
31	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$108,440	$76,450	80
32	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$108,420	$55,040	260
33	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$108,410	$48,520	690
34	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$108,020	$63,160	2,030
35	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$107,900	$61,970	760
36	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$107,340	$49,270	370
37	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$107,320	$53,720	750
38	Kansas City, Missouri	$107,290	$63,700	90
39	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$107,070	$54,640	1,250
40	Rochester, New York	$105,860	$64,750	400
41	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$105,840	$52,650	180
42	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$105,780	$50,500	270
43	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$105,620	$59,320	330
44	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$105,250	$62,130	570
45	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$105,250	$61,980	500
46	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$105,020	$59,710	260
47	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$104,940	$50,180	110
48	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$104,590	$62,190	660
49	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$104,530	$62,410	310
50	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$104,420	$50,630	120
51	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$104,150	$63,690	380
52	Columbia, South Carolina	$104,060	$49,290	240
53	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$103,990	$39,240	30
54	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$103,640	$45,870	600
55	Columbus, Ohio	$103,340	$50,010	540
56	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$103,060	$80,700	70
57	Fresno, California	$102,990	$53,480	50
58	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$102,770	$51,290	80
59	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$102,660	$63,400	250
60	Tucson, Arizona	$102,360	$63,030	220
61	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$102,150	$61,810	100
62	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$102,120	$61,950	30
63	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$102,110	$60,810	360
64	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$101,900	$53,800	220
65	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$101,890	$48,830	90
66	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$101,600	$48,910	70
67	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$101,480	$63,670	190
68	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$101,470	$62,820	710
69	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$101,390	$46,740	1,560
70	North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$100,980	$66,260	210
71	St Louis, Missouri	$100,900	$58,580	180
72	New Haven, Connecticut	$100,840	$97,110	120
73	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$100,630	$48,600	270
74	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$100,410	$71,700	170
75	Lincoln, Nebraska	$100,270	$56,360	90
76	Huntsville, Alabama	$100,150	$61,010	110
77	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$100,070	$61,240	100
78	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$99,930	$63,910	50
79	Salt Lake City, Utah	$99,710	$30,690	210
80	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$99,590	$55,220	110
81	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$99,510	$49,470	250
82	Syracuse, New York	$99,040	$60,680	190
83	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$98,890	$57,370	70
84	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$98,830	$44,050	360
85	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$98,740	$64,430	110
86	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$98,570	$66,870	110
87	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$98,570	$77,870	50
88	Dayton, Ohio	$98,520	$48,960	100
89	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$98,260	$53,300	40
90	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$98,230	$58,330	40
91	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$98,210	$62,890	120
92	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$97,980	$61,540	360
93	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$97,900	$22,310	120
94	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$97,780	$50,540	100
95	Memphis, Tennessee	$97,140	$44,690	80
96	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$96,830	$61,130	110
97	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$96,150	$63,480	200
98	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$96,050	$22,480	290
99	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$95,450	$56,510	230
100	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$94,500	$47,850	270

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