Highest-paying Cities for Environmental Science Teachers

The top 70 highest paying cities for environmental science 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 environmental science teachers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $139,210, Ann Arbor, Michigan is the highest paying city for environmental science teachers. It is followed by Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington (average annual salary $138,720). 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 environmental science teachers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 70 Highest-paying cities/areas for Environmental Science Teachers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$139,210	$86,950	80
2	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$138,720	$55,830	70
3	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$109,440	$40,440	n/a
4	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$108,550	$41,290	50
5	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$107,160	$64,490	110
6	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$106,280	$61,690	50
7	Salt Lake City, Utah	$105,650	$46,150	30
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$104,350	$59,710	90
9	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$104,110	$51,560	90
10	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$103,400	$74,380	70
11	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$103,050	$61,740	60
12	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$102,120	$54,250	50
13	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$100,820	$40,750	60
14	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$100,720	$41,840	50
15	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$100,310	$50,360	630
16	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$99,980	$53,600	90
17	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$98,530	$52,570	120
18	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$96,840	$48,240	40
19	Manchester, New Hampshire	$96,400	$74,330	n/a
20	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$94,920	$56,920	110
21	Boulder, Colorado	$94,370	$50,830	50
22	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$93,930	$53,030	80
23	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$93,880	$58,470	120
24	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$93,590	$24,000	40
25	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$93,250	$32,530	n/a
26	Springfield, Massachusetts	$91,810	$55,350	30
27	Columbus, Ohio	$88,320	$45,110	50
28	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$87,450	$55,820	40
29	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$86,690	$46,250	40
30	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$86,210	$52,080	80
31	Toledo, Ohio	$85,760	$38,630	40
32	Syracuse, New York	$85,430	$52,250	70
33	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$85,060	$41,980	210
34	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$84,610	$43,120	40
35	Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$83,900	$50,390	30
36	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$83,890	$51,360	40
37	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$83,710	$61,960	60
38	Bloomington, Indiana	$83,280	$51,940	150
39	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$82,630	$50,790	40
40	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$81,310	$37,190	n/a
41	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$79,750	$25,900	60
42	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$79,730	$56,850	70
43	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$78,960	$57,480	100
44	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$77,910	$51,130	360
45	Bellingham, Washington	$77,850	$31,430	50
46	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$77,790	$34,350	40
47	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$77,540	$54,890	130
48	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$77,470	$46,400	140
49	Worcester, Massachusetts	$74,860	$36,620	70
50	New Haven, Connecticut	$74,490	$51,740	60
51	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$74,460	$34,730	60
52	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$74,210	$39,020	40
53	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$74,160	$49,360	170
54	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$74,070	$45,760	40
55	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$70,480	$44,410	90
56	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$67,060	$51,410	40
57	Richmond, Virginia	$65,820	$35,790	30
58	Rochester, New York	$65,600	$41,930	80
59	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$63,870	$27,760	n/a
60	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$62,200	$49,120	120
61	Salisbury, Maryland	$61,690	$38,640	40
62	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$60,600	$45,720	30
63	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$59,780	$43,680	n/a
64	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$57,310	$36,030	30
65	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$56,160	$56,160	50
66	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$55,220	$32,340	60
67	Asheville, North Carolina	$54,390	$28,170	40
68	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$54,390	$36,650	40
69	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$52,710	$29,620	60
70	St Louis, Missouri	$31,210	$25,950	40

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for environmental science teachers.