Highest-paying Cities for Postsecondary Foreign Language and Literature Teachers

The top 100 highest paying cities for postsecondary foreign language and literature 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 foreign language and literature teachers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $131,550, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California is the highest paying city for postsecondary foreign language and literature teachers. It is followed by Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California (average annual salary $130,020). 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 foreign language and literature teachers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Postsecondary Foreign Language and Literature Teachers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$131,550	$63,480	80
2	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$130,020	$51,790	210
3	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$122,600	$41,960	170
4	Fresno, California	$107,500	$64,170	60
5	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$106,330	$70,440	40
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$105,090	$61,360	140
7	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$102,330	$50,820	160
8	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$101,110	$51,170	510
9	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$101,090	$62,410	50
10	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$97,570	$49,500	1,490
11	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$97,080	$30,440	50
12	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$96,940	$59,710	60
13	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$90,570	$52,760	130
14	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$90,190	$60,190	280
15	Ithaca, New York	$87,930	$55,890	90
16	Bellingham, Washington	$87,920	$54,870	30
17	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$86,100	$54,270	180
18	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$84,790	$48,140	80
19	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$84,350	$54,390	40
20	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$83,890	$43,220	220
21	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$83,390	$37,250	80
22	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$83,320	$65,750	140
23	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$83,280	$50,640	200
24	Madison, Wisconsin	$83,260	$51,570	120
25	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$83,250	$49,190	30
26	Worcester, Massachusetts	$82,720	$59,280	40
27	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$82,630	$52,130	130
28	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$82,230	$57,620	100
29	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$82,180	$65,390	210
30	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$82,160	$37,830	190
31	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$81,950	$60,440	690
32	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$81,610	$61,040	100
33	Provo-Orem, Utah	$81,460	$61,550	60
34	Binghamton, New York	$81,220	$41,470	50
35	Kansas City, Missouri	$80,750	$47,740	70
36	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$80,700	$52,460	520
37	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$80,650	$19,580	130
38	Camden, New Jersey	$80,470	$30,890	100
39	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$79,420	$63,080	50
40	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$79,410	$39,170	30
41	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$79,200	$50,480	180
42	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$79,140	$51,070	50
43	Columbia, South Carolina	$78,910	$62,100	60
44	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$78,610	$57,970	70
45	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$78,340	$45,860	30
46	Mayaguez, Puerto Rico	$78,310	$45,760	40
47	St Louis, Missouri	$78,210	$51,800	160
48	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$78,160	$61,290	30
49	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$78,120	$21,150	40
50	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$77,900	$48,230	870
51	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$77,810	$48,730	790
52	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$77,650	$47,800	130
53	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$77,580	$38,380	1,320
54	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$77,440	$47,940	40
55	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$77,370	$49,990	200
56	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$77,240	$49,470	350
57	New Haven, Connecticut	$77,040	$61,250	130
58	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$76,970	$48,980	140
59	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$76,940	$41,130	80
60	Rochester, New York	$76,810	$48,130	60
61	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$76,660	$59,660	190
62	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$76,530	$48,180	110
63	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$76,510	$62,310	100
64	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$76,500	$43,900	130
65	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$76,430	$50,740	40
66	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$75,990	$42,030	470
67	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$75,570	$63,500	70
68	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$75,400	$46,100	n/a
69	Utica-Rome, New York	$74,850	$30,710	30
70	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$74,820	$50,620	80
71	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$74,580	$39,660	920
72	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$73,960	$38,480	40
73	Fargo, North Dakota	$73,940	$39,170	40
74	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$73,490	$48,050	30
75	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$73,490	$44,760	150
76	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$73,470	$53,480	30
77	South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$73,380	$43,110	30
78	Springfield, Massachusetts	$73,250	$58,300	60
79	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$72,590	$42,800	50
80	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$72,520	$39,860	1,930
81	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$72,480	$51,080	90
82	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$71,620	$41,170	70
83	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$70,830	$51,090	50
84	Columbus, Ohio	$70,800	$49,540	200
85	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$70,490	$43,510	70
86	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$69,460	$49,860	90
87	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$69,420	$35,970	100
88	Reading, Pennsylvania	$69,240	$33,440	40
89	Bloomington, Illinois	$68,920	$37,860	n/a
90	El Paso, Texas	$68,040	$32,410	100
91	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$67,630	$41,840	40
92	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$67,620	$45,570	1,230
93	Springfield, Missouri	$67,350	$44,120	40
94	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$67,270	$33,570	70
95	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$66,610	$43,950	140
96	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$66,570	$41,590	60
97	North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$66,410	$50,710	80
98	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$66,180	$36,730	290
99	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$65,940	$41,560	40
100	Memphis, Tennessee	$65,930	$44,720	50

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for postsecondary foreign language and literature teachers.