Highest-paying Cities for Postsecondary History Teachers

The top 100 highest paying cities for postsecondary history 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 history teachers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $128,060, Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California is the highest paying city for postsecondary history teachers. It is followed by Fresno, California (average annual salary $123,850). 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 history teachers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$128,060	$65,120	180
2	Fresno, California	$123,850	$64,170	30
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$120,130	$64,930	130
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$119,450	$67,760	100
5	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$115,060	$62,730	70
6	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$107,420	$59,840	50
7	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$107,090	$41,960	150
8	Madison, Wisconsin	$106,690	$49,040	70
9	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$105,820	$63,680	40
10	Utica-Rome, New York	$104,970	$51,520	40
11	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$104,140	$58,600	160
12	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$103,650	$57,590	330
13	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$103,480	$47,930	140
14	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$103,210	$53,480	1,520
15	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$102,640	$81,750	50
16	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$102,010	$59,050	50
17	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$101,950	$47,050	30
18	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$101,730	$62,810	560
19	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$100,950	$68,910	30
20	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$100,660	$63,900	100
21	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$100,110	$63,130	40
22	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$99,640	$48,240	200
23	Auburn-Opelika, Alabama	$99,440	$48,020	40
24	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$99,390	$65,990	170
25	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$99,250	$43,480	120
26	El Paso, Texas	$98,450	$35,510	50
27	New Haven, Connecticut	$98,070	$76,350	110
28	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$97,810	$58,940	40
29	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$96,980	$75,800	100
30	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$96,380	$57,840	70
31	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$95,650	$57,130	120
32	Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$94,920	$67,270	40
33	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$94,540	$51,420	460
34	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$93,830	$48,640	460
35	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$93,310	$49,770	590
36	Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$92,240	$67,160	50
37	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$92,100	$57,350	80
38	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$89,760	$47,170	420
39	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$89,670	$38,760	40
40	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$89,630	$58,580	30
41	Provo-Orem, Utah	$89,370	$59,980	80
42	Columbia, South Carolina	$89,080	$61,200	50
43	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$88,730	$52,210	290
44	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$87,890	$54,400	60
45	Erie, Pennsylvania	$87,270	$38,020	30
46	Reading, Pennsylvania	$86,630	$46,900	30
47	Springfield, Massachusetts	$86,480	$58,220	100
48	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$86,330	$56,570	30
49	Ithaca, New York	$85,930	$58,660	90
50	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$85,520	$47,410	40
51	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$85,340	$51,690	40
52	Worcester, Massachusetts	$84,630	$63,960	70
53	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$84,500	$41,160	1,140
54	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$84,460	$46,310	90
55	Columbus, Ohio	$84,010	$49,030	130
56	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$83,270	$52,370	650
57	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$82,910	$48,540	130
58	Syracuse, New York	$82,890	$46,660	60
59	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$82,870	$49,160	100
60	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$82,860	$32,140	60
61	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$82,840	$56,530	40
62	St Louis, Missouri	$82,630	$50,030	130
63	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$82,540	$53,090	150
64	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$82,400	$51,260	130
65	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$82,170	$31,910	90
66	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$82,070	$50,270	390
67	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$81,820	$56,040	30
68	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$81,690	$38,490	50
69	Tucson, Arizona	$81,570	$51,130	40
70	Bloomington, Illinois	$81,270	$47,900	40
71	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$81,230	$48,690	170
72	Rochester, New York	$81,150	$50,950	120
73	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$81,100	$45,770	70
74	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$80,970	$48,120	60
75	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$80,920	$37,550	470
76	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$80,440	$53,950	40
77	Knoxville, Tennessee	$80,190	$47,710	70
78	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$79,910	$39,960	70
79	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$79,630	$32,290	40
80	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$79,500	$50,860	540
81	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$79,300	$50,200	510
82	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$79,060	$50,470	150
83	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$78,920	$48,050	50
84	Binghamton, New York	$78,850	$60,560	50
85	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$78,440	$32,730	40
86	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$78,190	$50,540	70
87	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$78,040	$41,390	300
88	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$77,980	$49,820	180
89	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$77,770	$42,360	60
90	Dayton, Ohio	$77,770	$48,110	50
91	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$77,630	$25,190	30
92	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$77,530	$61,790	80
93	Duluth, Wisconsin	$77,430	$60,360	30
94	Salt Lake City, Utah	$77,390	$45,950	50
95	Lincoln, Nebraska	$77,110	$46,340	40
96	Huntsville, Alabama	$77,100	$49,850	40
97	Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$77,040	$48,150	40
98	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$76,870	$47,520	70
99	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$76,610	$48,430	50
100	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$76,170	$46,740	240

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