Highest-paying Cities for Other Postsecondary Teachers

The top 100 highest paying cities for other postsecondary 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 other postsecondary teachers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $182,010, Vallejo-Fairfield, California is the highest paying city for other postsecondary teachers. It is followed by Visalia-Porterville, California (average annual salary $163,170). 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 other postsecondary teachers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$182,010	$63,190	570
2	Visalia-Porterville, California	$163,170	$66,220	150
3	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$149,880	$52,650	620
4	Roanoke, Virginia	$139,630	$126,670	50
5	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$139,180	$48,800	720
6	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$129,450	$65,330	620
7	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$124,940	$49,080	3,580
8	Utica-Rome, New York	$118,800	$86,760	70
9	North Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$112,740	$46,200	210
10	Corpus Christi, Texas	$106,950	$34,830	40
11	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$106,650	$60,720	160
12	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$106,010	$62,610	70
13	Greenville, North Carolina	$103,890	$49,990	40
14	Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$102,370	$54,580	40
15	Janesville, Wisconsin	$101,610	$78,020	50
16	Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$100,070	$38,690	100
17	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$99,390	$47,470	1,270
18	Bismarck, North Dakota	$98,410	$62,160	40
19	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$96,630	$49,600	1,620
20	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$95,720	$54,040	3,940
21	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$95,540	$34,930	100
22	Cumberland, West Virginia	$92,990	$22,570	30
23	Stockton, California	$92,910	$47,570	280
24	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$91,690	$50,270	600
25	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$90,820	$65,560	100
26	Lynchburg, Virginia	$90,010	$78,720	210
27	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$86,320	$41,660	1,580
28	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$85,920	$44,930	50
29	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$85,750	$56,900	1,260
30	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$84,680	$51,570	60
31	Wilmington, North Carolina	$84,630	$29,780	90
32	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$84,510	$40,970	400
33	Manchester, New Hampshire	$84,090	$45,370	140
34	Lawrence, Kansas	$82,700	$47,140	120
35	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$82,460	$58,360	120
36	Syracuse, New York	$82,010	$43,960	80
37	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$81,780	$42,490	90
38	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$81,770	$38,120	40
39	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$81,700	$26,000	1,450
40	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$81,480	$42,600	n/a
41	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$80,990	$50,270	140
42	Provo-Orem, Utah	$80,690	$36,660	340
43	Yuba City, California	$80,690	$34,000	n/a
44	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$80,540	$36,680	350
45	St Louis, Missouri	$80,370	$48,390	560
46	Madison, Wisconsin	$80,320	$50,490	210
47	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$80,030	$50,930	620
48	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$79,960	$24,840	1,190
49	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$79,690	$36,410	60
50	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$79,600	$43,030	150
51	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$79,510	$36,540	13,970
52	Tucson, Arizona	$79,490	$46,330	510
53	Iowa City, Iowa	$79,270	$30,180	60
54	New Haven, Connecticut	$79,240	$33,140	650
55	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$79,030	$39,350	4,230
56	Evansville, Kentucky	$78,940	$45,570	110
57	Anchorage, Alaska	$78,870	$41,180	50
58	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$78,760	$41,020	70
59	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$78,720	$45,910	50
60	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$78,720	$47,830	60
61	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$78,620	$46,810	580
62	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$78,520	$36,460	60
63	Appleton, Wisconsin	$78,270	$78,270	190
64	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$78,220	$47,700	140
65	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$78,120	$48,870	40
66	Tyler, Texas	$78,020	$47,090	60
67	Toledo, Ohio	$77,890	$38,480	150
68	Rochester, New York	$77,780	$51,670	250
69	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$77,580	$46,910	520
70	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$77,470	$45,500	390
71	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$77,440	$29,520	70
72	Huntsville, Alabama	$77,100	$38,470	40
73	Montgomery, Alabama	$77,100	$48,390	60
74	Dover, Delaware	$77,100	$24,460	30
75	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$77,100	$48,720	130
76	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$77,020	$39,100	230
77	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$76,980	$46,590	210
78	Monroe, Louisiana	$76,970	$45,160	290
79	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$76,780	$44,290	n/a
80	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$76,750	$36,940	70
81	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$76,460	$41,000	70
82	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$76,370	$51,820	690
83	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$76,330	$23,450	210
84	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$76,310	$29,850	100
85	Jackson, Michigan	$76,100	$29,350	50
86	South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$75,930	$27,000	70
87	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$75,920	$43,910	540
88	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$75,700	$24,580	740
89	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$75,550	$40,160	80
90	Abilene, Texas	$75,540	$45,650	90
91	Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$75,450	$18,430	90
92	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$75,190	$75,190	680
93	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$74,870	$31,580	60
94	El Paso, Texas	$74,690	$38,200	310
95	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$74,670	$28,080	510
96	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$74,450	$39,530	270
97	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$74,250	$27,320	1,600
98	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$74,000	$23,130	860
99	Goldsboro, North Carolina	$73,710	$65,840	n/a
100	Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$73,640	$42,480	110

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