Highest-paying Cities for Other Postsecondary Social Sciences Teachers

The top 100 highest paying cities for other postsecondary social sciences 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 social sciences teachers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $150,590, Visalia-Porterville, California is the highest paying city for other postsecondary social sciences teachers. It is followed by Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California (average annual salary $144,050). 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 social sciences teachers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Visalia-Porterville, California	$150,590	$140,440	40
2	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$144,050	$72,150	120
3	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$137,660	$108,690	160
4	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$123,630	$48,990	130
5	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$122,020	$43,200	780
6	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$121,560	$60,150	140
7	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$106,850	$62,300	720
8	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$104,900	$75,390	50
9	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$104,840	$65,520	90
10	St Louis, Missouri	$103,600	$46,950	290
11	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$101,930	$47,630	840
12	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$101,890	$39,600	80
13	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$101,280	$48,880	1,920
14	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$100,170	$56,050	50
15	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$99,330	$60,270	30
16	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$98,770	$38,950	150
17	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$96,890	$40,600	n/a
18	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$96,620	$30,730	180
19	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$95,810	$66,450	170
20	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$94,740	$39,670	350
21	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$94,570	$54,120	80
22	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$91,980	$43,930	120
23	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$89,640	$55,520	200
24	Tallahassee, Florida	$87,420	$56,540	120
25	Kansas City, Missouri	$86,750	$48,680	40
26	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$85,930	$48,450	110
27	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$84,670	$48,060	60
28	Madison, Wisconsin	$84,660	$49,450	150
29	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$84,400	$51,330	90
30	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$84,360	$50,440	110
31	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$83,070	$52,410	230
32	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$82,580	$50,060	50
33	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$81,570	$36,010	100
34	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$80,910	$61,000	30
35	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$80,810	$39,020	40
36	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$80,680	$41,400	1,520
37	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$80,500	$37,020	140
38	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$80,060	$42,420	30
39	Rochester, New York	$79,570	$51,120	130
40	Memphis, Tennessee	$77,630	$49,860	40
41	Salisbury, Maryland	$77,630	$47,910	90
42	Gainesville, Florida	$77,590	$43,940	70
43	Columbus, Ohio	$77,540	$23,460	160
44	Syracuse, New York	$76,860	$46,400	70
45	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$76,670	$46,280	80
46	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$75,400	$41,300	430
47	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$74,200	$42,830	170
48	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$73,090	$41,570	30
49	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$70,580	$44,970	130
50	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$67,330	$19,220	790
51	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$66,560	$60,270	930
52	Worcester, Massachusetts	$66,160	$50,630	40
53	Springfield, Massachusetts	$65,750	$46,000	30
54	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$65,360	$31,350	250
55	Utica-Rome, New York	$65,340	$47,080	60
56	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$65,240	$61,860	90
57	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$65,110	$48,880	270
58	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$64,990	$17,950	40
59	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$64,770	$40,410	40
60	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$63,960	$50,430	50
61	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$63,900	$30,800	50
62	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$63,740	$23,930	50
63	Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$63,330	$44,420	30
64	Central Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$62,860	$48,400	40
65	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$62,710	$46,940	70
66	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$62,190	$47,290	240
67	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$62,060	$38,810	270
68	Lincoln, Nebraska	$61,810	$48,420	40
69	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$61,730	$32,360	140
70	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$61,430	$37,900	110
71	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$61,400	$47,140	40
72	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$61,010	$19,380	n/a
73	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$60,700	$48,200	120
74	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$60,520	$46,100	110
75	Tucson, Arizona	$60,240	$51,360	60
76	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$60,090	$38,230	40
77	Jacksonville, Florida	$59,580	$47,790	70
78	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$59,490	$37,740	80
79	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$59,400	$52,030	50
80	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$58,870	$39,000	1,120
81	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$58,770	$48,570	120
82	Columbia, Missouri	$58,700	$42,260	n/a
83	Salem, Oregon	$58,550	$29,910	60
84	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$58,510	$17,600	100
85	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$56,250	$27,890	160
86	Anchorage, Alaska	$55,500	$38,850	n/a
87	Salt Lake City, Utah	$54,590	$20,210	70
88	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$54,200	$27,880	50
89	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$53,800	$32,870	50
90	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$53,450	$17,270	40
91	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$53,090	$20,240	70
92	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$52,620	$18,460	40
93	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$51,440	$28,100	40
94	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$51,040	$39,940	100
95	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$50,460	$19,010	170
96	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$50,060	$34,480	30
97	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$45,720	$30,120	90
98	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$44,650	$31,520	n/a
99	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$42,850	$24,960	30
100	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$41,890	$22,150	n/a

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for other postsecondary social sciences teachers.