Highest-paying Cities for Other Teachers and Instructors

The top 100 highest paying cities for other teachers and instructors (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 teachers and instructors in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $107,430, Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island is the highest paying city for other teachers and instructors. It is followed by Salinas, California (average annual salary $102,040). 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 teachers and instructors in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$107,430	$50,040	490
2	Salinas, California	$102,040	$79,230	2,090
3	Merced, California	$99,090	$60,470	290
4	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$97,680	$38,870	1,390
5	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$94,810	$38,620	30
6	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$93,950	$37,120	180
7	East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	$92,330	$38,750	30
8	St Marys County, Maryland	$91,490	$40,140	100
9	Bend, Oregon	$91,170	$35,190	110
10	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$90,660	$35,820	210
11	Medford, Oregon	$90,500	$48,260	40
12	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$88,090	$43,400	1,780
13	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$87,710	$73,850	200
14	Salem, Oregon	$85,110	$36,550	130
15	Kansas City, Missouri	$83,030	$23,190	630
16	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$82,670	$52,420	230
17	Stockton, California	$82,210	$37,280	410
18	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$81,540	$67,390	140
19	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$81,300	$48,470	170
20	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$80,670	$50,590	150
21	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$80,630	$48,030	3,860
22	Carson City, Nevada	$79,390	$18,740	50
23	Boulder, Colorado	$79,370	$30,740	100
24	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$79,300	$33,550	1,150
25	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$79,210	$47,280	3,600
26	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$79,110	$51,250	950
27	Yuba City, California	$78,710	$48,120	50
28	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$78,690	$32,950	40
29	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$78,650	$30,590	2,330
30	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$78,580	$47,520	5,420
31	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$78,350	$45,290	110
32	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$78,350	$47,720	80
33	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$78,000	$40,350	2,290
34	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$77,690	$40,770	3,640
35	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$77,540	$48,840	50
36	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$77,510	$28,550	920
37	Johnstown, Pennsylvania	$77,510	$25,810	40
38	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$77,240	$39,780	190
39	The Villages, Florida	$77,230	$44,890	50
40	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$77,190	$45,490	90
41	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$77,140	$46,940	50
42	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$77,100	$44,710	1,870
43	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$76,980	$47,570	270
44	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$76,930	$48,900	100
45	Fayetteville, North Carolina	$76,790	$31,990	510
46	Anchorage, Alaska	$76,790	$52,270	60
47	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$76,500	$56,530	70
48	Lawrence, Kansas	$76,190	$34,190	40
49	Bellingham, Washington	$76,110	$50,760	30
50	Richmond, Virginia	$76,010	$49,400	590
51	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$75,990	$46,270	70
52	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$75,670	$52,400	730
53	Napa, California	$75,640	$49,670	30
54	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$75,230	$35,920	1,830
55	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$75,030	$30,580	50
56	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$74,970	$58,770	80
57	Ocala, Florida	$74,960	$74,960	600
58	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$74,610	$46,940	60
59	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$74,610	$41,920	240
60	Fairbanks, Alaska	$73,540	$53,560	60
61	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$73,510	$47,020	90
62	Southeast Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$73,390	$52,190	400
63	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$73,140	$29,800	470
64	Pee Dee South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$73,050	$17,650	180
65	Lawton, Oklahoma	$73,040	$58,760	210
66	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$72,740	$40,180	70
67	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$72,300	$34,830	60
68	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$72,190	$31,190	510
69	Manchester, New Hampshire	$71,970	$40,620	40
70	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$71,650	$19,860	30
71	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$71,450	$28,860	60
72	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$71,360	$18,280	260
73	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$71,140	$45,010	420
74	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$71,010	$38,610	60
75	New Bern, North Carolina	$70,620	$49,210	30
76	Cumberland, West Virginia	$70,620	$36,850	60
77	Brunswick, Georgia	$70,620	$29,790	90
78	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$70,470	$40,840	70
79	Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$70,080	$37,800	40
80	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$69,720	$43,480	60
81	Western South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$69,580	$53,340	50
82	Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$69,310	$23,560	350
83	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$68,790	$31,580	160
84	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$68,770	$27,050	1,610
85	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$68,620	$30,450	870
86	Springfield, Illinois	$68,220	$35,860	30
87	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$67,500	$24,080	80
88	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$67,500	$46,250	230
89	San Angelo, Texas	$67,500	$45,130	90
90	Salisbury, Maryland	$67,470	$37,370	90
91	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$67,470	$30,290	180
92	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$66,720	$32,090	90
93	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$66,210	$24,590	240
94	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$66,210	$54,720	270
95	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$66,210	$34,850	190
96	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$66,210	$29,730	160
97	Jacksonville, North Carolina	$66,210	$31,300	240
98	Grand Junction, Colorado	$66,050	$50,770	90
99	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$65,900	$25,090	110
100	Sumter, South Carolina	$65,900	$49,410	190

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