Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
United States. Estimated employment 93,560, with pages for 8 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 25-1121
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$78,620 · 50th
$47,57010th
$61,62025th
$78,62050th
$103,85075th
$163,35090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| Ithaca, NY | $102,910 | 670 |
| New York, NY | $100,950 | 13,080 |
| Binghamton, NY | $95,160 | 140 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $84,060 | 540 |
| Buffalo, NY | $82,480 | 450 |
| Albany, NY | $82,030 | 410 |
| Syracuse, NY | $81,420 | 320 |
| Utica, NY | $80,990 | 110 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 93,560 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 25-1121, Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary. Mapped to our taxonomy as art-drama-and-music-teachers-postsecondary.
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