2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

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 medianhalf 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 areaMedianEmployment
Ithaca, NY$102,910670
New York, NY$100,95013,080
Binghamton, NY$95,160140
Kiryas Joel, NY$84,060540
Buffalo, NY$82,480450
Albany, NY$82,030410
Syracuse, NY$81,420320
Utica, NY$80,990110
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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