Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
United States. Estimated employment 149,840, with pages for 8 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 25-1199
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$77,640 · 50th
$44,30010th
$59,29025th
$77,64050th
$106,77075th
$160,70090th
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 Postsecondary Teachers, All Other page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| Sacramento, CA | $135,060 | 2,070 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $105,640 | 14,070 |
| Modesto, CA | $104,890 | 190 |
| San Diego, CA | $101,820 | 3,480 |
| Riverside, CA | $100,550 | 2,370 |
| Fresno, CA | $99,480 | 970 |
| San Jose, CA | $94,690 | 3,130 |
| San Francisco, CA | $82,620 | 4,190 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 149,840 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 25-1199, Postsecondary Teachers, All Other. Mapped to our taxonomy as postsecondary-teachers-all-other.
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