Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Modesto, CA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 190.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Modesto earn more.
$104,890 in Modesto buys what $100,800 buys across the country as a whole.
Modesto's regional price parity is 104.1 — above the national average, so the nominal figure overstates what it buys. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in California
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Modesto |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento | $135,060 | $126,600 | 106.7 | +25.7% |
| Los Angeles | $105,640 | $93,000 | 113.6 | −7.7% |
| Modesto This page | $104,890 | $100,800 | 104.1 | — |
| San Diego | $101,820 | $91,000 | 111.9 | −9.7% |
| Riverside | $100,550 | $94,500 | 106.4 | −6.2% |
| Fresno | $99,480 | $97,400 | 102.2 | −3.3% |
| San Jose | $94,690 | $85,800 | 110.4 | −14.9% |
| San Francisco | $82,620 | $71,500 | 115.6 | −29.1% |
Price parity and difference against Modesto are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 190 employed in this occupation in the metro (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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