Business Teachers, Postsecondary Salary by City

Top 15 cities for business teachers, postsecondary by average salary

Lawrence, KS	$203,180
Madison, WI	$172,020
New Haven, CT	$166,930
San Jose, CA	$166,370
Anchorage, AK	$165,560
College Station, TX	$159,130
Lansing, MI	$159,100
Wilmington, NC	$155,190
Riverside, CA	$151,650
Knoxville, TN	$148,640
Salt Lake City, UT	$148,630
New Orleans, LA	$146,940
Hartford, CT	$146,370
Columbia, MO	$144,490
Austin, TX	$142,260

Average annual wage, BLS OEWS May 2025.

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Business Teachers, Postsecondary salary by state

Alaska pays business teachers, postsecondary the most statewide, $181,700 a year on average. Statewide columns cover every employer in the state; city columns cover the metro areas we publish.

State	Statewide average	Statewide median	Jobs	Metros	Highest city average	Lowest city average
Alaska	$181,700	$168,930	130	1	$165,560	$165,560
Washington, D.C.	$144,980	$128,370	630	1	$139,740	$139,740
California	$140,670	$128,470	5,290	8	$166,370	$105,660
Delaware	$139,290	$130,370	280	1	$93,360	$93,360
Louisiana	$137,530	$129,040	640	3	$146,940	$125,090
Connecticut	$137,480	$103,750	1,310	5	$166,930	$99,650
Utah	$136,750	$115,870	460	1	$148,630	$148,630
Massachusetts	$132,880	$103,110	4,190	4	$137,400	$95,660
Maryland	$131,980	$126,560	2,280	1	$127,340	$127,340
Virginia	$128,850	$103,860	2,450	5	$127,490	$72,590
Missouri	$127,260	$100,310	1,720	6	$144,490	$86,380
Michigan	$125,880	$111,190	2,240	4	$159,100	$97,520
Rhode Island	$125,040	$103,820	360	1	$125,160	$125,160
New Hampshire	$123,790	$83,070	580	1	$103,130	$103,130
New York	$121,940	$104,490	7,480	8	$140,420	$83,360
Minnesota	$120,440	$95,820	980	4	$134,790	$99,120
West Virginia	$117,120	$104,480	420	2	$113,520	$104,690
Kansas	$117,120	$83,310	660	2	$203,180	$68,240
North Dakota	$116,420	$110,050	250	3	$139,930	$75,870
Washington	$115,920	$100,390	1,190	4	$130,040	$95,140
Texas	$114,720	$101,210	7,710	14	$159,130	$81,300
Nevada	$112,810	$98,920	400	2	$130,180	$107,780
Pennsylvania	$111,930	$101,760	4,630	8	$122,500	$66,600
Wisconsin	$111,340	$96,680	1,940	7	$172,020	$93,330
Nebraska	$110,100	$88,690	530	2	$127,970	$111,060
Tennessee	$109,730	$85,950	1,260	4	$148,640	$97,580
Montana	$109,550	$81,490	170	0	n/a	n/a
Indiana	$108,930	$86,640	2,030	6	$126,420	$93,010
Illinois	$108,900	$94,770	3,580	3	$115,770	$104,420
Vermont	$107,730	$101,170	110	1	$113,080	$113,080
Oregon	$107,330	$100,180	940	3	$114,700	$87,670
Iowa	$107,120	$83,200	890	3	$82,230	$72,700
Idaho	$106,830	$84,190	240	1	$111,010	$111,010
New Jersey	$104,370	$85,250	3,190	1	$102,260	$102,260
Alabama	$103,170	$82,170	1,260	6	$132,470	$75,280
Ohio	$102,290	$79,770	3,100	6	$116,710	$71,150
Arizona	$100,890	$81,600	1,240	2	$122,420	$95,610
North Carolina	$100,340	$79,600	2,960	9	$155,190	$67,480
Maine	$98,850	$83,250	300	2	$127,280	$96,180
Kentucky	$96,250	$80,140	760	3	$121,290	$89,430
South Carolina	$96,220	$78,830	1,500	4	$136,960	$86,830
New Mexico	$96,210	$83,980	410	1	$90,120	$90,120
Georgia	$95,630	$82,820	1,940	3	$117,330	$88,600
Oklahoma	$94,470	$82,060	770	2	$98,120	$97,070
Florida	$92,230	$78,870	2,900	8	$101,680	$64,980
Colorado	$90,800	$78,210	2,080	6	$108,360	$58,850
Wyoming	$90,520	$69,550	150	0	n/a	n/a
Arkansas	$90,100	$64,620	450	2	$138,010	$89,460
Mississippi	$88,140	$75,680	530	1	$78,330	$78,330
South Dakota	$83,150	$72,650	260	1	$65,790	$65,790
Hawaii	$82,710	$76,860	390	1	$80,180	$80,180
Puerto Rico	$76,300	$66,340	450	3	$79,270	$64,250

Business Teachers, Postsecondary salary in every city we cover

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Metro area	Average	Median	Hourly	Jobs
Lawrence, KS	$203,180	$169,130	—	150
Madison, WI	$172,020	$137,060	—	270
New Haven, CT	$166,930	$130,560	—	430
San Jose, CA	$166,370	$160,090	—	830
Anchorage, AK	$165,560	$168,440	—	50
College Station, TX	$159,130	$129,080	—	400
Lansing, MI	$159,100	$139,380	—	240
Wilmington, NC	$155,190	$187,380	—	170
Riverside, CA	$151,650	$148,500	—	520
Knoxville, TN	$148,640	$103,010	—	260
Salt Lake City, UT	$148,630	$115,870	—	200
New Orleans, LA	$146,940	$137,540	—	240
Hartford, CT	$146,370	$124,640	—	380
Columbia, MO	$144,490	$120,590	—	130
Austin, TX	$142,260	$101,730	—	740
St. Louis, MO	$141,110	$101,730	—	910
San Francisco, CA	$140,680	$128,640	—	430
Binghamton, NY	$140,420	$139,510	—	90
Fargo, ND	$139,930	$138,950	—	130
Washington, DC	$139,740	$128,370	—	1,590
Los Angeles, CA	$138,850	$128,470	—	2,050
Fayetteville, AR	$138,010	$133,220	—	100
Boston, MA	$137,400	$103,110	—	3,250
Columbia, SC	$136,960	$129,380	—	230
McAllen, TX	$135,610	$127,460	—	120
Fresno, CA	$134,920	$138,680	—	100
Minneapolis, MN	$134,790	$101,770	—	560
Lubbock, TX	$132,500	$106,150	—	280
Auburn, AL	$132,470	$98,130	—	150
Lafayette, LA	$131,360	$127,840	—	110
Kenosha, WI	$130,290	$128,090	—	n/a
Reno, NV	$130,180	$142,920	—	110
Seattle, WA	$130,040	$101,930	—	630
San Diego, CA	$129,930	$126,140	—	480
Tuscaloosa, AL	$129,820	$100,530	—	150
Lincoln, NE	$127,970	$102,190	—	230
Virginia Beach, VA	$127,490	$103,860	—	480
Baltimore, MD	$127,340	$107,120	—	1,590
Bangor, ME	$127,280	$106,740	—	n/a
Bloomington, IN	$126,420	$108,060	—	510
Rochester, NY	$125,840	$102,320	—	410
Providence, RI	$125,160	$104,570	—	490
Houma, LA	$125,090	$108,870	—	110
Mankato, MN	$124,850	$102,450	—	n/a
Sacramento, CA	$124,650	$113,550	—	170
Birmingham, AL	$123,680	$125,940	—	190
Joplin, MO	$123,660	$103,240	—	40
Oshkosh, WI	$123,590	$132,410	—	30
New York, NY	$123,550	$104,770	—	6,840
Philadelphia, PA	$122,500	$107,170	—	2,260
Flagstaff, AZ	$122,420	$121,780	—	50
Grand Forks, ND	$121,970	$102,230	—	60
Bowling Green, KY	$121,290	$104,190	—	70
Buffalo, NY	$121,170	$101,430	—	380
Detroit, MI	$120,960	$127,450	—	500
Greenville, NC	$120,110	$140,490	—	180
Raleigh, NC	$119,530	$103,820	—	300
Harrisonburg, VA	$117,760	$94,950	—	120
Atlanta, GA	$117,330	$108,280	—	810
Toledo, OH	$116,710	$99,330	—	280
Pittsburgh, PA	$116,680	$121,760	—	940
Bloomington, IL	$115,770	$148,290	—	140
Richmond, VA	$115,140	$98,170	—	400
Eugene, OR	$114,700	$103,830	—	n/a
Amarillo, TX	$114,480	$129,210	—	140
Houston, TX	$114,220	$104,320	—	1,270
Memphis, TN	$113,970	$96,180	—	220
Huntington, WV	$113,520	$104,810	—	80
Burlington, VT	$113,080	$104,920	—	80
Terre Haute, IN	$112,310	$99,980	—	n/a
Chattanooga, TN	$111,960	$97,640	—	100
Erie, PA	$111,690	$106,300	—	120
Worcester, MA	$111,090	$102,110	—	360
Omaha, NE	$111,060	$92,660	—	110
Boise, ID	$111,010	$81,260	—	n/a
Portland, OR	$110,930	$103,130	—	580
Lexington, KY	$110,110	$89,430	—	190
Springfield, MA	$109,630	$99,250	—	170
Dallas, TX	$109,340	$100,610	—	1,870
Milwaukee, WI	$108,850	$100,120	—	690
Harrisburg, PA	$108,440	$107,910	—	210
Fort Collins, CO	$108,360	$78,210	—	240
Las Vegas, NV	$107,780	$98,080	—	270
Syracuse, NY	$107,730	$102,480	—	290
El Paso, TX	$107,690	$103,130	—	210
Laredo, TX	$107,370	$83,700	—	80
Columbus, OH	$107,200	$80,670	—	750
Indianapolis, IN	$106,860	$78,270	—	430
Ithaca, NY	$106,780	$91,400	—	380
Cincinnati, OH	$106,650	$94,960	—	640
Bridgeport, CT	$106,600	$98,830	—	n/a
Santa Maria, CA	$105,660	$102,980	—	50
Norwich, CT	$105,530	$94,910	—	90
Peoria, IL	$105,380	$85,660	—	n/a
Bellingham, WA	$105,170	$95,630	—	80
Springfield, MO	$105,030	$78,640	—	180
Scranton, PA	$104,730	$97,340	—	170
Charleston, WV	$104,690	$84,770	—	40
Augusta, GA	$104,480	$91,110	—	n/a
Chicago, IL	$104,420	$93,670	—	2,450
Evansville, IN	$103,470	$102,740	—	80
Manchester, NH	$103,130	$82,270	—	170
Tyler, TX	$102,810	$98,560	—	100
Abilene, TX	$102,510	$84,670	—	100
Trenton, NJ	$102,260	$83,130	—	210
Miami, FL	$101,680	$81,050	—	900
Eau Claire, WI	$101,650	$80,020	—	90
Grand Rapids, MI	$101,270	$84,170	—	250
Duluth, MN	$100,370	$97,510	—	100
Mobile, AL	$100,140	$95,510	—	100
Allentown, PA	$100,050	$83,060	—	240
Waterbury, CT	$99,650	$94,530	—	40
Appleton, WI	$99,580	$96,680	—	70
St. Cloud, MN	$99,120	$85,610	—	80
Kansas City, MO	$99,060	$79,790	—	280
Oklahoma City, OK	$98,120	$74,170	—	260
Spokane, WA	$97,860	$102,510	—	120
Greensboro, NC	$97,790	$84,330	—	270
Nashville, TN	$97,580	$80,660	—	360
Flint, MI	$97,520	$93,130	—	70
Killeen, TX	$97,440	$82,290	—	90
South Bend, IN	$97,090	$76,690	—	300
Tulsa, OK	$97,070	$79,100	—	130
San Antonio, TX	$96,770	$78,360	—	660
Portland, ME	$96,180	$76,870	—	110
Barnstable, MA	$95,660	$100,160	—	60
Phoenix, AZ	$95,610	$80,600	—	920
Olympia, WA	$95,140	$77,150	—	60
Deltona, FL	$95,110	$79,450	—	80
Greenville, SC	$94,880	$82,140	—	290
Albany, NY	$94,270	$84,980	—	430
Dover, DE	$93,360	$78,140	—	60
La Crosse, WI	$93,330	$81,790	—	90
Denver, CO	$93,200	$74,490	—	790
Fort Wayne, IN	$93,010	$76,500	—	100
Charlotte, NC	$92,080	$74,530	—	440
Cleveland, OH	$90,540	$79,080	—	400
Albuquerque, NM	$90,120	$82,900	—	210
Spartanburg, SC	$90,000	$84,470	—	50
Tampa, FL	$89,500	$78,610	—	330
Little Rock, AR	$89,460	$74,870	—	80
Louisville, KY	$89,430	$78,050	—	110
Fort Myers, FL	$89,290	$69,330	—	60
Boulder, CO	$89,290	$79,580	—	360
Reading, PA	$88,730	$83,980	—	130
Athens, GA	$88,600	$84,320	—	70
Fayetteville, NC	$87,750	$79,660	—	n/a
Lakeland, FL	$87,680	$76,870	—	100
Salem, OR	$87,670	$87,430	—	40
Dayton, OH	$87,480	$77,590	—	300
Charleston, SC	$86,830	$61,680	—	570
Jefferson City, MO	$86,380	$62,920	—	40
Colorado Springs, CO	$85,810	$72,020	—	210
Greeley, CO	$85,240	$63,320	—	80
Jacksonville, FL	$85,210	$78,930	—	160
Kiryas Joel, NY	$83,360	$76,750	—	230
Des Moines, IA	$82,230	$82,730	—	100
Texarkana, TX	$81,300	$73,330	—	60
Montgomery, AL	$80,610	$74,810	—	90
Honolulu, HI	$80,180	$67,880	—	310
Davenport, IA	$79,930	$78,990	—	90
San Juan, PR	$79,270	$66,870	—	310
Durham, NC	$78,830	$79,390	—	320
Jackson, MS	$78,330	$77,690	—	110
Roanoke, VA	$78,280	$77,410	—	60
Orlando, FL	$77,130	$65,730	—	300
Bismarck, ND	$75,870	$78,830	—	30
Huntsville, AL	$75,280	$62,790	—	180
Cedar Rapids, IA	$72,700	$81,390	—	60
Lynchburg, VA	$72,590	$76,950	—	60
Canton, OH	$71,150	$73,770	—	40
Asheville, NC	$70,260	$64,260	—	130
Wichita, KS	$68,240	$63,070	—	60
Hickory, NC	$67,480	$63,840	—	40
Mayaguez, PR	$67,400	$67,010	—	n/a
Johnstown, PA	$66,600	$66,100	—	50
Sioux Falls, SD	$65,790	$62,660	—	70
Tallahassee, FL	$64,980	$57,940	—	40
Ponce, PR	$64,250	$63,500	—	40
Grand Junction, CO	$58,850	$37,830	—	80

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Business Teachers, Postsecondary salary: questions

Where do business teachers, postsecondary make the most money?

In Lawrence, KS, with an average of $203,180 a year, among the 180 metro areas we cover.

What is the average business teachers, postsecondary salary in the U.S.?

$114,720 a year nationwide (BLS OEWS national estimates, May 2025); the median is $99,080, so half of business teachers, postsecondary earn more than that and half less.

What salary should business teachers, postsecondary ask for?

Start from the figures for your city: the middle half of business teachers, postsecondary nationwide earn between $64,150 (25th percentile) and $141,710 (75th percentile). Newer workers usually start near the 25th percentile and experienced ones can ask for the 75th; each city page shows the local range. See how to read salary percentiles.

Which state pays business teachers, postsecondary the most?

Alaska, with a statewide average of $181,700 a year (BLS state estimates, May 2025).

Where is business teachers, postsecondary pay the lowest?

Grand Junction, CO, at $58,850 a year on average. Lower pay often comes with lower prices: check the cost of living on each city page.

Sources and how to read this page

Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates for metropolitan areas. SOC code 25-1011.
U.S. and statewide figures: BLS OEWS national and state estimates, May 2025, every employer including rural areas.
Cost of living: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price parities (RPP), 2024; 100 = U.S. average.

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