Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in Columbus, OH

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary pay range in Columbus

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $23,340 a year or less, while the top 10% make $121,320 or more. The middle half of nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary in Columbus earn between $61,050 and $99,360.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year (BLS publishes this job's pay as annual only).

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary salary after taxes in Columbus

On the average salary of $76,690, a single filer in Columbus takes home about $59,197 a year, or $4,933 a month and $2,277 every two weeks. Taxes take 23% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). Includes Columbus's local income tax (2.5%); the city income tax is that of the principal city (suburbs have their own rates) and school district income taxes are not included.

Is Columbus a good place for nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Columbus area are 5% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 95.5), so the average $76,690 buys what about $80,330 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.5 times the median wage of all jobs in Columbus ($51,340). A typical home costs $333,537, or 4.3 years of this average salary before tax.

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Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary salary in other Ohio cities

Columbus ranks 1st of 7 Ohio metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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Waco, TX pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($163,530).

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