Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary Salary — Abilene, Texas

The average Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary in Abilene, Texas earns $69,920 a year.

$69,920 / year, mean
↓ 28.8% below national average 27th percentile in Texas

Abilene pays below most of Texas for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's well below the national average for psychology teachers, postsecondary — one of the largest gaps in this dataset. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Texas

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
60
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.7%
Cost of living 90 #159 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2109 #114 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $217,009 #160 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $66,464 #128 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Abilene ranks #159 for cost of living and #160 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Riverside $158,450 Ann Arbor $155,450 Sacramento $141,550 San Francisco $140,530 Fresno $131,390 San Diego $130,050 Baltimore $129,850 Santa Rosa $129,300 San Jose $125,950 Eugene $122,100 College Station $119,630 Lansing $118,080 Los Angeles $117,560 New York $112,360 McAllen $112,100 Austin $103,070 Santa Maria $102,640 Albany $101,720 Portland $98,820 Detroit $98,520 Buffalo $98,050 Ithaca $96,490 Rochester $95,130 Syracuse $94,680 Philadelphia $90,990 Houston $90,300 Evansville $89,590 Indianapolis $88,820 Harrisburg $88,500 Killeen $88,310 Dallas $88,030 Richmond $87,440 Seattle $87,280 Virginia Beach $86,200 South Bend $85,790 Grand Rapids $85,740 Harrisonburg $84,590 Chicago $83,070 Lexington $82,530 Bellingham $81,650 San Antonio $81,200 Trenton $81,060 Erie $80,970 Miami $79,410 Bloomington $78,760 Pittsburgh $78,580 Deltona $77,990 Utica $77,930 Louisville $77,690 Allentown $77,490 Laredo $77,350 Scranton $76,210 Reading $76,090 Walla Walla $74,990 Spokane $74,790 Tampa $73,780 Jacksonville $72,860 Orlando $70,310 Abilene $69,920 El Paso $68,980 Amarillo $68,470 Huntington $65,280 Roanoke $63,920
CityMean salaryvs. Abilene
Albany, New York$101,720+45.5%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$77,490+10.8%
Amarillo, Texas$68,470-2.1%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$155,450+122.3%
Austin, Texas$103,070+47.4%
Baltimore, Maryland$129,850+85.7%
Bellingham, Washington$81,650+16.8%
Bloomington, Illinois$78,760+12.6%
Buffalo, New York$98,050+40.2%
Chicago, Illinois$83,070+18.8%
College Station, Texas$119,630+71.1%
Dallas, Texas$88,030+25.9%
Deltona, Florida$77,990+11.5%
Detroit, Michigan$98,520+40.9%
El Paso, Texas$68,980-1.3%
Erie, Pennsylvania$80,970+15.8%
Eugene, Oregon$122,100+74.6%
Evansville, Indiana$89,590+28.1%
Fresno, California$131,390+87.9%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$85,740+22.6%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$88,500+26.6%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$84,590+21.0%
Houston, Texas$90,300+29.1%
Huntington, West Virginia$65,280-6.6%
Indianapolis, Indiana$88,820+27.0%
Ithaca, New York$96,490+38.0%
Jacksonville, Florida$72,860+4.2%
Killeen, Texas$88,310+26.3%
Lansing, Michigan$118,080+68.9%
Laredo, Texas$77,350+10.6%
Lexington, Kentucky$82,530+18.0%
Los Angeles, California$117,560+68.1%
Louisville, Kentucky$77,690+11.1%
McAllen, Texas$112,100+60.3%
Miami, Florida$79,410+13.6%
New York, New York$112,360+60.7%
Orlando, Florida$70,310+0.6%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$90,990+30.1%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$78,580+12.4%
Portland, Oregon$98,820+41.3%
Reading, Pennsylvania$76,090+8.8%
Richmond, Virginia$87,440+25.1%
Riverside, California$158,450+126.6%
Roanoke, Virginia$63,920-8.6%
Rochester, New York$95,130+36.1%
Sacramento, California$141,550+102.4%
San Antonio, Texas$81,200+16.1%
San Diego, California$130,050+86.0%
San Francisco, California$140,530+101.0%
San Jose, California$125,950+80.1%
Santa Maria, California$102,640+46.8%
Santa Rosa, California$129,300+84.9%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$76,210+9.0%
Seattle, Washington$87,280+24.8%
South Bend, Indiana$85,790+22.7%
Spokane, Washington$74,790+7.0%
Syracuse, New York$94,680+35.4%
Tampa, Florida$73,780+5.5%
Trenton, New Jersey$81,060+15.9%
Utica, New York$77,930+11.5%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$86,200+23.3%
Walla Walla, Washington$74,990+7.3%
Gross salary
69,920/yr
Estimated take-home
58,019/yr
Est. total withheld
17.0%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Texas has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 25-1066 SOC code
Official area Abilene, TX BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 10180 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: tx_constitucion_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
178,244