Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary Salary by City

BLS OEWS May 2025 • 292 metro areas

Top-paying metros for Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary

Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
Riverside, CA $133,190 700
Fresno, CA $131,450 150
San Jose, CA $130,660 1,010
Hawaii $129,330 570
Urban Honolulu, HI $129,330 560
Ithaca, NY $127,430 1,120

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      AK
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Alaska $80,190 50
      AL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Auburn, AL $66,700 80
      Southeast Alabama $66,010 60
      Tuscaloosa, AL $65,620 150
      Birmingham, AL $64,270 200
      Alabama $64,060 940
      Huntsville, AL $63,610 110
      Mobile, AL $62,840 60
      Montgomery, AL $60,570 60
      AR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Arkansas $63,620 620
      West Arkansas $60,240 70
      South Arkansas $59,780 70
      AZ
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Flagstaff, AZ $75,430 70
      Arizona $68,350 1,160
      Phoenix, AZ $68,350 830
      CA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Riverside, CA $133,190 700
      Fresno, CA $131,450 150
      San Jose, CA $130,660 1,010
      San Francisco, CA $126,880 1,260
      Visalia, CA $126,680 40
      Santa Maria, CA $113,660 110
      California $105,980 10,100
      Sacramento, CA $105,800 260
      San Diego, CA $105,610 710
      Los Angeles, CA $102,370 5,060
      CO
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Boulder, CO $83,550 340
      Pueblo, CO $65,190 30
      Colorado Springs, CO $64,520 190
      Greeley, CO $64,220 130
      Fort Collins, CO $63,480 220
      Colorado $63,390 1,870
      Denver, CO $63,350 750
      Southwest Colorado $61,590 40
      Eastern and Southern Colorado $51,740 60
      CT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Norwich, CT $107,020 100
      New Haven, CT $104,960 —
      Connecticut $98,420 970
      Hartford, CT $83,990 370
      Bridgeport, CT $76,450 150
      DC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV $78,100 1,130
      DE
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Delaware $65,120 180
      FL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Deltona, FL $93,200 70
      Orlando, FL $84,900 660
      Miami, FL $84,200 810
      Florida $64,840 3,230
      Tampa, FL $62,710 260
      Jacksonville, FL $62,320 190
      Lakeland, FL $61,140 70
      Tallahassee, FL $58,970 70
      North Port, FL $58,590 70
      GA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Rome, GA $107,180 —
      Athens, GA $80,560 150
      Georgia $79,240 2,020
      Atlanta, GA $76,040 790
      Augusta, GA-SC $62,950 80
      Middle Georgia $62,050 60
      North Georgia $55,120 50
      HI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Hawaii $129,330 570
      Urban Honolulu, HI $129,330 560
      IA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Des Moines, IA $79,500 170
      Southeast Iowa $76,820 80
      Cedar Rapids, IA $75,600 70
      Iowa $75,600 970
      Northwest Iowa $73,540 50
      Davenport, IA-IL $61,690 60
      ID
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Boise City, ID $66,370 140
      Idaho $63,290 300
      Northwestern Idaho $63,290 70
      IL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Peoria, IL $85,610 —
      Bloomington, IL $80,750 —
      Champaign, IL $80,640 210
      West Central Illinois $77,570 130
      Illinois $66,670 3,910
      Chicago, IL-IN $65,060 2,540
      East Central Illinois $64,400 60
      South Illinois $59,560 90
      IN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Indianapolis, IN $81,210 390
      Bloomington, IN $80,830 370
      South Bend, IN-MI $79,110 240
      Central Indiana $78,800 140
      Indiana $76,790 2,050
      Fort Wayne, IN $67,210 120
      Evansville, IN $66,660 100
      Terre Haute, IN $60,810 70
      Northern Indiana $59,160 50
      KS
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Kansas $58,910 580
      Kansas $51,400 210
      Wichita, KS $47,100 80
      KY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      West Kentucky $68,440 80
      Lexington, KY $67,930 210
      Central Kentucky $67,530 —
      Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $64,720 270
      Kentucky $63,540 810
      South Central Kentucky $57,460 50
      East Kentucky $46,590 30
      LA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      New Orleans, LA $79,410 —
      Shreveport, LA $78,970 —
      Lafayette, LA $77,510 100
      Louisiana $75,930 580
      MA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Pittsfield, MA $100,490 —
      Boston, MA-NH $96,710 4,630
      Massachusetts $83,490 5,780
      Amherst Town, MA $81,040 470
      Springfield, MA $78,530 110
      Worcester, MA $70,670 410
      MD
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Baltimore, MD $81,800 940
      Maryland $81,530 1,570
      Maryland $72,150 70
      ME
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Portland, ME $83,770 200
      Maine $81,810 360
      Southwest Maine $78,270 50
      Bangor, ME $76,540 30
      MI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Ann Arbor, MI $103,270 490
      Lansing, MI $80,840 160
      Mid Michigan $77,380 180
      Michigan $76,760 2,620
      Detroit, MI $76,750 810
      Upper Peninsula of Michigan $76,580 90
      Grand Rapids, MI $64,370 350
      MN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Southeast Minnesota $80,810 130
      St. Cloud, MN $77,820 80
      Minnesota $76,540 1,260
      Minneapolis, MN-WI $74,450 740
      Mankato, MN $74,280 —
      Northwest Minnesota $64,810 50
      Duluth, MN-WI $63,040 130
      MO
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Southwest Missouri $101,890 —
      St. Louis, MO-IL $81,810 720
      Missouri $77,770 1,400
      Joplin, MO-KS $75,950 30
      Springfield, MO $75,040 170
      Kansas City, MO-KS $74,250 260
      Central Missouri $72,200 80
      Columbia, MO $64,560 60
      North Missouri $64,170 110
      MS
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Lower East Mississippi $65,150 40
      West Delta Mississippi $64,680 50
      Upper East Mississippi $64,060 220
      Mississippi $61,670 600
      Jackson, MS $60,580 —
      MT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Montana $75,710 210
      NC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Greensboro, NC $79,350 330
      Raleigh, NC $79,250 —
      Durham, NC $76,950 —
      Wilmington, NC $76,110 140
      Charlotte, NC-SC $75,690 540
      Winston, NC $75,460 240
      Greenville, NC $74,200 140
      North Carolina $67,220 2,980
      Western North Carolina $64,610 370
      Central North Carolina $63,640 130
      Fayetteville, NC $62,430 —
      Hickory, NC $61,630 60
      Eastern North Carolina $61,460 120
      Asheville, NC $60,410 170
      ND
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      North Dakota $66,080 140
      East North Dakota $53,370 30
      NE
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Omaha, NE-IA $83,050 170
      Northeast Nebraska $77,390 —
      Nebraska $67,180 500
      South Nebraska $66,900 120
      Lincoln, NE $64,110 170
      NH
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Manchester, NH $96,730 60
      New Hampshire $83,100 390
      NJ
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Trenton, NJ $101,020 —
      New Jersey $99,110 3,060
      NM
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      New Mexico $63,990 430
      Eastern New Mexico $62,410 90
      Northern New Mexico $60,950 40
      NV
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Las Vegas, NV $66,010 130
      Nevada $49,520 270
      NY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Ithaca, NY $127,430 1,120
      New York, NY-NJ $126,100 15,040
      New York $110,000 17,600
      Albany, NY $97,210 510
      Binghamton, NY $95,160 140
      Syracuse, NY $86,360 —
      Kiryas Joel, NY $82,420 330
      Buffalo, NY $81,260 430
      Utica, NY $80,990 110
      Rochester, NY $78,300 1,000
      Southwest New York $60,840 290
      Central East New York $60,510 120
      OH
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Cleveland, OH $79,160 1,110
      Dayton, OH $78,140 420
      Eastern Ohio $77,520 50
      Toledo, OH $74,640 220
      North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $73,420 150
      Ohio $73,050 4,130
      Columbus, OH $64,680 770
      Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $61,360 740
      Canton, OH $59,590 40
      OK
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Tulsa, OK $64,950 170
      Oklahoma City, OK $62,620 220
      Northwest Oklahoma $62,430 150
      Oklahoma $61,240 740
      Southeast Oklahoma $49,850 80
      Northeast Oklahoma $33,170 90
      OR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Eugene, OR $101,310 —
      Salem, OR $95,950 50
      Oregon $74,800 1,050
      Medford, OR $70,270 40
      Portland, OR-WA $69,340 590
      Coast Oregon $51,560 30
      Other
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      District of Columbia $83,000 330
      PA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Scranton, PA $95,980 110
      Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD $83,730 2,270
      Pennsylvania $81,250 4,070
      Gettysburg, PA $78,550 —
      Lancaster, PA $78,330 190
      Harrisburg, PA $77,640 —
      Allentown, PA-NJ $77,270 240
      Southwestern Pennsylvania $76,310 170
      Central Pennsylvania $75,460 110
      Pittsburgh, PA $74,840 590
      Reading, PA $66,370 140
      Erie, PA $65,990 100
      Northeastern Pennsylvania $61,260 40
      Northwestern Pennsylvania $36,880 —
      PR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      San Juan, PR $79,060 80
      RI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Rhode Island $98,960 450
      Providence, RI-MA $90,990 550
      SC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Charleston, SC $77,530 260
      Columbia, SC $76,610 190
      Greenville, SC $66,220 140
      South Carolina $63,290 1,030
      Southern South Carolina $62,510 30
      Spartanburg, SC $54,010 130
      Northwestern South Carolina $50,550 50
      SD
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      East South Dakota $61,970 130
      South Dakota $61,970 210
      TN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Knoxville, TN $70,330 210
      Memphis, TN-MS-AR $65,430 250
      Tennessee $65,000 1,530
      Nashville, TN $64,280 540
      Chattanooga, TN-GA $61,970 110
      West Tennessee $60,290 40
      Jackson, TN $60,130 40
      East Tennessee $58,860 40
      Morristown, TN $58,220 40
      TX
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Austin, TX $97,470 860
      Houston, TX $94,560 1,140
      San Antonio, TX $84,590 420
      Amarillo, TX $83,280 130
      Hill Country Region of Texas $83,100 180
      Eastern Region of Texas $81,450 120
      Northwestern Region of Texas $79,760 40
      College Station, TX $79,630 300
      Texas $76,290 7,190
      McAllen, TX $76,270 130
      Dallas, TX $75,230 2,180
      Abilene, TX $74,800 80
      El Paso, TX $64,380 260
      North Region of Texas $63,340 130
      Killeen, TX $63,160 80
      Coastal Plains Region of Texas $62,990 70
      Tyler, TX $61,250 80
      Laredo, TX $59,200 40
      Longview, TX $57,020 60
      UT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      High Desert Utah $63,910 170
      Salt Lake City, UT $63,500 440
      Utah $63,500 890
      VA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Charlottesville, VA $104,570 200
      Blacksburg, VA $82,130 140
      Virginia $67,950 2,630
      West Virginia $64,810 360
      Harrisonburg, VA $64,520 200
      Richmond, VA $63,660 580
      Northern West Virginia $63,590 60
      Virginia Beach, VA-NC $61,970 490
      Southside Virginia $61,950 60
      Roanoke, VA $47,400 60
      VT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Northern Vermont $107,090 100
      Vermont $86,570 230
      Burlington, VT $79,310 90
      WA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Spokane, WA $81,670 260
      Seattle, WA $79,780 730
      Washington $77,310 1,440
      Walla Walla, WA $76,130 70
      Eastern Washington $66,990 90
      Western Washington $64,700 30
      WI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Madison, WI $82,460 190
      Janesville, WI $74,950 30
      Wisconsin $63,650 1,360
      La Crosse, WI-MN $63,210 60
      Milwaukee, WI $62,980 340
      South Central Wisconsin $61,170 80
      Northeastern Wisconsin $48,140 90
      WV
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Huntington, WV-KY-OH $64,170 60
      WY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Eastern Wyoming $62,320 80
      Western Wyoming $61,060 40
      Wyoming $59,820 160