English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary Salary by City

BLS OEWS May 2025 • 284 metro areas

Top-paying metros for English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary

Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
Riverside, CA $168,240 450
San Francisco, CA $142,150 730
El Paso, TX $139,410 170
San Diego, CA $136,320 410
Visalia, CA $133,660 40
Fresno, CA $133,160 180

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      AK
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Alaska $80,350 50
      Alaska $79,820 120
      AL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Montgomery, AL $74,270 110
      Southwest Alabama $65,740 40
      Birmingham, AL $65,520 200
      Southeast Alabama $62,340 50
      Alabama $61,990 1,250
      Auburn, AL $61,990 100
      Northeast Alabama $61,170 40
      Huntsville, AL $58,140 160
      Tuscaloosa, AL $55,570 240
      Mobile, AL $52,800 80
      AR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Little Rock, AR $65,780 130
      Arkansas $62,070 520
      West Arkansas $62,070 70
      South Arkansas $60,740 80
      AZ
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Flagstaff, AZ $68,870 50
      Arizona $68,370 1,080
      Phoenix, AZ $68,370 770
      CA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Riverside, CA $168,240 450
      San Francisco, CA $142,150 730
      San Diego, CA $136,320 410
      Visalia, CA $133,660 40
      Fresno, CA $133,160 180
      California $130,580 4,920
      Los Angeles, CA $130,330 1,840
      Santa Maria, CA $129,620 70
      North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California $128,350 40
      Bakersfield, CA $126,090 40
      San Jose, CA $121,400 310
      Sacramento, CA $119,870 300
      CO
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Denver, CO $81,190 350
      Colorado Springs, CO $72,910 —
      Northwest Colorado $66,530 30
      Greeley, CO $65,710 50
      Colorado $65,180 1,070
      Southwest Colorado $64,850 50
      Fort Collins, CO $59,080 160
      Eastern and Southern Colorado $57,780 50
      CT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      New Haven, CT $105,420 —
      Waterbury, CT $98,050 30
      Connecticut $87,570 800
      Hartford, CT $85,080 310
      Norwich, CT $84,530 50
      Bridgeport, CT $79,340 150
      DC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV $79,360 1,070
      DE
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Delaware $64,690 190
      FL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Tampa, FL $66,690 550
      Miami, FL $65,290 880
      Orlando, FL $65,160 580
      Florida $64,580 4,010
      Jacksonville, FL $64,580 230
      Deltona, FL $61,800 30
      North Port, FL $60,420 40
      Lakeland, FL $58,270 60
      GA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Athens, GA $101,700 60
      Atlanta, GA $63,270 640
      East Georgia $63,240 60
      Georgia $63,200 1,250
      Augusta, GA-SC $59,890 70
      South Georgia $59,520 50
      Middle Georgia $59,170 90
      North Georgia $58,180 30
      HI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Urban Honolulu, HI $48,410 200
      Hawaii $48,260 220
      IA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Northwest Iowa $73,950 30
      Iowa $72,330 570
      Southeast Iowa $64,540 70
      Cedar Rapids, IA $63,720 40
      Des Moines, IA $59,580 100
      Davenport, IA-IL $58,450 40
      ID
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Idaho $65,840 230
      Boise City, ID $60,990 130
      IL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Bloomington, IL $82,720 —
      Springfield, IL $82,220 30
      Chicago, IL-IN $78,050 1,570
      Peoria, IL $77,820 —
      Illinois $76,120 2,280
      East Central Illinois $67,160 40
      West Central Illinois $62,200 60
      Champaign, IL $61,220 240
      South Illinois $57,470 50
      IN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Central Indiana $78,750 70
      South Bend, IN-MI $77,750 150
      Indianapolis, IN $77,690 160
      Northern Indiana $73,820 30
      Indiana $73,630 970
      Terre Haute, IN $67,690 50
      Fort Wayne, IN $65,360 50
      Evansville, IN $61,780 50
      KS
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Lawrence, KS $80,120 90
      Kansas $62,770 430
      Kansas $54,320 140
      Wichita, KS $47,550 50
      KY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $65,310 40
      Lexington, KY $64,340 140
      Central Kentucky $62,900 90
      Kentucky $62,640 530
      South Central Kentucky $58,140 50
      LA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      New Orleans, LA $70,190 110
      Louisiana $57,850 500
      Lafayette, LA $53,800 200
      MA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Amherst Town, MA $91,950 200
      Boston, MA-NH $85,460 2,500
      Massachusetts $82,030 3,250
      Springfield, MA $81,910 130
      Worcester, MA $73,270 280
      MD
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Baltimore, MD $80,860 410
      Maryland $80,060 810
      Hagerstown, MD-WV $73,260 60
      Maryland $66,890 40
      ME
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Portland, ME $82,730 100
      Maine $82,210 260
      Southwest Maine $81,940 50
      Bangor, ME $74,450 30
      MI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Ann Arbor, MI $132,830 350
      Detroit, MI $98,900 400
      Michigan $85,340 1,860
      Mid Michigan $84,780 110
      Grand Rapids, MI $82,060 280
      Lansing, MI $81,370 260
      Upper Peninsula of Michigan $81,140 100
      Southern Michigan $59,890 50
      MN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      St. Cloud, MN $81,940 50
      Minneapolis, MN-WI $81,070 510
      Minnesota $80,480 910
      Southeast Minnesota $80,270 80
      Northwest Minnesota $79,750 50
      Mankato, MN $73,020 —
      Duluth, MN-WI $67,530 80
      MO
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Springfield, MO $79,890 160
      St. Louis, MO-IL $78,390 400
      Missouri $66,970 950
      North Missouri $66,970 90
      Columbia, MO $62,970 90
      Kansas City, MO-KS $62,770 200
      Central Missouri $57,220 80
      MS
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Jackson, MS $64,110 80
      Lower East Mississippi $62,410 40
      Mississippi $61,920 550
      West Delta Mississippi $60,550 40
      Upper East Mississippi $49,350 230
      MT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Montana $63,000 170
      NC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Wilmington, NC $69,540 120
      Durham, NC $66,120 270
      Greensboro, NC $63,340 240
      North Carolina $62,190 2,180
      Charlotte, NC-SC $61,610 290
      Central North Carolina $60,990 130
      Western North Carolina $60,850 270
      Eastern North Carolina $60,300 110
      Winston, NC $60,270 70
      Hickory, NC $58,800 40
      Asheville, NC $55,260 130
      Raleigh, NC $50,710 280
      ND
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Fargo, ND-MN $74,900 50
      North Dakota $61,820 120
      East North Dakota $59,740 40
      NE
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Northeast Nebraska $82,160 —
      Omaha, NE-IA $78,080 120
      Lincoln, NE $77,410 110
      Nebraska $72,160 350
      South Nebraska $60,320 50
      NH
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      New Hampshire $81,880 260
      Manchester, NH $81,650 80
      NJ
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Trenton, NJ $99,020 —
      New Jersey $98,820 1,730
      NM
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Santa Fe, NM $81,970 30
      New Mexico $66,830 260
      Eastern New Mexico $63,220 40
      NV
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Las Vegas, NV $81,340 250
      Nevada $78,210 360
      Reno, NV $60,210 100
      NY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      New York, NY-NJ $105,340 5,430
      New York $96,940 6,330
      Kiryas Joel, NY $88,800 150
      Syracuse, NY $86,150 260
      Buffalo, NY $80,970 360
      Rochester, NY $79,200 280
      Albany, NY $78,800 230
      Ithaca, NY $74,520 210
      Capital/Northern New York $62,620 70
      Central East New York $62,620 120
      Southwest New York $62,570 150
      OH
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Columbus, OH $75,150 390
      Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $74,150 380
      Toledo, OH $66,430 100
      Southern Ohio $65,360 90
      Canton, OH $65,350 60
      Ohio $64,530 1,710
      Akron, OH $64,500 130
      North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $64,220 70
      Cleveland, OH $60,770 240
      Dayton, OH $59,930 230
      OK
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Tulsa, OK $65,590 50
      Oklahoma City, OK $58,690 170
      Northeast Oklahoma $51,210 30
      Oklahoma $50,180 500
      Northwest Oklahoma $49,850 120
      Southeast Oklahoma $37,460 100
      OR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Eugene, OR $97,800 —
      Salem, OR $94,910 40
      Oregon $83,120 750
      Portland, OR-WA $80,720 410
      Other
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      District of Columbia $79,360 420
      PA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Harrisburg, PA $95,740 —
      Reading, PA $80,090 90
      Scranton, PA $79,820 80
      Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD $78,120 1,330
      Southwestern Pennsylvania $77,170 60
      Pennsylvania $74,960 2,650
      Allentown, PA-NJ $74,830 180
      Northeastern Pennsylvania $74,090 40
      Central Pennsylvania $73,850 60
      Pittsburgh, PA $73,600 480
      Erie, PA $63,310 70
      Johnstown, PA $46,410 40
      PR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      San Juan, PR $65,710 80
      RI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Providence, RI-MA $76,260 620
      Rhode Island $76,260 540
      SC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Columbia, SC $91,240 140
      Charleston, SC $67,170 300
      South Carolina $63,860 1,000
      Greenville, SC $62,800 230
      Spartanburg, SC $61,220 80
      Northwestern South Carolina $56,620 50
      SD
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      South Dakota $62,150 130
      East South Dakota $61,820 70
      TN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Memphis, TN-MS-AR $67,980 160
      West Tennessee $63,550 40
      Nashville, TN $63,430 310
      Kingsport, TN-VA $63,300 40
      North Central Tennessee $62,110 40
      Tennessee $61,820 1,160
      Knoxville, TN $61,620 250
      Chattanooga, TN-GA $59,830 110
      TX
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      El Paso, TX $139,410 170
      San Antonio, TX $107,690 360
      Austin, TX $101,830 480
      Houston, TX $99,130 920
      McAllen, TX $96,360 70
      College Station, TX $92,320 180
      Hill Country Region of Texas $89,450 80
      Texas $81,190 4,670
      Dallas, TX $79,800 1,210
      Amarillo, TX $76,840 60
      Eastern Region of Texas $73,000 70
      Abilene, TX $72,740 50
      Killeen, TX $61,680 40
      North Region of Texas $60,830 130
      Northwestern Region of Texas $60,240 40
      Lubbock, TX $57,830 150
      Coastal Plains Region of Texas $53,200 70
      UT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      High Desert Utah $63,690 90
      Salt Lake City, UT $62,780 150
      Utah $62,780 450
      VA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Southside Virginia $78,500 80
      Virginia Beach, VA-NC $76,730 300
      Richmond, VA $76,470 200
      Virginia $74,310 1,780
      Harrisonburg, VA $67,500 90
      Blacksburg, VA $67,440 170
      West Virginia $63,570 340
      Northern West Virginia $61,290 60
      Roanoke, VA $60,680 70
      VT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Northern Vermont $102,840 90
      Vermont $83,350 230
      Burlington, VT $78,990 100
      WA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Bellingham, WA $81,400 60
      Seattle, WA $77,510 560
      Washington $77,010 1,080
      Spokane, WA $77,000 100
      Olympia, WA $66,810 40
      Eastern Washington $65,660 60
      Yakima, WA $64,410 —
      WI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Madison, WI $99,980 150
      Milwaukee, WI $88,400 270
      Wisconsin $77,480 780
      Northeastern Wisconsin $64,800 30
      WV
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Huntington, WV-KY-OH $64,180 60
      Charleston, WV $61,460 30
      WY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Eastern Wyoming $75,630 40
      Wyoming $64,130 100
      Western Wyoming $61,890 40