Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary Salary by City

BLS OEWS May 2025 • 331 metro areas

Top-paying metros for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
Waco, TX $196,540 70
Visalia, CA $139,610 50
Sacramento, CA $120,840 210
Killeen, TX $119,320 120
Riverside, CA $112,480 670
Tuscaloosa, AL $110,360 120

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      AK
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Alaska $98,310 70
      Alaska $92,050 190
      Anchorage, AK $84,520 100
      AL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Tuscaloosa, AL $110,360 120
      Birmingham, AL $108,240 250
      Mobile, AL $88,210 180
      Huntsville, AL $78,700 120
      Alabama $77,270 1,370
      Daphne, AL $77,270 70
      Southwest Alabama $76,730 50
      Montgomery, AL $73,400 50
      Northeast Alabama $73,070 50
      Southeast Alabama $68,160 40
      Northwest Alabama $60,900 50
      Auburn, AL $43,010 —
      AR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Jonesboro, AR $77,590 100
      Little Rock, AR $76,870 240
      Arkansas $64,330 800
      Fayetteville, AR $63,700 120
      West Arkansas $63,500 70
      South Arkansas $62,770 80
      North Arkansas $50,580 100
      AZ
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Flagstaff, AZ $101,160 50
      Arizona $75,260 40
      Arizona $68,360 1,920
      Phoenix, AZ $68,360 1,490
      CA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Visalia, CA $139,610 50
      Sacramento, CA $120,840 210
      Riverside, CA $112,480 670
      Fresno, CA $102,710 130
      San Diego, CA $101,260 390
      California $99,010 6,120
      Bakersfield, CA $95,180 30
      Los Angeles, CA $91,310 2,530
      San Francisco, CA $90,570 730
      San Jose, CA $81,430 670
      Santa Maria, CA $79,640 100
      Modesto, CA $77,470 60
      CO
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Denver, CO $101,070 540
      Fort Collins, CO $83,850 70
      Colorado $80,440 1,160
      Southwest Colorado $77,700 30
      Northwest Colorado $77,630 40
      Greeley, CO $73,150 50
      Eastern and Southern Colorado $67,450 80
      Colorado Springs, CO $64,750 170
      CT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      New Haven, CT $99,140 200
      Norwich, CT $95,150 80
      Waterbury, CT $94,900 90
      Connecticut $81,490 1,160
      Hartford, CT $81,490 440
      Bridgeport, CT $74,820 340
      DC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV $90,150 730
      DE
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Sussex Delaware $98,170 60
      Delaware $83,420 250
      FL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Deltona, FL $93,300 100
      Miami, FL $87,810 1,510
      Orlando, FL $85,340 660
      Florida $83,940 4,990
      Jacksonville, FL $83,140 290
      Tampa, FL $81,860 690
      Cape Coral, FL $79,300 130
      Port St. Lucie, FL $78,250 70
      Lakeland, FL $77,650 120
      North Florida $76,330 60
      North Port, FL $72,520 70
      GA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Augusta, GA-SC $107,310 260
      Atlanta, GA $77,370 670
      Georgia $75,950 1,610
      North Georgia $66,500 30
      East Georgia $64,750 30
      Middle Georgia $64,060 140
      Athens, GA $64,050 50
      South Georgia $62,260 60
      Valdosta, GA $60,330 40
      HI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Urban Honolulu, HI $107,020 270
      Hawaii $102,180 370
      Kahului, HI $96,140 40
      IA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $79,050 90
      Davenport, IA-IL $72,930 90
      Iowa $71,910 800
      Southeast Iowa $70,230 90
      Des Moines, IA $69,550 100
      Northwest Iowa $67,840 130
      Northeast Iowa $65,160 —
      Waterloo, IA $64,710 —
      Cedar Rapids, IA $59,000 80
      ID
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Coeur d'Alene, ID $90,340 50
      Boise City, ID $77,870 230
      Idaho $75,420 370
      IL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Springfield, IL $102,460 50
      Chicago, IL-IN $81,430 1,600
      South Illinois $81,040 80
      Peoria, IL $79,840 —
      Illinois $78,870 2,450
      Rockford, IL $78,720 90
      West Central Illinois $74,070 70
      Bloomington, IL $63,620 —
      Northwest Illinois $61,270 40
      East Central Illinois $60,320 60
      IN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Muncie, IN $83,160 80
      Indianapolis, IN $79,440 530
      Indiana $77,270 1,460
      Fort Wayne, IN $73,220 60
      Terre Haute, IN $72,080 100
      South Bend, IN-MI $69,630 80
      Evansville, IN $64,540 80
      Southern Indiana $64,010 50
      KS
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Kansas $70,960 470
      Kansas $62,730 130
      Wichita, KS $56,850 100
      KY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      East Kentucky $82,640 80
      Lexington, KY $81,030 210
      Kentucky $74,850 1,260
      Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $74,850 400
      South Central Kentucky $73,740 100
      Central Kentucky $62,030 —
      LA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Lafayette, LA $93,360 60
      Northeast Louisiana $82,630 40
      New Orleans, LA $75,260 120
      Louisiana $72,990 490
      MA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Amherst Town, MA $100,260 110
      Worcester, MA $86,460 360
      Springfield, MA $82,790 100
      Massachusetts $80,140 2,860
      Boston, MA-NH $79,550 2,160
      MD
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Baltimore, MD $83,570 500
      Maryland $80,990 860
      Maryland $76,660 80
      Hagerstown, MD-WV $73,460 40
      ME
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Bangor, ME $84,530 70
      Portland, ME $79,060 210
      Maine $78,770 410
      Northeast Maine $75,310 40
      Southwest Maine $73,340 70
      MI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Ann Arbor, MI $106,450 220
      Detroit, MI $100,550 420
      Upper Peninsula of Michigan $81,550 100
      Michigan $80,740 1,680
      Lansing, MI $79,650 130
      Mid Michigan $78,430 60
      Flint, MI $66,410 110
      Grand Rapids, MI $60,760 230
      MN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      St. Cloud, MN $80,730 80
      Southeast Minnesota $80,170 100
      Minneapolis, MN-WI $78,670 890
      Minnesota $78,110 1,470
      Northwest Minnesota $77,760 70
      Mankato, MN $72,880 80
      Duluth, MN-WI $69,930 70
      MO
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Columbia, MO $82,990 90
      Kansas City, MO-KS $81,320 520
      St. Louis, MO-IL $79,910 670
      North Missouri $76,180 30
      Missouri $74,000 1,330
      Springfield, MO $65,980 210
      Central Missouri $61,440 40
      Joplin, MO-KS $50,770 40
      MS
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Jackson, MS $80,450 340
      Mississippi $73,160 1,000
      West Delta Mississippi $73,160 100
      Lower West Mississippi $71,970 80
      Gulfport, MS $67,340 60
      Upper East Mississippi $64,900 130
      Lower East Mississippi $64,720 140
      MT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Montana $84,550 230
      NC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Wilmington, NC $106,150 180
      Durham, NC $100,820 —
      Greenville, NC $95,110 120
      Winston, NC $81,950 110
      North Carolina $78,740 2,360
      Greensboro, NC $78,560 180
      Fayetteville, NC $77,280 90
      Charlotte, NC-SC $75,310 340
      Central North Carolina $71,670 200
      Asheville, NC $69,960 50
      Western North Carolina $69,570 190
      Eastern North Carolina $66,760 170
      Raleigh, NC $66,470 —
      Hickory, NC $65,460 80
      ND
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Fargo, ND-MN $93,980 80
      North Dakota $83,130 120
      East North Dakota $73,210 50
      NE
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Omaha, NE-IA $79,970 190
      Northeast Nebraska $79,670 —
      Nebraska $79,120 360
      Lincoln, NE $75,200 —
      South Nebraska $62,730 30
      NH
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Manchester, NH $81,680 270
      New Hampshire $81,260 530
      Central New Hampshire $80,920 70
      Southwestern New Hampshire $78,930 40
      NJ
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      New Jersey $102,090 1,540
      Trenton, NJ $83,470 70
      NM
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      New Mexico $77,850 360
      Eastern New Mexico $75,150 80
      Albuquerque, NM $52,220 110
      NV
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Reno, NV $95,820 160
      Nevada $84,660 920
      Las Vegas, NV $84,440 690
      NY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Binghamton, NY $108,430 100
      New York, NY-NJ $103,790 4,050
      New York $93,640 5,380
      Syracuse, NY $85,970 190
      Capital/Northern New York $77,390 80
      Buffalo, NY $75,270 360
      Rochester, NY $74,630 580
      Albany, NY $63,980 340
      Kiryas Joel, NY $63,670 150
      Central East New York $63,020 120
      Southwest New York $51,830 140
      OH
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Eastern Ohio $83,910 80
      Southern Ohio $82,360 190
      North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $78,670 160
      Cleveland, OH $75,490 580
      Columbus, OH $75,130 920
      Dayton, OH $74,720 410
      Ohio $74,570 4,260
      Toledo, OH $74,120 180
      Akron, OH $73,770 270
      Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $63,880 1,100
      Canton, OH $62,440 60
      OK
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Tulsa, OK $73,210 170
      Southwest Oklahoma $68,000 50
      Oklahoma $65,100 600
      Northwest Oklahoma $63,340 100
      Oklahoma City, OK $61,040 100
      Southeast Oklahoma $60,640 100
      Northeast Oklahoma $59,040 50
      OR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Portland, OR-WA $108,320 510
      Oregon $101,640 580
      Coast Oregon $90,890 30
      Other
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      District of Columbia $103,780 130
      PA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      York, PA $90,080 —
      Erie, PA $82,420 90
      Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD $82,100 2,230
      Harrisburg, PA $80,050 150
      Pennsylvania $79,920 4,860
      Lancaster, PA $77,510 140
      Central Pennsylvania $76,720 110
      Southwestern Pennsylvania $75,870 90
      Allentown, PA-NJ $75,380 290
      Scranton, PA $74,660 180
      Pittsburgh, PA $72,900 1,490
      Northwestern Pennsylvania $65,410 50
      Northeastern Pennsylvania $64,470 30
      Johnstown, PA $58,700 50
      PR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Mayaguez, PR $79,260 80
      Arecibo, PR $78,620 40
      San Juan, PR $73,500 320
      Ponce, PR $56,080 50
      RI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Providence, RI-MA $74,720 340
      Rhode Island $74,720 280
      SC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Columbia, SC $95,750 250
      Greenville, SC $80,150 300
      Charleston, SC $79,900 190
      South Carolina $79,900 1,150
      Florence, SC $61,420 70
      Northwestern South Carolina $59,410 80
      SD
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      East South Dakota $68,000 120
      South Dakota $63,940 240
      Sioux Falls, SD-MN $56,960 80
      TN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Nashville, TN $81,480 240
      North Central Tennessee $78,360 40
      Knoxville, TN $77,550 200
      Memphis, TN-MS-AR $77,060 380
      Tennessee $76,620 1,310
      Chattanooga, TN-GA $74,680 70
      Jackson, TN $73,380 60
      West Tennessee $68,230 60
      Kingsport, TN-VA $64,580 60
      TX
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Waco, TX $196,540 70
      Killeen, TX $119,320 120
      Houston, TX $107,190 1,510
      Dallas, TX $101,690 1,250
      Texas $97,610 5,940
      Odessa, TX $94,240 70
      Lubbock, TX $83,550 90
      College Station, TX $83,410 170
      Sherman, TX $82,050 80
      Austin, TX $81,750 510
      Texarkana, TX-AR $81,450 100
      Hill Country Region of Texas $81,010 110
      El Paso, TX $80,750 180
      North Region of Texas $77,090 140
      Northwestern Region of Texas $76,120 90
      Amarillo, TX $74,650 80
      McAllen, TX $73,730 90
      Brownsville, TX $68,510 40
      Tyler, TX $67,320 190
      Coastal Plains Region of Texas $63,850 80
      Laredo, TX $63,850 80
      Eastern Region of Texas $63,510 80
      UT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Salt Lake City, UT $81,430 380
      Utah $75,380 740
      Provo, UT $66,230 220
      High Desert Utah $64,630 50
      Ogden, UT $64,560 70
      VA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Blacksburg, VA $82,670 50
      Richmond, VA $80,190 350
      Northern West Virginia $79,420 100
      Virginia $78,850 1,950
      Virginia Beach, VA-NC $78,240 340
      Winchester, VA-WV $76,640 90
      West Virginia $75,550 360
      Southside Virginia $74,030 60
      Southern West Virginia $58,720 40
      VT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Burlington, VT $78,800 70
      Vermont $78,800 —
      WA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Bremerton, WA $84,300 30
      Seattle, WA $80,840 740
      Washington $78,000 1,340
      Bellingham, WA $77,180 60
      Spokane, WA $72,360 180
      WI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Eau Claire, WI $97,630 80
      Kenosha, WI $88,900 —
      Madison, WI $82,810 190
      La Crosse, WI-MN $82,030 30
      South Central Wisconsin $81,710 40
      Green Bay, WI $80,420 120
      Milwaukee, WI $79,810 660
      Wisconsin $79,810 1,620
      Northeastern Wisconsin $77,720 40
      Northwestern Wisconsin $49,370 50
      WV
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Huntington, WV-KY-OH $79,710 60
      Charleston, WV $78,160 40
      Wheeling, WV-OH $62,070 40
      WY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Cheyenne, WY $76,470 40
      Eastern Wyoming $75,280 50
      Wyoming $75,280 130
      Western Wyoming $63,450 40