Home / Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary / Best Cities Best Cities for Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondarys Cities ranked by purchasing power — where agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondarys get the most value from their salary after accounting for cost of living. A score above 1.00 means better than national average.
How we calculate this: City Score = (Local Salary ÷ National Median) ÷ (Local Cost ÷ National Avg Cost). A score of 1.20 means 20% better purchasing power than average.
# Location Score Raw Salary Adjusted Salary Rent/Income 1 Michigan State 1.49 $136,130 $147,486 10% 2 Tennessee State 1.42 $128,270 $140,186 12% 3 Delaware State 1.27 $126,770 $125,515 13% 4 Kansas State 1.27 $112,480 $124,978 11% 5 New Jersey State 1.22 $131,380 $120,754 16% 6 Maryland State 1.21 $129,920 $118,974 16% 7 New Mexico State 1.19 $108,290 $117,707 12% 8 Connecticut State 1.18 $125,350 $116,496 15% 9 North Dakota State 1.18 $108,130 $116,771 11% 10 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro 1.17 $129,920 $115,177 18% 11 Iowa State 1.15 $101,080 $113,318 11% 12 Georgia State 1.13 $104,330 $111,702 16% 13 Texas State 1.12 $105,370 $110,220 16% 14 Idaho State 1.11 $105,690 $109,523 14% 15 Illinois State 1.10 $105,440 $108,255 15% 16 North Carolina State 1.10 $102,560 $108,644 15% 17 South Dakota State 1.10 $98,220 $108,172 12% 18 Nebraska State 1.08 $97,640 $106,710 13% 19 Wyoming State 1.07 $98,660 $106,086 12% 20 Vermont State 1.05 $106,680 $104,078 16% 21 Minnesota State 1.04 $100,410 $102,459 15% 22 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro 1.04 $99,200 $103,119 19% 23 Virginia State 1.03 $105,330 $101,768 18% 24 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro 1.02 $100,410 $100,915 18% 25 California State 1.01 $109,930 $99,304 25% 26 Oregon State 0.99 $100,930 $97,990 19% 27 Montana State 0.98 $93,470 $96,961 14% 28 Kentucky State 0.96 $84,100 $95,028 14% 29 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro 0.95 $101,550 $94,202 21% 30 Maine State 0.94 $92,480 $92,665 17% 31 Alabama State 0.93 $80,030 $91,883 14% 32 Wisconsin State 0.91 $82,950 $89,870 16% 33 Missouri State 0.90 $78,730 $88,860 16% 34 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro 0.90 $103,120 $88,515 26% 35 Arkansas State 0.87 $74,340 $86,141 14% 36 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro 0.87 $83,480 $85,885 23% 37 Mississippi State 0.84 $69,930 $82,465 15% 38 Indiana State 0.83 $74,480 $82,298 17% 39 Colorado State 0.79 $81,920 $77,723 27% 40 Washington State 0.78 $82,960 $77,316 27% 41 Arizona State 0.74 $73,500 $72,844 24% 42 Oklahoma State 0.73 $64,080 $72,407 18% 43 Utah State 0.65 $64,500 $64,371 28% 44 Florida State 0.62 $62,420 $61,498 33% 45 Ohio State 0.52 $46,160 $51,062 27%
Data Sources: Salary: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS). Cost of Living: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2025).