Home / Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary / Best Cities Best Cities for Library Science Teachers, Postsecondarys Cities ranked by purchasing power — where library science 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 California State 1.41 $125,640 $113,496 22% 2 Maryland State 1.40 $123,170 $112,793 16% 3 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro 1.38 $126,820 $110,954 21% 4 Washington State 1.21 $104,540 $97,428 22% 5 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro 1.21 $93,490 $97,183 20% 6 Iowa State 1.17 $83,950 $94,114 14% 7 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro 1.17 $109,250 $93,777 25% 8 Indiana State 1.15 $83,330 $92,077 15% 9 Ohio State 1.14 $82,610 $91,383 15% 10 Michigan State 1.12 $83,370 $90,325 16% 11 Pennsylvania State 1.11 $86,250 $88,918 18% 12 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro 1.11 $96,330 $89,360 22% 13 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro 1.10 $99,720 $88,404 24% 14 Alabama State 1.09 $76,340 $87,646 15% 15 Minnesota State 1.06 $83,710 $85,418 18% 16 Missouri State 1.05 $74,800 $84,424 17% 17 North Carolina State 1.05 $79,460 $84,174 20% 18 Tennessee State 1.05 $76,940 $84,087 20% 19 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro 1.04 $83,300 $83,719 21% 20 Illinois State 1.03 $80,760 $82,916 19% 21 Texas State 1.00 $76,940 $80,481 22% 22 Virginia State 1.00 $82,880 $80,077 23% 23 Oregon State 0.99 $81,890 $79,505 23% 24 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro 0.99 $76,940 $79,156 25% 25 Georgia State 0.97 $72,510 $77,634 23% 26 New Jersey State 0.97 $85,130 $78,244 25% 27 Florida State 0.93 $75,500 $74,384 27% 28 Massachusetts State 0.93 $80,850 $74,516 33% 29 Oklahoma State 0.92 $65,620 $74,147 18% 30 Kansas State 0.91 $66,100 $73,444 19% 31 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro 0.91 $79,210 $73,005 31% 32 Kentucky State 0.90 $63,660 $71,932 18% 33 Nebraska State 0.90 $66,190 $72,339 19% 34 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro 0.89 $80,850 $71,233 38% 35 Mississippi State 0.88 $59,920 $70,660 18% 36 South Carolina State 0.88 $65,310 $70,989 23% 37 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro 0.86 $65,980 $68,873 27% 38 New York State 0.84 $76,060 $67,609 29% 39 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro 0.80 $62,450 $64,514 31%
Data Sources: Salary: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS). Cost of Living: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2025).