Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary Salary

Median Salary
$80,250
per year
Employment
77,960
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$48,800
25th percentile
$63,510
Median
$80,250
75th percentile
$101,090
90th percentile
$129,500

💰 Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary Salary by State

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$62K
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StateMedianvs. National
Hawaii$129,530+61.4%
District of Columbia$107,770+34.3%
Delaware$98,170+22.3%
Nevada$96,500+20.2%
Connecticut$95,500+19.0%
Idaho$90,890+13.3%
Alaska$85,650+6.7%
Massachusetts$85,130+6.1%
Texas$84,930+5.8%
Wisconsin$84,700+5.5%
Maryland$84,050+4.7%
New York$82,950+3.4%
Nebraska$82,720+3.1%
Virginia$82,550+2.9%
Colorado$82,530+2.8%
Florida$82,410+2.7%
Utah$82,320+2.6%
California$81,960+2.1%
Washington$81,630+1.7%
Minnesota$81,280+1.3%
North Dakota$80,710+0.6%
North Carolina$80,400+0.2%
Tennessee$80,050-0.2%
Louisiana$79,960-0.4%
Alabama$79,690-0.7%
Maine$79,600-0.8%
South Carolina$79,540-0.9%
New Mexico$79,380-1.1%
Illinois$79,150-1.4%
Arizona$78,980-1.6%
Michigan$78,870-1.7%
Pennsylvania$78,460-2.2%
Rhode Island$78,340-2.4%
New Hampshire$78,310-2.4%
Oregon$78,050-2.7%
Montana$77,980-2.8%
Georgia$77,720-3.2%
Iowa$77,360-3.6%
New Jersey$76,980-4.1%
Ohio$76,700-4.4%
Missouri$76,340-4.9%
Indiana$76,080-5.2%
Mississippi$75,060-6.5%
Wyoming$72,590-9.5%
Kentucky$71,920-10.4%
Oklahoma$67,840-15.5%
Vermont$66,660-16.9%
South Dakota$66,630-17.0%
Arkansas$63,090-21.4%
Kansas$62,870-21.7%
West Virginia$62,210-22.5%

🏙️ Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
Waco, TX$206,810+157.7%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$150,400+87.4%
Fresno, CA$135,080+68.3%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$111,820+39.3%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$111,440+38.9%
Wilmington, NC$110,620+37.8%
Ann Arbor, MI$109,080+35.9%
Fargo, ND-MN$106,380+32.6%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$103,900+29.5%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$103,010+28.4%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$101,640+26.7%
Columbia, SC$101,340+26.3%
Springfield, IL$101,250+26.2%
Flagstaff, AZ$101,160+26.1%
New Haven, CT$100,170+24.8%
Reno, NV$99,120+23.5%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$98,970+23.3%
Greenville, NC$98,380+22.6%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$98,360+22.6%
Bellingham, WA$97,870+22.0%
Eau Claire, WI$97,630+21.7%
Omaha, NE-IA$97,390+21.4%
Visalia, CA$97,360+21.3%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$97,190+21.1%
Binghamton, NY$97,130+21.0%
Odessa, TX$96,960+20.8%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$96,020+19.7%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$95,680+19.2%
Winston-Salem, NC$95,020+18.4%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$94,900+18.3%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$94,740+18.1%
Madison, WI$94,420+17.7%
Killeen-Temple, TX$94,230+17.4%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$93,970+17.1%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$93,540+16.6%
Lafayette, LA$93,360+16.3%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$92,050+14.7%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$90,340+12.6%
Worcester, MA$90,090+12.3%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$88,000+9.7%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$87,920+9.6%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$87,380+8.9%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$87,010+8.4%
Kenosha, WI$86,920+8.3%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$86,030+7.2%
Anchorage, AK$85,530+6.6%
Sherman-Denison, TX$85,200+6.2%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$84,930+5.8%
Colorado Springs, CO$84,910+5.8%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$84,730+5.6%
College Station-Bryan, TX$84,700+5.5%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$84,700+5.5%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$84,590+5.4%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$84,050+4.7%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$83,950+4.6%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$83,550+4.1%
Jackson, MS$83,120+3.6%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$83,000+3.4%
Mobile, AL$82,960+3.4%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$82,950+3.4%
Ogden, UT$82,870+3.3%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$82,800+3.2%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$82,800+3.2%
Richmond, VA$82,620+3.0%
Portland-South Portland, ME$82,390+2.7%
Asheville, NC$82,280+2.5%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$82,030+2.2%
Bangor, ME$81,860+2.0%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$81,810+1.9%
St. Cloud, MN$81,630+1.7%
Knoxville, TN$81,600+1.7%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$81,600+1.7%
Texarkana, TX-AR$81,450+1.5%
Modesto, CA$81,260+1.3%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$81,170+1.1%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$81,040+1.0%
Boise City, ID$80,720+0.6%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$80,670+0.5%
Columbia, MO$80,590+0.4%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$80,590+0.4%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$80,520+0.3%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$80,440+0.2%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$80,400+0.2%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$80,380+0.2%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$80,310+0.1%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$80,180-0.1%
Jacksonville, FL$79,710-0.7%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$79,680-0.7%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$79,640-0.8%
St. Louis, MO-IL$79,630-0.8%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$79,540-0.9%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$79,490-0.9%
Arecibo, PR$79,210-1.3%
Mankato, MN$79,050-1.5%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$79,050-1.5%
Columbus, OH$79,040-1.5%
Lubbock, TX$78,990-1.6%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$78,990-1.6%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$78,850-1.7%
Winchester, VA-WV$78,830-1.8%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$78,730-1.9%
Mayaguez, PR$78,580-2.1%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$78,540-2.1%
Rockford, IL$78,330-2.4%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$78,250-2.5%
Port St. Lucie, FL$78,250-2.5%
Terre Haute, IN$78,160-2.6%
Duluth, MN-WI$77,960-2.9%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$77,880-3.0%
Syracuse, NY$77,620-3.3%
Jonesboro, AR$77,590-3.3%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$77,360-3.6%
Rochester, NY$77,200-3.8%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$77,140-3.9%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$77,110-3.9%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$76,980-4.1%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$76,840-4.2%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$76,710-4.4%
Cheyenne, WY$76,470-4.7%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$76,410-4.8%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$76,370-4.8%
Kansas City, MO-KS$76,340-4.9%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$76,140-5.1%
Toledo, OH$76,030-5.3%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$76,020-5.3%
Lancaster, PA$75,770-5.6%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$75,730-5.6%
Tulsa, OK$75,730-5.6%
Lincoln, NE$75,410-6.0%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$75,360-6.1%
Muncie, IN$75,320-6.1%
Bloomington, IL$75,020-6.5%
Springfield, MA$74,930-6.6%
Montgomery, AL$74,710-6.9%
Amarillo, TX$74,650-7.0%
Evansville, IN$74,010-7.8%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$74,000-7.8%
Pittsburgh, PA$73,830-8.0%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$73,750-8.1%
Greeley, CO$73,150-8.8%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$73,070-8.9%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$72,520-9.6%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$71,740-10.6%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$71,390-11.0%
Akron, OH$71,260-11.2%
Oklahoma City, OK$68,950-14.1%
Cleveland, OH$68,580-14.5%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$68,220-15.0%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$67,520-15.9%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$67,340-16.1%
Tyler, TX$67,320-16.1%
Springfield, MO$67,270-16.2%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$66,020-17.7%
Erie, PA$65,880-17.9%
El Paso, TX$65,650-18.2%
Wheeling, WV-OH$65,100-18.9%
Charleston, WV$64,840-19.2%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$64,710-19.4%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$64,580-19.5%
Laredo, TX$64,060-20.2%
Johnstown, PA$64,050-20.2%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$63,900-20.4%
Cedar Rapids, IA$63,790-20.5%
Fort Wayne, IN$63,490-20.9%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$63,310-21.1%
Canton-Massillon, OH$62,440-22.2%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$62,210-22.5%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$61,900-22.9%
Florence, SC$61,420-23.5%
Valdosta, GA$60,330-24.8%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$59,270-26.1%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$58,390-27.2%
Puerto Rico$58,210-27.5%
Wichita, KS$56,250-29.9%
Flint, MI$52,740-34.3%
Ponce, PR$48,570-39.5%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$44,680-44.3%
Albuquerque, NM$42,680-46.8%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.