Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Salary and Pay
How much do Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary make?
Median pay for Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary is $77,280 a year (not published); the mean is $84,450. The occupation employed 2,630 people in May 2024, and its middle band runs from $56,870 to $99,530.
The complete pay picture for Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary: 2,630 jobs nationally, a median of $77,280, and the state and metro tables that show where that median is beaten and where it is not.
Updated November 5, 2026
Salary converter for this occupation
Conversions use 12 months, 26 biweekly periods, 52 weeks, and 2,080 hours. No level in this occupation's ladder reaches the BLS top code, so every figure the converter shows is a published estimate rather than a floor.
The national wage ladder (BLS OEWS, May 2024)
| Pay level | Annual wage | Hourly wage |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $47,580 | n/p |
| 25th percentile | $56,870 | n/p |
| Median (50th) | $77,280 | n/p |
| 75th percentile | $99,530 | n/p |
| 90th percentile | $133,180 | n/p |
The five rows are five different workers in the same occupation, from the 10th percentile ($47,580) to the 90th ($133,180). BLS suppresses cells that fail its reliability rules (n/p here) and caps the highest wages at $239,200+ a year or $115.00+ an hour; in this ladder that top code appears at the very top rows only.
Employment and concentration
May 2024 employment stood at 2,630, or 0.00% of the U.S. total. California leads the state table with 320 jobs; the top three states sum to 27.4% of the occupation. The concentration measure tells the more interesting story: Utah posts a location quotient of 6.14, so a worker there is far more likely to meet a colleague in this field than the national pattern suggests.
Pay inside the occupation is wide: $85,600 separates the ends of its ladder. The 90th percentile ($133,180) is 2.8 times the 10th percentile ($47,580), a gap of $85,600 a year. The mean of $84,450 sitting above the median of $77,280 tells you the top end pulls the average up: most workers cluster below the mean, and the high tail is thin.
Pay by state
The state spread for Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary runs from the $134,060 median in California down through every other publishing state. Employment concentrates in California (320 jobs). The complete table:
| State | Employment | Jobs per 1,000 | Location quotient | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 320 | 0.0 | 1.04 | $129,200 | $134,060 |
| North Carolina | 220 | 0.0 | 2.65 | $78,720 | $79,090 |
| Utah | 180 | 0.1 | 6.14 | $86,110 | $74,790 |
| Pennsylvania | 170 | 0.0 | 1.62 | $73,590 | $64,620 |
| Illinois | 140 | 0.0 | 1.37 | $77,380 | $79,460 |
| Ohio | 140 | 0.0 | 1.52 | $78,650 | $77,280 |
| Indiana | 110 | 0.0 | 2.11 | $72,540 | $65,220 |
| Kentucky | 100 | 0.1 | 2.96 | $71,100 | $65,360 |
| Missouri | 100 | 0.0 | 1.93 | $75,730 | $65,580 |
| Virginia | 100 | 0.0 | 1.38 | $72,180 | $68,050 |
| Mississippi | 80 | 0.1 | 4.10 | $81,450 | $79,950 |
| Washington | 70 | 0.0 | 1.16 | $69,030 | $65,200 |
| Oklahoma | 60 | 0.0 | 1.99 | $75,090 | $79,840 |
| South Carolina | 60 | 0.0 | 1.49 | $69,860 | $70,730 |
| Michigan | 50 | 0.0 | 0.72 | $100,410 | $80,130 |
| Iowa | 40 | 0.0 | 1.58 | $86,040 | $76,330 |
| Louisiana | 40 | 0.0 | 1.19 | $76,990 | $81,030 |
| New Jersey | 40 | 0.0 | 0.52 | $51,810 | $51,260 |
| Oregon | 40 | 0.0 | 1.31 | $76,920 | $73,020 |
The occupation in context
Ranked against all 826 published occupations, Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary stands number 795 by employment and number 235 by median pay. Inside its own major group, Educational Instruction and Library Occupations, the group median wage is $76,210 across 64 detailed occupations, so this occupation pays 1% more than its group median, and it supplies 0.0% of the group's 8,947,690 jobs. In 7 of the 19 states with a published median, the state median beats the national median of $77,280, which is the single best quick test of whether this occupation's pay is set nationally or locally: a high count means local markets regularly outbid the national figure.
Metropolitan areas: where the jobs and the pay sit
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is the largest metro employer with 100 jobs, 3.8% of the national total. Employment rank and pay rank are different lists: the second table re-sorts metros with at least 500 jobs in this occupation by mean pay, the floor keeping a handful of workers from posing as a market.
Largest metro employers
| Metropolitan area | Employment | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 100 | $161,740 | $142,490 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 50 | $84,780 | $79,090 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 50 | $97,480 | $99,420 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 50 | $116,710 | $100,130 |
What the median pay looks like as a budget
As a household number, $77,280 a year is $6,440 a month gross, $2,972 every two weeks, $1,486 a week. Moving from the 25th percentile ($56,870) to the 75th ($99,530) is worth $42,660 a year, which is the realistic size of the experience and specialization premium inside this occupation. The next step from a gross figure is a net one: run the $6,440 monthly figure through the paycheck calculator applies your state's taxes, the salary calculator compares two offers in any unit, and the raise vs inflation calculator tells you whether a nominal raise is a real one.
To place a real offer: a salary of $85,008 would sit between the median ($77,280) and the 75th percentile ($99,530), inside the top half but outside the top quarter of this occupation's ladder. An offer at the 25th percentile, $56,870, is $20,410 under the median, the typical size of the discount attached to entry-level or low-cost-market postings in this field.
Related occupations in Educational Instruction and Library Occupations
Compare the ladder above with the closest relatives in the survey: Librarians and Media Collections Specialists, Teachers and Instructors, All Other, Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other, Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education, Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary, Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School. The Careers hub carries the whole branch, group by group.
Frequently asked questions
How much do Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary make?
The median annual wage is $77,280 and the mean is $84,450 in the BLS OEWS May 2024 estimates. The middle half of workers earn between $56,870 and $99,530 a year.
Which state pays Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary the most?
By median annual wage, California leads the state table at $134,060, based on 320 jobs in that state. By mean wage and by headcount the leaders can differ, so the state table on this page shows all three measures side by side.
How many Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary are there in the United States?
BLS counted 2,630 wage and salary workers in this occupation in May 2024, 0.00% of all U.S. employment in the survey. The largest state employer is California with 320 jobs.
What do the OEWS percentiles mean for Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary?
They mark points in this occupation's pay distribution. One worker in ten earns $47,580 or less and one in ten earns $133,180 or more; the median, $77,280, is the wage of the worker exactly in the middle of the 2,630 counted jobs.