Geography Teachers, Postsecondary Salary and Pay
How much do Geography Teachers, Postsecondary make?
Median pay for Geography Teachers, Postsecondary is $86,730 a year (not published); the mean is $99,020. The occupation employed 3,290 people in May 2024, and its middle band runs from $66,400 to $120,220.
What Geography Teachers, Postsecondary actually pay, from the federal wage survey: a $86,730 median, the full percentile ladder, every state's table, and the metros where the jobs and the money sit, on one page.
Updated November 5, 2026
Salary converter for this occupation
Every level in the picker is a published BLS figure for Geography Teachers, Postsecondary, not a national average. Annual-to-hourly conversions divide by 2,080 hours, the survey's full-time year; top-coded levels use $239,200, the floor BLS prints, so the true figure is higher.
The national wage ladder (BLS OEWS, May 2024)
| Pay level | Annual wage | Hourly wage |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $49,990 | n/p |
| 25th percentile | $66,400 | n/p |
| Median (50th) | $86,730 | n/p |
| 75th percentile | $120,220 | n/p |
| 90th percentile | $164,350 | n/p |
Percentiles answer the question a single average cannot: where would a given Geography Teachers, Postsecondary offer sit among all 3,290 workers doing this job? The survey top-codes at $239,200+ and withholds unreliable cells, shown as n/p in the table.
Employment and concentration
The occupation employed 3,290 people in May 2024, 0.00% of every job BLS counted. California is the largest employer at 330 jobs, and the leading three states between them hold 23.7% of the workforce. Concentration peaks in Vermont, whose location quotient of 6.83 says this work is 6.83 times as dense there as it is nationwide.
Read the ladder as a career path in numbers: $66,400 at the 25th percentile, $86,730 at the middle, $120,220 at the 75th. The full 10-to-90 range runs $114,360, a ratio of 3.3 to 1. Where a specific job offer lands on that range says more about the role's level than the occupation's headline median does.
Pay by state
Sorted by employment, the table below puts California first at 330 jobs; sorted by median pay instead, California would lead at $162,050. Both orderings are printed in one table:
| State | Employment | Jobs per 1,000 | Location quotient | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 330 | 0.0 | 0.85 | $160,400 | $162,050 |
| Texas | 250 | 0.0 | 0.83 | $96,520 | $95,780 |
| New York | 200 | 0.0 | 0.99 | $102,710 | $97,960 |
| Pennsylvania | 190 | 0.0 | 1.52 | $90,150 | $84,350 |
| North Carolina | 180 | 0.0 | 1.74 | $88,700 | $81,210 |
| Illinois | 140 | 0.0 | 1.05 | $88,620 | $87,410 |
| Colorado | 130 | 0.0 | 2.11 | $75,190 | $77,430 |
| Washington | 120 | 0.0 | 1.54 | $85,320 | $81,910 |
| Maryland | 100 | 0.0 | 1.70 | $122,390 | $100,110 |
| Michigan | 100 | 0.0 | 1.03 | $78,970 | $77,180 |
| Minnesota | 100 | 0.0 | 1.56 | $95,870 | $94,120 |
| Ohio | 100 | 0.0 | 0.84 | $82,570 | $85,720 |
| Oregon | 100 | 0.1 | 2.40 | $109,560 | $124,060 |
| Tennessee | 100 | 0.0 | 1.42 | $81,450 | $76,450 |
| Wisconsin | 90 | 0.0 | 1.38 | $90,270 | $82,720 |
| Georgia | 70 | 0.0 | 0.67 | $85,810 | $80,200 |
| Indiana | 70 | 0.0 | 1.03 | $95,390 | $81,600 |
| Utah | 70 | 0.0 | 1.90 | $84,890 | $81,940 |
| Virginia | 70 | 0.0 | 0.83 | $105,250 | $85,400 |
| Massachusetts | 60 | 0.0 | 0.75 | $100,670 | $98,220 |
| New Jersey | 60 | 0.0 | 0.61 | $84,920 | $78,220 |
| Oklahoma | 60 | 0.0 | 1.56 | $83,930 | $80,910 |
| Arizona | 50 | 0.0 | 0.71 | $91,530 | $77,200 |
| Connecticut | 40 | 0.0 | 1.12 | $93,900 | $86,830 |
| Kentucky | 40 | 0.0 | 1.05 | $87,340 | $81,690 |
| Mississippi | 40 | 0.0 | 1.54 | $91,760 | $83,570 |
| Missouri | 40 | 0.0 | 0.65 | $87,590 | $81,370 |
| New Mexico | 40 | 0.0 | 2.09 | $88,110 | $85,460 |
| South Carolina | 40 | 0.0 | 0.73 | $93,380 | $99,030 |
| Vermont | 40 | 0.1 | 6.83 | $105,050 | $103,950 |
| Iowa | 30 | 0.0 | 1.05 | $89,740 | $85,000 |
The occupation in context
Ranked against all 826 published occupations, Geography Teachers, Postsecondary stands number 782 by employment and number 174 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 14% more than its group median, and it supplies 0.0% of the group's 8,947,690 jobs. In 11 of the 31 states with a published median, the state median beats the national median of $86,730, 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, 3.0% of the national total. The first table ranks metros by employment; the second ranks them by mean pay among metros with at least 500 jobs in the occupation, because a three-person metro can top a pay table by accident.
Largest metro employers
| Metropolitan area | Employment | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 100 | $154,070 | $140,140 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 90 | $94,020 | $98,880 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 90 | $100,200 | $95,510 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 90 | $134,150 | $120,220 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 70 | $99,480 | $97,760 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 60 | $87,890 | $80,200 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 60 | $98,160 | $82,270 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 50 | $81,890 | $81,210 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 50 | $103,880 | $103,780 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 50 | $101,030 | $87,910 |
What the median pay looks like as a budget
Budget arithmetic on the median: $7,228 a month before tax, $3,336 biweekly, $1,668 weekly. Moving from the 25th percentile ($66,400) to the 75th ($120,220) is worth $53,820 a year, which is the realistic size of the experience and specialization premium inside this occupation. To turn any of these gross figures into spendable money, run them through the paycheck calculator; to weigh an offer against your current role, use the salary calculator; to test a raise against prices, the raise vs inflation calculator.
To place a real offer: a salary of $95,403 would sit between the median ($86,730) and the 75th percentile ($120,220), inside the top half but outside the top quarter of this occupation's ladder. An offer at the 25th percentile, $66,400, is $20,330 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
The occupations BLS groups with this one, by size: Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other, Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education, Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary, Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School, Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary, Special Education Teachers, Middle School. Every one of the 826 published occupations is indexed on the Careers hub.
Frequently asked questions
What is the average salary for Geography Teachers, Postsecondary?
BLS publishes both centers: the mean annual wage is $99,020 and the median is $86,730 (May 2024). The median is usually the better answer to what a typical worker makes, because the mean is pulled by the highest earners.
Where do Geography Teachers, Postsecondary earn the most?
At state level, California posts the highest median at $162,050. At metro level, BLS publishes no metro estimates for this occupation.
How many Geography Teachers, Postsecondary jobs are there?
3,290 nationally in May 2024. The biggest metro employer is Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA with 100 jobs.
Is $86,730 a good salary for Geography Teachers, Postsecondary?
It is the exact middle of the occupation: half of the 3,290 counted workers earn more, half earn less. Against the occupation's own ladder, an offer above $120,220 is a top-quartile offer and one below $66,400 is a bottom-quartile one.