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Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary — wages and employment

Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary earned a median annual wage of $84,290 in the United States in May 2024, with 11,430 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

MEDIAN 2024: $84,290SOURCE: BLS OEWSEvery value source-linked

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What stands out

Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary earned a median annual wage of $84,290 in the United States in May 2024, with 11,430 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The lowest-paid tenth earned $51,130 or less, the best-paid tenth $164,650 or more. Since May 2023 the median moved from $86,030 to $84,290, -2.0 %. The best-paying state is California at $113,070; the lowest Puerto Rico at $44,940. Among metropolitan areas, Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA pays the highest median, $163,460. Wages are as published by BLS for May of each year; '≥ $239,200' is BLS's top code. Every value links to its fact record.

United States, year by year

Annual wages at the median, mean and four percentiles; employment is the May estimate.

ReferenceEmploymentMedianMean10th25th75th90thMedian hourlySource
May 202411,430$84,290$97,350$51,130$64,320$107,810$164,650—evidence →
May 202311,570$86,030$100,390$51,590$65,390$111,650$169,680—evidence →

By state

Median annual wage, May 2024, highest first. Each state has its own record with the full series.

StateMedian annualEmployment
California$113,0701,030
Vermont$107,22090
Kansas$102,80090
Rhode Island$100,680—
Massachusetts$99,630610
Connecticut$98,660240
District of Columbia$98,500240
New York$97,1401,740
Illinois$96,980150
Michigan$96,070370
Pennsylvania$95,660570
Maryland$88,080560
New Jersey$87,450480
Arizona$87,140190
Virginia$80,460340
Alaska$80,37080
Washington$79,660250
Minnesota$78,660230
Nebraska$78,640—
Indiana$78,400280
Texas$77,650730
Oregon$77,070180
Montana$76,670100
Wisconsin$76,600160
Georgia$75,250360
Ohio$72,690190
Mississippi$69,11050
North Carolina$67,170610
Alabama$67,06080
Colorado$66,810180
Kentucky$65,20080
Missouri$65,170120
Utah$64,890160
West Virginia$63,53050
South Carolina$63,000170
Florida$61,92070
Puerto Rico$44,94080

Highest-paying metropolitan areas

Top 20 by median annual wage.

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