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Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary — wages and employment

Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary earned a median annual wage of $75,890 in the United States in May 2024, with 12,680 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

MEDIAN 2024: $75,890SOURCE: BLS OEWSEvery value source-linked

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What stands out

Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary earned a median annual wage of $75,890 in the United States in May 2024, with 12,680 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The lowest-paid tenth earned $44,150 or less, the best-paid tenth $158,240 or more. Since May 2023 the median moved from $75,770 to $75,890, +0.2 %. The best-paying state is California at $130,340; the lowest Utah at $55,770. Among metropolitan areas, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA pays the highest median, $143,060. 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 202412,680$75,890$87,980$44,150$57,290$101,420$158,240—evidence →
May 202313,270$75,770$87,340$44,400$58,540$101,780$148,610—evidence →

By state

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

StateMedian annualEmployment
California$130,3401,900
Arizona$94,66090
New York$82,770790
Nebraska$82,400—
Idaho$82,22040
Maryland$81,110130
Michigan$80,310330
Massachusetts$80,270270
Tennessee$79,410150
South Carolina$78,280380
Minnesota$77,080250
Missouri$76,890210
Illinois$75,840530
Texas$75,5701,460
Oregon$75,180360
New Mexico$75,17040
Pennsylvania$72,390550
Connecticut$71,180200
New Jersey$69,550270
Oklahoma$69,270110
Florida$68,14080
Washington$66,840280
Alabama$66,270150
New Hampshire$66,16070
Wyoming$65,46030
Wisconsin$65,07060
Maine$64,940—
Puerto Rico$64,52040
West Virginia$64,430150
Iowa$64,230150
Mississippi$64,160190
Indiana$63,960430
Louisiana$63,51080
North Carolina$63,450740
Georgia$63,260190
Kentucky$63,190210
Colorado$62,530190
Arkansas$61,490190
Ohio$61,090460
North Dakota$60,13040
South Dakota$59,98060
Kansas$59,07080
Virginia$57,930340
Utah$55,770190

Highest-paying metropolitan areas

Top 20 by median annual wage.

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