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Communications Teachers, Postsecondary earn $78,580 a year at the midpoint

Pay in this work stretches a long way: the lowest tenth earn about $47,590, the highest tenth about $143,720, and the middle sits at $78,580.

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$78,580median a year · United States
—an hour $90,010average 29,420people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$61,25025th $78,580median $102,45075th
$47,59010th percentile $143,72090th percentile
$61,250a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$135,000best-paying state · California
$49,880lowest-paying state · New Mexico
+72%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

Paid by the yearThe survey publishes no hourly figure for this occupation — it is typically salaried, often on a school or contract year.
State matters a lotThe same job pays $135,000 in California and $49,880 in New Mexico — a gap of $85,120 a year.

Postsecondary communications teacher earnings, from starting pay to the highest 10%

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Postsecondary communications teacher wages by state

The 42 states where the most people do this work, of 48 with a published figure: their medians range by 2.71 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
California $135,000 $78,660 $78,660 — $218,880 3,140
Delaware $100,260 $52,090 $52,090 — $162,360 60
Oregon $98,900 $48,930 $48,930 — $233,790 490
Connecticut $97,210 $58,020 $58,020 — $134,890 280
Rhode Island $95,910 $66,540 $66,540 — $129,640 110
Michigan $87,670 $46,990 $46,990 — $137,120 630
New York $84,690 $49,920 $49,920 — $208,260 2,490
District of Columbia $83,910 $53,150 $53,150 — $137,160 180
Maryland $83,510 $46,530 $46,530 — $164,180 440
Minnesota $83,380 $59,480 $59,480 — $108,430 450
Massachusetts $82,610 $60,730 $60,730 — $161,740 1,110
Nevada $82,020 $61,530 $61,530 — $137,660 70
South Carolina $79,810 $48,020 $48,020 — $105,660 320
Nebraska $79,180 $49,380 $49,380 — $137,260 90
Wisconsin $78,780 $53,180 $53,180 — $118,400 640
Illinois $78,150 $46,730 $46,730 — $118,210 1,580
Utah $77,950 $59,160 $59,160 — $137,370 180
West Virginia $77,880 $50,770 $50,770 — $101,780 110
Pennsylvania $77,790 $48,950 $48,950 — $116,140 1,530
New Jersey $77,780 $32,220 $32,220 — $132,870 1,380
Iowa $77,700 $51,380 $51,380 — $104,740 320
Ohio $77,660 $40,240 $40,240 — $105,780 1,390
Louisiana $77,250 $51,130 $51,130 — $123,690 170
Texas $77,050 $46,600 $46,600 — $127,050 2,880
Washington $75,330 $49,960 $49,960 — $102,640 420
Virginia $73,750 $50,060 $50,060 — $126,130 790
Georgia $73,430 $38,850 $38,850 — $108,090 460
Missouri $71,830 $48,150 $48,150 — $107,640 480
South Dakota $71,300 $50,190 $50,190 — $83,000 80
Arizona $71,230 $71,230 $71,230 — $110,870 630
Colorado $69,200 $37,820 $37,820 — $126,910 560
Oklahoma $66,650 $38,100 $38,100 — $86,330 230
Tennessee $66,630 $49,800 $49,800 — $103,320 440
North Carolina $65,850 $43,360 $43,360 — $106,930 950
Florida $65,740 $51,120 $51,120 — $98,830 1,260
Indiana $65,390 $48,760 $48,760 — $107,480 670
Kansas $64,180 $30,370 $30,370 — $137,740 300
Alabama $63,760 $47,420 $47,420 — $99,160 300
Kentucky $62,380 $33,520 $33,520 — $105,720 470
Mississippi $61,290 $31,600 $31,600 — $78,730 180
Arkansas $59,810 $47,450 $47,450 — $78,440 140
New Mexico $49,880 $42,680 $42,680 — $89,270 400

No estimate is published for 1 states: the survey withholds a figure when too few employers report it. Nothing has been filled in for them.

Postsecondary communications teacher pay rate, hourly to annual

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$78,582a year

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  • Evaluated and graded students' class work, assignments, and papers.
  • Prepared course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Initiated, facilitated, and moderated classroom discussions.

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Nearby work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Communications Teachers, Postsecondary$78,580
Law Teachers, Postsecondary$128,500+$49,920 Economics Teachers, Postsecondary$123,920+$45,340 Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary$109,270+$30,690 Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$107,310+$28,730 Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary$101,420+$22,840 Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary$99,650+$21,070

Place 217 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 72% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 215 Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary $78,620
  2. 216 Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators $78,620
  3. 217 Communications Teachers, Postsecondary $78,580
  4. 218 Roof Bolters, Mining $78,540
  5. 219 Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other $78,350

What people often ask

What is a postsecondary communications teacher’s yearly income?

A postsecondary communications teacher makes a median of $78,580 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $61,250 and $102,450.

What is the starting pay for a postsecondary communications teacher?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $61,250 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $47,590.

Which state pays communications teachers, postsecondary the most?

California, with a median of $135,000 a year.

How many people work as communications teachers, postsecondary?

About 29,420 in the United States — number 217 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays nearly the same

Median pay within $180 of what communications teachers, postsecondary earn — $78,580 a year — but not always the same spread.

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