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Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other earn $72,990 a year at the midpoint

Pay in this work stretches a long way: the lowest tenth earn about $40,670, the highest tenth about $164,420, and the middle sits at $72,990.

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$72,990median a year · United States
—an hour $88,390average 16,580people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$55,91025th $72,990median $102,99075th
$40,67010th percentile $164,42090th percentile
$55,910a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$132,920best-paying state · California
$37,490lowest-paying state · Arkansas
+82%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.
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  • 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 $132,920 in California and $37,490 in Arkansas — a gap of $95,430 a year.

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Adjacent work, and what it pays

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Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other$72,990
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary$123,920+$50,930 Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary$99,650+$26,660 Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary$98,070+$25,080 Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary$85,020+$12,030 Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary$84,290+$11,300 Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary$80,340+$7,350

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Ranked 276 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 65% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 274 Sound Engineering Technicians $73,130
  2. 275 Conservation Scientists $73,010
  3. 276 Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other $72,990
  4. 277 Commercial Divers $72,990
  5. 278 Fundraisers $72,550

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  • Advised students on academic and vocational curricula, career issues, and laboratory and field research.
  • Initiated, facilitated, and moderated classroom discussions.
  • Prepared and delivered lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as econometrics, price theory, and macroeconomics.

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Median pay for social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other, state by state

The 38 states where the most people do this work, of 40 with a published figure: their medians range by 3.55 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
California $132,920 $63,850 $63,850 — $219,230 2,760
Rhode Island $126,630 $61,240 $61,240 — $221,010 140
Minnesota $102,430 $60,530 $60,530 — $130,450 110
Utah $101,970 $54,960 $54,960 — $168,090 60
Massachusetts $98,260 $61,180 $61,180 — $217,010 410
Michigan $97,450 $55,210 $55,210 — $138,200 220
Virginia $94,740 $74,320 $74,320 — $157,760 90
New Mexico $89,860 $66,090 $66,090 — $89,860 60
Iowa $83,920 $48,990 $48,990 — $130,010 150
Vermont $83,870 $41,800 $41,800 — $116,980 50
Nevada $83,860 $39,940 $39,940 — $104,640 150
New York $79,040 $50,150 $50,150 — $133,540 1,840
Wisconsin $78,640 $37,020 $37,020 — $99,680 80
New Hampshire $77,100 $49,370 $49,370 — $91,900 60
Missouri $76,130 $48,670 $48,670 — $104,040 290
Indiana $74,360 $50,890 $50,890 — $106,360 170
Connecticut $73,930 $48,350 $48,350 — $155,260 110
Texas $73,750 $39,030 $39,030 — $125,760 1,530
Ohio $73,590 $41,520 $41,520 — $137,300 200
Washington $72,670 $48,460 $48,460 — $100,370 80
Oregon $72,420 $38,450 $38,450 — $104,400 150
Tennessee $71,680 $47,050 $47,050 — $85,640 240
Arizona $71,230 $71,230 $71,230 — $81,100 370
Maryland $68,650 $31,840 $31,840 — $130,290 500
Maine $66,410 $63,180 $63,180 — $101,700 110
South Carolina $65,520 $33,190 $33,190 — $81,390 280
Kentucky $64,840 $50,640 $50,640 — $129,580 340
North Dakota $63,860 $51,420 $51,420 — $94,760 70
Illinois $63,470 $31,200 $31,200 — $106,340 1,700
West Virginia $63,360 $46,550 $46,550 — $111,680 40
New Jersey $63,250 $38,270 $38,270 — $134,850 130
Idaho $61,190 $29,990 $29,990 — $104,170 90
Mississippi $60,550 $44,250 $44,250 — $88,250 110
Florida $57,180 $48,020 $48,020 — $98,780 1,390
Georgia $53,660 $15,080 $15,080 — $92,730 320
Kansas $51,540 $45,280 $45,280 — $77,480 190
Pennsylvania $48,710 $36,680 $36,680 — $92,450 1,090
Arkansas $37,490 $33,880 $33,880 — $59,020 80

No estimate is published for 2 states: the survey withholds a figure when too few employers report it. Nothing has been filled in for them.

Questions people ask

How much do social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other make a year?

The national median is $72,990 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $55,910 and $102,990.

What do social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other earn when they start?

A beginner is usually paid nearer the 25th percentile, $55,910 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $40,670.

Which state pays social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other the most?

California, with a median of $132,920 a year.

How many people work as social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other?

About 16,580 in the United States — number 276 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays about the same

Median pay within $310 of what social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other earn — $72,990 a year — but not always the same spread.

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