Highest-paying Cities for Postsecondary Sociology Teachers

The top 100 highest paying cities for postsecondary sociology teachers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of postsecondary sociology teachers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $128,620, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California is the highest paying city for postsecondary sociology teachers. It is followed by Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California (average annual salary $118,740). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of postsecondary sociology teachers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Postsecondary Sociology Teachers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$128,620	$66,790	30
2	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$118,740	$73,110	80
3	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$114,360	$51,100	70
4	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$110,680	$51,780	1,320
5	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$105,970	$63,690	90
6	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$103,870	$64,930	40
7	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$103,600	$62,780	50
8	Springfield, Massachusetts	$103,210	$62,260	70
9	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$103,120	$60,790	70
10	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$103,100	$64,920	90
11	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$102,370	$62,030	70
12	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$101,810	$48,250	160
13	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$101,070	$50,270	30
14	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$100,830	$60,910	70
15	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$100,770	$48,200	310
16	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$99,620	$52,310	380
17	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$99,180	$52,880	50
18	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$98,280	$58,260	80
19	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$97,500	$46,900	220
20	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$95,540	$45,230	80
21	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$94,720	$49,180	50
22	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$94,360	$55,880	40
23	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$93,280	$50,880	90
24	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$93,210	$53,860	50
25	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$92,060	$58,190	60
26	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$91,120	$64,610	40
27	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$90,530	$49,060	340
28	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$89,320	$46,490	290
29	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$87,540	$58,450	40
30	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$86,570	$40,150	990
31	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$86,400	$50,530	40
32	Ithaca, New York	$85,400	$57,510	80
33	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$85,230	$61,980	110
34	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$85,020	$30,810	40
35	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$84,700	$42,300	60
36	Toledo, Ohio	$83,900	$45,720	50
37	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$82,350	$55,700	40
38	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$82,320	$48,810	180
39	St Louis, Missouri	$82,280	$55,070	50
40	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$82,150	$56,270	60
41	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$82,130	$40,430	40
42	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$82,100	$47,750	340
43	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$81,970	$64,500	60
44	Salt Lake City, Utah	$81,780	$48,760	30
45	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$81,690	$62,180	90
46	El Paso, Texas	$81,530	$51,350	40
47	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$81,460	$49,990	40
48	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$81,440	$56,470	230
49	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$81,300	$49,440	30
50	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$81,280	$59,340	200
51	Richmond, Virginia	$81,060	$57,930	60
52	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$81,030	$48,580	100
53	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$80,810	$63,450	190
54	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$80,720	$57,800	40
55	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$80,650	$39,130	260
56	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$80,040	$48,210	50
57	Columbus, Ohio	$79,950	$51,610	110
58	Syracuse, New York	$79,410	$45,880	50
59	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$79,240	$41,710	140
60	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$79,120	$48,760	460
61	New Haven, Connecticut	$79,060	$77,630	80
62	Rochester, New York	$78,920	$49,290	40
63	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$78,570	$54,700	30
64	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$78,190	$40,070	320
65	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$78,120	$59,990	310
66	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$77,700	$57,330	30
67	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$77,630	$39,090	30
68	Duluth, Wisconsin	$77,630	$48,990	60
69	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$77,610	$47,580	40
70	Dayton, Ohio	$77,380	$39,770	40
71	Mayaguez, Puerto Rico	$77,330	$29,000	30
72	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$77,170	$39,890	40
73	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$77,100	$38,470	120
74	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$76,530	$47,760	90
75	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$76,110	$50,110	100
76	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$76,050	$50,820	90
77	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$76,000	$60,330	120
78	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$75,690	$45,750	50
79	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$75,160	$21,170	70
80	Wilmington, New Jersey	$75,120	$52,100	60
81	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$75,070	$35,230	50
82	Memphis, Tennessee	$75,070	$43,140	30
83	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$74,830	$35,690	40
84	Bloomington, Illinois	$74,830	$40,610	30
85	Columbia, Missouri	$74,270	$43,440	40
86	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$74,010	$46,690	n/a
87	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$73,760	$65,830	80
88	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$73,750	$61,300	110
89	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$73,680	$60,470	50
90	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$73,180	$55,880	30
91	Camden, New Jersey	$73,160	$35,860	70
92	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$73,050	$36,180	110
93	Asheville, North Carolina	$73,020	$49,840	30
94	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$72,760	$52,600	50
95	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$72,730	$44,180	60
96	Worcester, Massachusetts	$72,480	$48,120	90
97	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$72,470	$42,870	250
98	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$72,370	$47,970	50
99	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$71,360	$46,300	80
100	Savannah, Georgia	$71,270	$52,830	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for postsecondary sociology teachers.