The highest-paying states for self-enrichment education 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 self-enrichment education teachers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $59,080, New Jersey is the highest paying state for self-enrichment education teachers. It is followed by New Hampshire (average annual salary $55,220). 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 self-enrichment education teachers in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | $59,080 |
$29,840 | 11,600 |
| 2 | New Hampshire | $55,220 |
$29,260 | 1,560 |
| 3 | District of Columbia | $54,470 |
$33,200 | 390 |
| 4 | Alaska | $54,040 |
$31,470 | 80 |
| 5 | New York | $51,880 |
$31,230 | 28,750 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | $49,600 |
$30,560 | 9,340 |
| 7 | Oregon | $49,180 |
$30,110 | 2,600 |
| 8 | Connecticut | $49,180 |
$28,540 | 3,010 |
| 9 | Vermont | $48,330 |
$26,100 | 730 |
| 10 | Wyoming | $47,900 |
$25,500 | 720 |
| 11 | Georgia | $47,390 |
$22,540 | 7,790 |
| 12 | California | $47,210 |
$31,450 | 37,770 |
| 13 | Hawaii | $46,790 |
$29,370 | 1,900 |
| 14 | Michigan | $45,740 |
$25,750 | 5,250 |
| 15 | Illinois | $45,650 |
$27,600 | 9,710 |
| 16 | Washington | $45,460 |
$31,200 | 7,650 |
| 17 | Virginia | $45,320 |
$23,180 | 6,550 |
| 18 | New Mexico | $44,010 |
$30,580 | 850 |
| 19 | Maryland | $43,890 |
$29,300 | 4,920 |
| 20 | South Dakota | $43,700 |
$28,330 | 260 |
| 21 | Rhode Island | $43,040 |
$26,630 | 1,000 |
| 22 | Maine | $42,490 |
$29,320 | 1,510 |
| 23 | Montana | $41,880 |
$23,960 | 750 |
| 24 | Louisiana | $41,280 |
$18,720 | 1,460 |
| 25 | South Carolina | $40,040 |
$22,080 | 1,890 |
| 26 | Kentucky | $39,480 |
$22,610 | 1,290 |
| 27 | Colorado | $39,340 |
$28,460 | 8,100 |
| 28 | Nevada | $39,270 |
$28,140 | 1,160 |
| 29 | Minnesota | $38,740 |
$24,920 | 5,030 |
| 30 | Kansas | $38,020 |
$21,570 | 1,000 |
| 31 | Utah | $37,390 |
$22,410 | 6,180 |
| 32 | Virgin Islands | $37,100 |
$22,230 | 30 |
| 33 | Oklahoma | $36,950 |
$20,980 | 1,720 |
| 34 | Missouri | $36,790 |
$23,680 | 3,960 |
| 35 | Arizona | $36,680 |
$29,220 | 2,030 |
| 36 | North Carolina | $36,300 |
$20,080 | 9,230 |
| 37 | Alabama | $35,910 |
$20,980 | 1,810 |
| 38 | Iowa | $35,830 |
$21,500 | 1,830 |
| 39 | Pennsylvania | $35,750 |
$21,850 | 8,730 |
| 40 | Wisconsin | $35,730 |
$22,680 | 4,900 |
| 41 | North Dakota | $35,510 |
$25,500 | 270 |
| 42 | Florida | $35,430 |
$22,660 | 13,080 |
| 43 | Indiana | $35,380 |
$20,680 | 3,820 |
| 44 | Tennessee | $34,910 |
$20,950 | 2,220 |
| 45 | Ohio | $34,040 |
$22,290 | 6,910 |
| 46 | West Virginia | $33,280 |
$20,980 | 490 |
| 47 | Texas | $33,220 |
$20,780 | 10,940 |
| 48 | Nebraska | $32,890 |
$21,390 | 2,080 |
| 49 | Mississippi | $31,080 |
$19,890 | 930 |
| 50 | Arkansas | $30,270 |
$24,110 | 850 |
| 51 | Idaho | $30,250 |
$20,160 | 1,270 |
| 52 | Guam | $29,540 |
$23,100 | 40 |
| 53 | Puerto Rico | $27,920 |
$17,820 | 580 |
| 54 | Delaware | $25,750 |
$19,580 | 290 |