Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$59,950

National average

Salary Range

$39,750 – $95,750

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$116,330$65,200$123,240
Modesto, CA$111,780$47,880$126,750
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$103,080$48,160$123,330
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$99,500$79,320$122,730
Salem, OR$98,450$55,890$124,500
California$97,000$50,840$126,750
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$96,900$63,060$124,180
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$96,200$48,520$235,850
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$92,670$80,530$99,520
Fresno, CA$92,550$41,020$115,200
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$91,000$46,770$108,740
Vineland, NJ$88,040$53,880$97,670
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$84,370$47,270$94,670
Barnstable Town, MA$83,570$52,420$101,130
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$83,500$48,720$83,500
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$81,770$44,550$125,680
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$81,130$64,080$81,130
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$80,360$47,100$100,280
District of Columbia$78,550$45,920$99,400
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$78,440$45,410$98,360
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$77,470$30,450$80,000
St. Louis, MO-IL$77,200$39,460$77,810
Bellingham, WA$76,920$58,360$92,980
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$76,850$43,930$136,840
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$76,300$41,320$80,290
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$75,900$46,080$97,670
New Jersey$75,900$41,780$100,880
St. Cloud, MN$75,820$43,780$87,180
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$75,520$47,410$93,600
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$75,120$47,310$96,000
New York$75,080$48,630$114,400
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$75,080$62,360$86,860
Delaware$74,110$41,570$96,110
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$73,600$46,450$95,980
Spartanburg, SC$73,560$49,170$82,410
Mankato, MN$72,180$46,350$94,690
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$71,670$63,000$79,150
New Haven, CT$71,470$45,400$93,630
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$70,770$49,190$100,880
Joplin, MO-KS$70,700$39,350$135,400
Missouri$70,020$38,360$77,810
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$69,710$29,600$69,710
Connecticut$69,050$40,220$98,200
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$68,740$50,150$83,670
Minnesota$68,730$45,770$95,480
Springfield, IL$68,540$49,700$68,540
Janesville-Beloit, WI$68,050$42,100$86,050
Washington$67,770$48,680$83,670
Kennewick-Richland, WA$67,670$37,760$102,430
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$67,370$45,380$92,000
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$66,490$48,780$79,460
Syracuse, NY$66,120$35,670$80,830
Duluth, MN-WI$66,080$47,340$94,330
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$65,880$65,880$65,880
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$65,240$49,630$68,640
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$65,110$37,960$138,690
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$64,910$47,000$106,700
Colorado Springs, CO$64,880$51,600$100,470
Springfield, MA$64,520$45,670$100,030
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$64,390$57,810$87,650
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$64,270$39,780$128,640
Greeley, CO$64,230$46,040$76,160
Colorado$64,080$34,990$81,130
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$63,960$45,330$73,720
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$63,930$45,660$69,750
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$63,730$54,250$94,190
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$63,230$45,650$97,660
Oregon$63,130$38,090$130,970
Louisiana$63,110$33,010$81,670
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$62,900$49,200$77,730
North Dakota$62,740$46,670$83,620
Ohio$62,680$38,060$79,250
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$62,680$30,290$62,710
Portland-South Portland, ME$62,660$47,090$79,740
Cleveland, OH$62,570$46,710$81,240
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$62,400$41,540$99,400
Virginia$62,400$47,610$100,280
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$62,100$39,130$65,210
Knoxville, TN$61,900$37,080$93,340
Raleigh-Cary, NC$61,710$45,680$75,190
Eau Claire, WI$61,580$40,800$95,240
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$61,530$44,150$70,570
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$61,510$40,950$82,850
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$61,500$48,330$84,190
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$61,430$38,960$131,900
Maryland$61,420$38,960$102,170
Rockford, IL$61,240$29,120$77,080
Wisconsin$61,170$36,970$98,300
Idaho$61,110$39,300$76,920
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$61,090$36,490$104,960
South Carolina$61,060$47,660$79,590
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$61,060$34,990$81,940
Omaha, NE-IA$61,000$39,750$73,990
Rochester, NY$60,930$49,150$74,450
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$60,840$31,490$86,630
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$60,670$47,330$80,100
Columbia, SC$60,660$43,820$73,390
Roanoke, VA$60,530$54,900$72,800
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$60,530$45,520$107,120
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$60,460$49,990$79,270
Arizona$60,250$31,490$89,960
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$60,210$44,190$107,330
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$60,200$40,440$94,330
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$60,060$38,940$72,910
Massachusetts$59,950$47,770$87,700
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$59,950$47,770$81,790
Illinois$59,890$45,990$94,280
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$59,890$46,880$94,280
Boise City, ID$59,840$38,500$75,980
Madison, WI$59,560$36,980$99,930
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$59,380$45,150$102,880
Michigan$59,260$39,100$70,900
New Hampshire$59,160$50,020$71,890
Manchester-Nashua, NH$59,160$51,020$63,980
Maine$58,820$47,320$74,860
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$58,820$49,040$64,840
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$58,820$58,820$64,840
Winston-Salem, NC$58,800$41,360$68,070
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$58,750$46,760$73,130
Rochester, MN$58,680$46,150$101,310
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$58,590$45,830$81,010
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$58,360$40,260$96,110
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$58,140$40,760$79,540
West Virginia$57,720$35,140$74,080
Alaska$57,230$43,430$92,080
Indiana$57,060$41,060$79,250
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$57,060$49,310$81,780
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$56,600$39,560$113,980
Worcester, MA$56,570$45,220$77,180
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$56,570$37,710$61,160
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$56,470$43,250$80,320
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$56,060$43,910$80,080
Fargo, ND-MN$55,960$46,670$78,100
Montana$55,700$46,170$76,030
Yuma, AZ$55,450$40,180$84,110
Rhode Island$55,290$49,610$78,660
Tennessee$55,270$39,520$92,260
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$54,250$43,690$71,610
New Mexico$53,980$39,760$80,970
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$53,920$53,920$95,230
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$53,240$50,350$75,050
Reading, PA$53,100$51,190$72,470
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$52,900$48,960$61,420
Florida$52,900$45,780$76,710
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$52,520$38,060$77,220
North Carolina$52,240$37,930$68,070
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$52,140$38,900$73,120
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$51,940$35,640$77,850
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$51,920$34,890$63,530
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$51,360$44,800$72,900
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$51,180$40,380$59,430
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$50,870$38,930$70,020
Texas$50,820$39,520$104,170
Pennsylvania$50,770$37,160$78,880
El Paso, TX$50,720$36,850$58,360
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$50,490$47,960$59,570
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$50,480$28,740$91,120
Mississippi$50,430$26,520$72,740
Wyoming$50,420$39,520$56,520
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$50,420$39,520$61,670
Tucson, AZ$50,370$29,850$89,150
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$49,990$49,990$65,270
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$49,940$36,290$110,390
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$49,920$33,900$61,230
Kansas City, MO-KS$49,850$36,770$77,590
Yakima, WA$49,850$36,400$75,640
Oklahoma City, OK$49,750$41,810$76,460
Oklahoma$49,750$39,400$68,100
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$49,750$29,720$72,410
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$49,610$49,610$64,610
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$49,570$38,430$61,370
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$49,420$36,650$57,400
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$49,350$40,000$57,470
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$49,160$38,380$73,780
Jacksonville, FL$49,150$42,970$80,340
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$49,150$36,230$78,230
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$49,140$38,870$63,270
Toledo, OH$49,130$35,550$62,900
Utah$49,060$45,810$58,670
Tallahassee, FL$48,970$48,970$57,570
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$48,940$37,400$63,050
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$48,820$35,860$72,750
Alabama$48,790$31,310$58,150
Columbus, OH$48,560$31,110$83,700
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$48,450$38,440$72,400
Ann Arbor, MI$48,410$21,490$61,630
Killeen-Temple, TX$48,050$39,530$48,050
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$47,940$47,110$61,430
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$47,880$30,160$67,680
Arkansas$47,760$29,510$64,170
Vermont$47,690$44,410$79,010
Richmond, VA$47,610$47,610$66,290
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$47,600$33,230$47,600
Laredo, TX$47,550$47,550$62,690
Greensboro-High Point, NC$47,400$38,380$61,640
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$47,390$29,610$110,390
Nebraska$47,200$24,960$83,510
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$47,200$29,160$47,200
Burlington, NC$46,920$37,860$59,330
Jacksonville, NC$46,730$33,650$50,910
Montgomery, AL$46,690$34,690$59,580
Kansas$46,580$37,180$79,980
Fayetteville, NC$46,480$31,670$58,570
Pittsburgh, PA$46,250$38,480$59,260
Greenville, NC$46,140$30,850$61,910
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$46,130$35,110$52,670
Lawton, OK$45,960$45,960$63,280
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$45,960$34,720$66,960
Lancaster, PA$45,860$41,980$57,890
Georgia$45,760$33,680$52,900
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$45,760$33,910$52,000
Hawaii$45,720$44,030$58,550
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$45,600$45,390$91,670
Nevada$45,540$30,910$67,140
Urban Honolulu, HI$45,400$44,030$57,410
Rocky Mount, NC$45,380$31,840$60,790
Warner Robins, GA$45,120$39,040$57,420
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$44,950$44,950$55,910
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$44,810$29,510$61,900
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$44,760$37,220$60,800
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$44,680$33,680$49,010
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$44,630$30,990$56,170
Asheville, NC$43,680$40,000$58,360
Columbus, GA-AL$43,610$28,580$57,450
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$43,540$31,140$46,330
Wilmington, NC$43,510$29,990$62,130
Jackson, MS$42,830$23,470$61,210
Huntsville, AL$42,290$33,590$45,570
Albuquerque, NM$40,960$40,960$80,120
Iowa$40,240$35,610$69,640
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$40,240$37,330$49,530
Springfield, MO$39,790$38,000$71,570
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$39,690$36,030$78,330
Kentucky$39,580$33,570$57,030
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$39,500$27,560$70,570
Grand Junction, CO$39,430$29,990$71,590
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$38,930$37,500$55,890
Green Bay, WI$38,500$35,120$79,520
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$38,140$36,980$50,560
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$38,110$38,110$58,570
Akron, OH$38,060$21,740$51,240
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$37,920$37,920$41,060
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$37,660$37,660$66,940
Cedar Rapids, IA$37,360$23,080$48,550
Goldsboro, NC$35,600$24,220$52,870
South Dakota$35,080$31,380$60,610
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$34,110$32,010$59,630

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors make?▾

The median annual salary for a Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors is $59,950, with a typical range of $39,750 – $95,750 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors?▾

Entry-level Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors positions typically start around $39,750 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructorss earn the most?▾

Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructorss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.