Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$80,190

National average

Salary Range

$47,040 – $194,530

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$133,190$47,220N/A
Fresno, CA$131,450$62,260$165,500
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$130,660$64,310$209,280
Urban Honolulu, HI$129,330$49,250$156,680
Hawaii$129,330$49,250$156,680
Ithaca, NY$127,430$60,240N/A
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$126,880$60,360$225,400
Visalia, CA$126,680$116,550$159,600
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$126,100$60,560N/A
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$113,660$64,350$217,110
New York$110,000$54,250N/A
Rome, GA$107,180$48,200N/A
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$107,090$72,790$175,410
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$107,020$66,260$129,850
California$105,980$59,890$212,120
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$105,800$56,490$167,540
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$105,610$47,470$213,810
New Haven, CT$104,960$77,550$134,170
Ann Arbor, MI$103,270$53,090$167,770
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$102,370$59,890$202,290
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$101,890$49,970N/A
Eugene-Springfield, OR$101,310$77,240$201,620
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$101,020$50,800N/A
New Jersey$99,110$47,870$229,490
Rhode Island$98,960$50,040$171,400
Connecticut$98,420$59,790$134,170
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$97,470$49,730$155,790
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$97,210$50,900$202,590
Manchester-Nashua, NH$96,730$57,520N/A
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$96,710$60,770$151,880
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$95,980$42,470$181,420
Salem, OR$95,950$61,750$108,960
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$94,560$46,980$160,710
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$93,200$62,730$216,080
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$90,990$50,040$164,900
Vermont$86,570$50,500$152,030
Syracuse, NY$86,360$59,230$208,160
Peoria, IL$85,610$65,070$220,350
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$84,900$49,860$220,290
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$84,590$47,980$130,540
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$84,200$50,150$151,260
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$83,990$49,240$171,130
Portland-South Portland, ME$83,770$49,750$208,520
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$83,730$47,020$167,280
Boulder, CO$83,550$29,990$104,360
Massachusetts$83,490$60,480$154,800
New Hampshire$83,100$49,620$168,220
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$83,100$34,270$141,290
Omaha, NE-IA$83,050$50,680$171,610
District of Columbia$83,000$53,030$195,260
Madison, WI$82,460$41,320$201,870
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$82,420$31,200$166,320
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$82,130$48,600$102,890
St. Louis, MO-IL$81,810$46,750$224,850
Maine$81,810$49,440$173,400
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$81,800$49,670N/A
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$81,670$55,010$97,790
Maryland$81,530$49,200$216,190
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$81,450$51,580$151,480
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$81,260$50,630$162,800
Pennsylvania$81,250$44,760$167,280
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$81,210$47,530$170,630
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$81,040$50,800$149,560
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$80,840$62,230$132,770
Bloomington, IN$80,830$49,950$132,130
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$80,810$61,290$214,790
Bloomington, IL$80,750$47,740$105,660
Champaign-Urbana, IL$80,640$63,740$126,550
Athens-Clarke County, GA$80,560$44,960$122,470
Alaska$80,190$59,440$125,290
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$79,780$59,700$104,740
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$79,760$48,760$226,310
College Station-Bryan, TX$79,630$46,490$192,140
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$79,500$50,660$220,580
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$79,410$49,280N/A
Greensboro-High Point, NC$79,350$48,070$101,240
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$79,310$50,500$128,710
Raleigh-Cary, NC$79,250$48,450$100,210
Georgia$79,240$39,700$132,600
Cleveland, OH$79,160$39,410N/A
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$79,110$49,200$219,400
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$79,060$39,580$155,410
Puerto Rico$79,060$29,380$155,410
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$78,800$47,830$162,190
Gettysburg, PA$78,550$47,270$163,390
Springfield, MA$78,530$48,090$131,670
Lancaster, PA$78,330$43,440$154,570
Rochester, NY$78,300$46,630$160,550
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$78,270$55,350$155,470
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$78,100$49,630$159,800
St. Cloud, MN$77,820$47,880$125,590
Missouri$77,770$46,570$220,310
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$77,640$50,850$162,250
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$77,570$37,980$119,620
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$77,530$39,520$101,980
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$77,520$46,490N/A
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$77,390$51,700N/A
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$77,380$48,720$120,440
Washington$77,310$51,700$103,400
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$77,270$44,840$158,500
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$76,950$48,480$107,020
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$76,820$37,630N/A
Indiana$76,790$48,220$132,130
Michigan$76,760$47,000$131,170
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$76,750$47,000$124,190
Columbia, SC$76,610$48,080$121,700
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$76,580$47,950$99,200
Minnesota$76,540$47,900$122,720
Bangor, ME$76,540$47,850$129,950
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$76,450$58,560$126,430
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$76,310$47,900$150,320
Texas$76,290$40,550$135,060
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$76,270$48,080$201,170
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$76,040$37,910$120,910
Joplin, MO-KS$75,950$45,410$113,790
Louisiana$75,930$48,940$225,830
Montana$75,710$45,590$121,080
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$75,690$43,630$106,240
Iowa$75,600$45,510$171,610
Cedar Rapids, IA$75,600$47,670$98,960
Winston-Salem, NC$75,460$47,470$77,270
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$75,460$43,980$147,800
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$75,230$40,550$122,590
Springfield, MO$75,040$45,180$135,870
Pittsburgh, PA$74,840$44,080$137,770
Oregon$74,800$48,490$163,550
Abilene, TX$74,800$46,050N/A
Toledo, OH$74,640$38,800$127,370
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$74,450$46,840$122,180
Mankato, MN$74,280$49,000$118,500
Kansas City, MO-KS$74,250$46,570$126,340
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$73,540$40,780$178,360
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$73,420$36,500$198,810
Ohio$73,050$32,100$129,510
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$72,200$41,260$156,450
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$72,150$52,020$176,370
Worcester, MA$70,670$47,410$153,280
Knoxville, TN$70,330$37,370$131,160
Medford, OR$70,270$39,590$100,650
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$69,340$51,300$128,340
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$68,440$47,840$129,110
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$68,350$51,160$129,910
Arizona$68,350$51,160$117,420
Virginia$67,950$45,400$146,330
Lexington-Fayette, KY$67,930$49,950$101,710
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$67,530$44,830$100,830
North Carolina$67,220$43,630$99,990
Nebraska$67,180$49,740$208,880
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$66,990$50,400$110,330
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$66,900$49,740$102,450
Auburn-Opelika, AL$66,700$49,400$100,600
Illinois$66,670$37,790$126,550
Evansville, IN$66,660$49,540$97,830
Reading, PA$66,370$43,740$133,230
Boise City, ID$66,370$49,840$85,220
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$66,220$46,260$107,650
North Dakota$66,080$48,850$103,220
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$66,010$49,260$106,660
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$66,010$55,200$84,160
Erie, PA$65,990$40,600$133,050
Tuscaloosa, AL$65,620$55,450$90,140
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$65,430$50,870$134,720
Pueblo, CO$65,190$39,530$78,890
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$65,150$47,200$80,900
Delaware$65,120$39,390$106,680
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$65,060$37,280$128,790
Tennessee$65,000$47,020$107,610
Tulsa, OK$64,950$49,100$81,940
Florida$64,840$49,190$148,340
West Virginia$64,810$46,950$106,090
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$64,810$46,570$104,800
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$64,720$39,770$101,990
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$64,700$50,760$83,510
Columbus, OH$64,680$21,740$106,090
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$64,680$44,990$127,090
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$64,610$49,990$98,070
Columbia, MO$64,560$45,570$100,940
Colorado Springs, CO$64,520$29,990$107,380
Harrisonburg, VA$64,520$47,840$104,270
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$64,400$45,190$109,560
El Paso, TX$64,380$38,070$135,060
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$64,370$45,500$116,710
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$64,280$47,020$105,580
Birmingham, AL$64,270$46,670$91,980
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$64,170$38,060$106,090
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$64,170$47,370$103,860
Lincoln, NE$64,110$48,840$212,810
Alabama$64,060$49,400$84,160
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$64,060$31,970$81,960
New Mexico$63,990$45,760$126,630
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$63,910$50,250$103,050
Richmond, VA$63,660$45,760$129,570
Wisconsin$63,650$41,320$110,870
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$63,640$44,080$83,930
Arkansas$63,620$45,330$104,160
Huntsville, AL$63,610$50,200$79,880
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$63,590$48,930$121,460
Kentucky$63,540$39,600$101,710
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$63,500$26,140$103,980
Utah$63,500$39,190$102,940
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$63,480$29,990$98,510
Colorado$63,390$29,990$104,360
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$63,350$29,990$103,200
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$63,340$35,380$123,540
Idaho$63,290$48,290$96,990
South Carolina$63,290$45,290$102,370
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$63,290$50,240$79,870
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$63,210$42,640$103,740
Killeen-Temple, TX$63,160$38,440$128,970
Duluth, MN-WI$63,040$49,520$91,490
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$62,990$31,550$104,210
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$62,980$51,460$114,830
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$62,950$32,120$104,440
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$62,710$48,860$156,090
Oklahoma City, OK$62,620$34,440$96,340
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$62,510$50,550$76,770
Fayetteville, NC$62,430$36,400$77,600
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$62,430$38,740$79,000
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$62,410$45,760$116,220
Jacksonville, FL$62,320$50,940$145,600
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$62,320$51,410$97,240
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$62,050$43,620$102,030
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$61,970$43,940$193,640
South Dakota$61,970$49,450$80,670
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$61,970$53,570$84,400
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$61,950$42,780$168,160
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$61,690$33,090$95,490
Mississippi$61,670$31,970$81,960
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$61,630$51,940$70,400
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$61,590$39,480$82,530
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$61,460$46,240$80,770
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$61,360$21,740$101,470
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$61,260$39,140$110,090
Oklahoma$61,240$33,170$80,100
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$61,170$39,920$76,730
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$60,950$39,580$116,200
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$60,840$40,520$106,860
Terre Haute, IN$60,810$48,220$123,910
Jackson, MS$60,580$49,330$74,420
Montgomery, AL$60,570$45,870$77,240
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$60,510$38,810$78,950
Asheville, NC$60,410$37,820$81,280
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$60,290$48,500$74,050
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$60,240$45,330$97,690
Jackson, TN$60,130$45,410$99,890
Wyoming$59,820$40,250$77,310
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$59,780$45,420$97,080
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$59,560$50,290$101,420
Laredo, TX$59,200$38,630$108,870
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$59,160$52,110$119,690
Kansas$58,910$47,100$102,880
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$58,860$39,610$96,520
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$58,590$33,400$148,340
Morristown, TN$58,220$49,050$103,750
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$57,460$46,510$74,360
Longview, TX$57,020$33,850$138,220
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$55,120$15,080$135,040
Spartanburg, SC$54,010$47,410$78,360
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$53,370$48,850$81,860
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$51,740$29,990$101,620
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$51,560$28,990$105,890
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$51,400$42,820$76,850
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$50,550$37,390$61,530
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$49,850$29,920$77,670
Nevada$49,520$49,260$103,130
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$48,140$33,200$79,500
Roanoke, VA$47,400$37,760$76,770
Wichita, KS$47,100$47,100$57,060
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$33,170$33,170$67,820

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary is $80,190, with a typical range of $47,040 – $194,530 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary?β–Ύ

Entry-level Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary positions typically start around $47,040 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondarys earn the most?β–Ύ

Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondarys tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.