Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$83,460

National average

Salary Range

$50,760 – $169,560

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$165,530$88,160N/A
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$139,280$77,270N/A
Madison, WI$136,740$66,570$210,020
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$131,540$78,640N/A
Charlottesville, VA$130,450$64,670$210,280
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$126,290$63,480$237,900
California$125,670$66,650$214,700
Fresno, CA$125,220$66,660$166,210
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$123,280$97,020$135,370
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$122,850$61,180$125,230
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$119,180$56,170$160,970
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$118,390$83,830$200,240
Flagstaff, AZ$112,970$51,320$185,990
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$108,220$49,900$133,140
Alaska$107,230$63,000$170,720
Knoxville, TN$107,180$59,890$172,140
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$107,180$50,230$224,330
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$107,070$51,220$217,940
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$106,690$64,060$170,340
Birmingham, AL$106,290$53,220$217,340
Lincoln, NE$106,130$57,210$133,280
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$105,640$50,840$207,820
Albuquerque, NM$105,560$74,480$130,480
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$105,190$65,070$166,740
Utah$103,830$47,270$175,000
Fargo, ND-MN$103,720$61,720$129,910
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$103,680$63,370$193,060
Ann Arbor, MI$103,200$79,680$206,740
El Paso, TX$102,890$50,290$141,540
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$102,420$58,070$156,790
New Haven, CT$102,280$65,150N/A
Rhode Island$101,800$58,700$159,900
Wilmington, NC$101,680$50,700$133,080
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$101,040$65,390$201,260
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$101,040$66,330$135,290
New Jersey$100,870$33,670$211,120
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$100,810$61,040$159,140
Kansas City, MO-KS$100,420$51,360$130,830
Michigan$100,110$59,010$180,820
New York$100,110$58,360$211,940
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$99,730$59,820$159,250
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$99,610$59,960$200,390
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$99,590$36,620$130,420
Raleigh-Cary, NC$99,490$60,880$164,090
Eugene-Springfield, OR$99,410$77,950$208,270
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$98,670$64,960$157,770
Lubbock, TX$98,420$52,450$129,120
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$97,730$56,680$119,190
Montana$97,620$62,560$148,940
Oregon$97,520$52,590$208,270
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$97,520$49,060$150,300
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$97,510$60,250$176,190
Rochester, NY$97,430$58,360$204,930
College Station-Bryan, TX$97,050$47,790$172,610
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$97,020$61,100$169,140
Columbia, SC$96,260$60,760$158,340
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$96,230$58,590$124,580
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$95,190$57,380$167,470
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$95,150$60,170$172,570
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$95,040$51,530$175,490
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$94,910$58,760$130,390
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$94,870$48,300$169,770
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$94,660$61,120$125,470
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$94,550$61,960$127,860
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$94,060$60,430$159,310
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$93,490$58,700$159,900
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$93,460$49,990$153,120
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$93,190$49,230$202,460
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$92,620$63,450$124,790
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$92,510$53,310$133,160
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$90,570$57,620$164,590
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$86,460$63,640$182,510
St. Louis, MO-IL$86,420$52,990$217,360
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$86,110$61,870$140,000
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$86,100$61,510$126,470
New Hampshire$85,980$63,100$179,410
Morgantown, WV$85,370$65,020$223,920
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$85,350$57,350$124,300
Connecticut$85,310$63,400$205,730
Syracuse, NY$85,300$59,640$170,170
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$85,090$62,280$181,690
North Dakota$84,750$48,050$129,910
District of Columbia$84,560$59,820$195,700
Jacksonville, FL$84,470$50,790$135,320
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$84,470$56,600$126,600
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$84,440$57,960$107,220
Minnesota$84,310$62,010$157,770
Nebraska$84,110$56,210$133,280
Bloomington, IL$84,080$56,550$125,660
Texas$83,760$47,970$156,790
Florida$83,740$47,530$158,000
Illinois$83,580$39,990$137,570
Massachusetts$83,560$51,260$178,030
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$83,560$51,260$205,480
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$83,240$46,730$102,770
Missouri$83,170$50,680$175,100
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$83,030$47,180$133,750
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$82,930$61,960$175,580
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$82,850$50,970$132,140
Flint, MI$82,820$37,990$119,300
Worcester, MA$82,800$61,630$168,120
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$82,540$49,400$195,700
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$82,460$49,830$198,830
Springfield, MO$82,280$50,680$164,930
Indiana$82,220$52,240$154,640
Columbia, MO$82,030$52,230$175,100
Ithaca, NY$82,000$49,810$172,170
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$81,810$47,500$131,480
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$81,760$50,460$171,650
Pennsylvania$81,760$50,460$162,600
Wisconsin$81,740$51,550$172,440
New Mexico$81,700$57,930$141,560
Maryland$81,630$46,990$159,750
Reading, PA$81,580$44,680$129,110
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$81,570$60,080$134,100
Georgia$81,540$51,310$163,550
Omaha, NE-IA$81,420$53,200$163,150
Maine$81,290$56,260$134,440
Bangor, ME$81,230$49,470$131,370
Joplin, MO-KS$81,190$38,380$155,690
Idaho$81,180$49,180$132,930
Puerto Rico$81,130$47,720$103,670
Washington$81,050$55,550$138,010
Tuscaloosa, AL$80,860$52,700$131,860
Harrisonburg, VA$80,860$50,740$177,680
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$80,770$48,630$158,310
Lexington-Fayette, KY$80,730$52,420$161,350
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$80,710$38,990$128,160
Vermont$80,700$59,450$126,810
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$80,700$59,450$165,450
Louisiana$80,610$58,420$109,660
Huntsville, AL$80,500$52,860$97,880
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$80,490$39,820$128,550
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$80,250$58,770$129,470
Tennessee$80,190$49,470$142,940
Kansas$80,120$48,700$133,900
Bellingham, WA$80,090$63,250$129,760
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$79,890$40,030$149,990
Reno, NV$79,870$64,390$118,880
Nevada$79,870$64,130$118,880
Delaware$79,850$49,780$130,870
Wyoming$79,820$49,110$124,580
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$79,770$60,270$99,850
Colorado$79,760$38,090$132,320
South Dakota$79,430$52,240$105,440
Mankato, MN$79,400$57,180$156,300
Manchester-Nashua, NH$79,330$64,070$171,620
Tulsa, OK$79,190$54,870$105,230
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$79,160$44,520$150,540
North Carolina$79,160$50,110$138,570
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$79,160$50,780$135,470
Springfield, MA$79,140$57,470$128,380
Columbus, OH$79,140$36,770$128,630
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$79,100$34,300$131,360
St. Cloud, MN$78,910$62,010$106,480
Toledo, OH$78,650$49,800$161,400
South Carolina$78,620$58,210$140,000
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$78,620$65,230$124,690
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$78,550$45,510$125,850
Iowa$78,400$51,130$133,300
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$78,390$64,130$140,420
Auburn-Opelika, AL$78,380$47,940$125,720
Laredo, TX$78,320$36,900$135,920
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$78,130$49,490$169,670
Virginia$77,980$46,770$166,400
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$77,950$46,070$171,350
Alabama$77,940$51,150$155,400
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$77,780$50,010$132,800
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$77,750$57,080$92,940
Richmond, VA$77,680$48,980$163,360
Arizona$77,650$60,320$179,830
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$77,600$47,470$136,540
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$77,520$57,030$134,140
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$77,350$50,700$96,840
Abilene, TX$77,120$47,060$127,060
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$77,110$51,800$170,960
Spartanburg, SC$77,080$58,210$127,030
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$77,030$60,320$205,660
West Virginia$77,020$49,440$131,480
Montgomery, AL$76,970$41,560$110,620
Erie, PA$76,930$44,880$131,670
Portland-South Portland, ME$76,850$56,260$153,950
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$76,610$46,460$103,430
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$76,550$49,370$96,530
Hawaii$76,260$49,620$100,170
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$76,250$51,390$152,410
Urban Honolulu, HI$76,220$49,350$100,090
Pittsburgh, PA$76,170$57,610$156,520
Duluth, MN-WI$76,170$58,780$104,950
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$76,110$27,910$124,450
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$75,730$61,510$161,920
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$75,620$45,560$164,250
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$75,360$53,790$140,180
Ohio$75,320$39,590$126,320
Akron, OH$74,990$53,260$122,820
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$74,920$58,590$120,480
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$74,740$51,200$108,170
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$74,710$49,310$78,490
Winston-Salem, NC$74,620$47,920$96,730
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$74,420$45,950$127,360
Killeen-Temple, TX$74,360$43,340$157,010
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$74,320$50,510$98,260
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$74,200$58,140$131,480
Charleston, WV$74,030$49,140$123,050
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$73,850$46,710$97,020
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$73,720$50,740$86,820
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$73,720$41,550$80,190
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$73,320$59,080N/A
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$72,660$46,790$130,980
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$72,480$59,030$125,280
Boise City, ID$72,390$50,110$107,300
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$71,950$47,430$122,030
Cedar Rapids, IA$71,890$51,260$78,400
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$70,100$31,210$130,510
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$69,770$61,180$90,360
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$69,560$53,250$126,610
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$69,250$50,840$137,930
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$67,920$51,430$99,630
Canton-Massillon, OH$67,460$49,660$92,560
Kentucky$67,110$44,100$133,280
Mississippi$66,960$47,990$132,040
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$66,020$49,970$125,900
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$65,510$49,400$134,690
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$65,500$51,760$128,710
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$65,380$47,220$82,990
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$64,860$43,300$74,210
Arkansas$64,610$46,460$86,250
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$64,470$53,240$78,090
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$64,370$46,490$79,230
Oklahoma$64,340$38,990$105,230
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$63,980$30,940$131,860
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$63,810$41,470$78,770
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$63,780$62,100$106,330
Jackson, MS$63,590$48,840$74,670
Mobile, AL$63,310$47,110$181,520
Colorado Springs, CO$63,010$36,090$83,050
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$62,980$48,310$78,970
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$62,960$40,680$151,050
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$62,650$28,080$107,760
Asheville, NC$62,490$44,760$83,460
Oklahoma City, OK$62,450$50,990$99,840
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$62,270$50,500$102,430
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$62,040$47,430$77,740
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$62,030$48,050$79,460
Greensboro-High Point, NC$61,910$48,090$105,220
Fort Wayne, IN$61,770$45,230$103,680
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$61,600$41,250$87,830
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$61,550$50,530$81,280
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$61,470$48,810$123,190
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$61,380$39,670$77,440
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$61,310$37,090$160,490
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$61,290$59,500$83,730
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$60,960$48,610$103,410
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$60,680$44,430$77,370
Cleveland, OH$60,320$39,740$101,190
Terre Haute, IN$59,240$49,600$98,470
Roanoke, VA$58,170$40,300$81,480
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$57,450$50,910$82,250
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$57,290$39,660$78,630
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$48,250$28,910$81,020

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary is $83,460, with a typical range of $50,760 – $169,560 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary?β–Ύ

Entry-level Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary positions typically start around $50,760 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondarys earn the most?β–Ύ

Biological Science 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.