English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$78,270

National average

Salary Range

$47,540 – $154,800

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$168,240$89,200N/A
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$142,150$80,390N/A
El Paso, TX$139,410$49,610$141,540
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$136,320$67,590N/A
Visalia, CA$133,660$72,710$165,630
Fresno, CA$133,160$102,340$191,550
Ann Arbor, MI$132,830$64,130$133,270
California$130,580$76,200$233,660
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$130,330$66,030$208,800
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$129,620$84,020$218,120
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$128,350$77,790$149,520
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$126,090$65,550$206,000
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$121,400$76,730$201,250
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$119,870$78,560$150,370
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$107,690$45,530$134,740
New Haven, CT$105,420$64,150$133,130
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$105,340$61,380$213,990
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$102,840$60,960$171,560
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$101,830$51,520$156,530
Athens-Clarke County, GA$101,700$53,190$136,880
Madison, WI$99,980$51,610$158,810
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$99,130$59,000$160,810
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$99,020$33,910N/A
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$98,900$47,290$127,590
New Jersey$98,820$31,470$205,340
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$98,050$58,660$119,100
Eugene-Springfield, OR$97,800$78,240$203,480
New York$96,940$52,020$201,380
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$96,360$55,330$202,420
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$95,740$52,260$177,300
Salem, OR$94,910$58,920$104,240
College Station-Bryan, TX$92,320$50,110$171,680
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$91,950$60,150$169,920
Columbia, SC$91,240$59,680$196,030
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$89,450$51,310$170,120
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$88,800$31,200$169,850
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$88,400$52,150$129,060
Connecticut$87,570$58,980$133,130
Syracuse, NY$86,150$51,770$104,640
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$85,460$60,330$172,050
Michigan$85,340$48,910$132,830
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$85,080$50,050$130,630
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$84,780$48,230$127,250
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$84,530$58,900$132,080
Vermont$83,350$52,060$136,460
Oregon$83,120$49,910$162,650
Portland-South Portland, ME$82,730$57,190$132,950
Bloomington, IL$82,720$44,500$94,720
Maine$82,210$54,840$134,010
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$82,160$54,560N/A
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$82,060$48,720$150,380
Massachusetts$82,030$60,150$171,660
Santa Fe, NM$81,970$58,200$147,320
St. Cloud, MN$81,940$72,610$119,420
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$81,940$56,070$98,610
Springfield, MA$81,910$51,870$128,560
New Hampshire$81,880$50,970$134,270
Manchester-Nashua, NH$81,650$50,970$171,450
Bellingham, WA$81,400$62,280$100,560
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$81,370$50,500$131,470
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$81,340$50,860$98,400
Texas$81,190$46,620$139,410
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$81,190$29,990$119,480
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$81,140$49,100$126,890
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$81,070$49,020$122,390
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$80,970$46,030$164,790
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$80,860$49,610$147,180
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$80,720$55,450$156,220
Minnesota$80,480$50,460$122,390
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$80,350$66,240$101,300
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$80,270$60,800$138,870
Lawrence, KS$80,120$57,520$167,220
Reading, PA$80,090$52,060$105,780
Maryland$80,060$46,380$146,040
Springfield, MO$79,890$45,270$160,580
Alaska$79,820$63,760$102,620
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$79,820$49,090$128,810
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$79,800$46,390$124,320
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$79,750$52,450$104,800
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$79,360$49,050$163,700
District of Columbia$79,360$61,500$163,700
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$79,340$60,160$119,110
Rochester, NY$79,200$52,430$114,920
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$78,990$52,060$99,720
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$78,800$56,080$163,770
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$78,750$49,320$99,580
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$78,500$42,710$205,410
St. Louis, MO-IL$78,390$41,790$157,020
Nevada$78,210$50,860$98,400
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$78,120$46,570$136,440
Omaha, NE-IA$78,080$50,950$97,260
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$78,050$29,120$126,470
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$77,750$49,020$153,890
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$77,690$47,220$128,640
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$77,510$59,780$107,520
Wisconsin$77,480$47,800$132,570
Lincoln, NE$77,410$50,370$134,370
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$77,170$47,750$121,050
Washington$77,010$50,870$102,580
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$77,000$54,110$103,800
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$76,730$42,840$129,040
Richmond, VA$76,470$44,760$134,240
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$76,260$61,530$128,410
Rhode Island$76,260$62,050$125,190
Illinois$76,120$33,420$126,130
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$75,630$59,850$124,720
Columbus, OH$75,150$36,800$100,640
Pennsylvania$74,960$46,430$128,310
Fargo, ND-MN$74,900$61,120$97,510
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$74,830$44,800$129,730
Ithaca, NY$74,520$48,840$164,680
Bangor, ME$74,450$47,900$120,350
Virginia$74,310$42,710$160,060
Montgomery, AL$74,270$40,940$88,440
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$74,150$21,740$102,390
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$74,090$40,460$119,190
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$73,950$47,620$81,810
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$73,850$46,000$124,050
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$73,820$50,280$138,920
Indiana$73,630$48,430$118,010
Pittsburgh, PA$73,600$44,950$126,260
Worcester, MA$73,270$58,200$128,430
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$73,260$36,170$130,660
Mankato, MN$73,020$48,020$130,690
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$73,000$48,630$158,950
Abilene, TX$72,740$46,610$152,930
Iowa$72,330$47,120$104,300
Nebraska$72,160$50,700$122,450
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$70,190$50,200$157,730
Wilmington, NC$69,540$32,180$101,160
Flagstaff, AZ$68,870$40,560$133,160
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$68,370$51,190$131,710
Arizona$68,370$49,420$131,710
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$67,980$46,160$93,650
Terre Haute, IN$67,690$47,590$109,670
Duluth, MN-WI$67,530$48,850$82,200
Harrisonburg, VA$67,500$51,630$99,660
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$67,440$52,280$100,720
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$67,170$50,850$100,510
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$67,160$39,660$105,810
Missouri$66,970$43,260$142,400
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$66,970$47,780$142,400
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$66,890$50,110$112,100
New Mexico$66,830$49,810$147,320
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$66,810$49,690$98,180
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$66,690$50,220$134,480
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$66,530$29,990$125,000
Toledo, OH$66,430$47,100$117,540
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$66,120$51,270$123,070
Idaho$65,840$46,750$103,720
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$65,780$47,470$99,360
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$65,740$38,970$96,640
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$65,710$50,440$91,620
Puerto Rico$65,710$45,400$99,230
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$65,660$49,420$82,000
Tulsa, OK$65,590$39,050$109,180
Birmingham, AL$65,520$49,080$92,400
Fort Wayne, IN$65,360$49,750$100,420
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$65,360$47,540$102,190
Canton-Massillon, OH$65,350$40,080$93,650
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$65,310$48,540$79,620
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$65,290$50,260$106,380
Colorado$65,180$35,580$104,270
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$65,160$48,870$100,150
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$64,850$29,990$82,380
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$64,800$42,830$99,960
Delaware$64,690$48,070$96,820
Florida$64,580$47,150$104,840
Jacksonville, FL$64,580$48,240$102,030
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$64,540$36,260$100,250
Ohio$64,530$38,470$100,640
Akron, OH$64,500$48,390$101,460
Yakima, WA$64,410$49,230$76,240
Lexington-Fayette, KY$64,340$47,940$124,780
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$64,220$47,280$101,320
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$64,180$47,260$105,820
Wyoming$64,130$52,450$92,860
Jackson, MS$64,110$50,940$74,660
South Carolina$63,860$46,800$100,510
Cedar Rapids, IA$63,720$48,480$91,380
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$63,690$57,270$116,540
West Virginia$63,570$46,320$105,820
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$63,550$47,530$79,460
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$63,430$49,790$94,960
Greensboro-High Point, NC$63,340$46,960$101,080
Erie, PA$63,310$40,210$105,510
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$63,300$44,990$63,300
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$63,270$47,750$106,750
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$63,220$50,080$126,630
Georgia$63,200$41,780$103,230
Montana$63,000$50,440$114,020
Columbia, MO$62,970$45,510$104,870
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$62,800$43,710$93,080
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$62,780$36,150$104,220
Utah$62,780$45,280$101,720
Kansas$62,770$46,440$107,970
Kansas City, MO-KS$62,770$49,680$107,970
Kentucky$62,640$40,700$101,120
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$62,620$34,500$83,140
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$62,620$39,900$88,830
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$62,570$40,220$80,680
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$62,410$44,260$78,530
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$62,340$50,430$78,730
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$62,200$34,130$121,250
North Carolina$62,190$44,360$100,200
South Dakota$62,150$47,310$78,310
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$62,110$46,460$81,260
Arkansas$62,070$45,810$98,040
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$62,070$45,810$79,030
Alabama$61,990$46,160$89,170
Auburn-Opelika, AL$61,990$44,710$95,250
Mississippi$61,920$31,010$80,410
North Dakota$61,820$49,270$95,010
Tennessee$61,820$48,680$94,960
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$61,820$50,430$75,150
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$61,800$44,490$140,640
Evansville, IN$61,780$48,500$104,360
Killeen-Temple, TX$61,680$43,420$93,020
Knoxville, TN$61,620$51,240$104,390
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$61,610$44,360$101,430
Charleston, WV$61,460$48,570$106,220
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$61,290$48,510$106,230
Spartanburg, SC$61,220$49,190$94,300
Champaign-Urbana, IL$61,220$40,410$131,160
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$61,170$60,890$73,750
Boise City, ID$60,990$49,840$99,550
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$60,990$47,980$79,230
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$60,850$45,810$81,390
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$60,830$25,120$126,840
Cleveland, OH$60,770$39,610$97,220
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$60,740$45,760$79,040
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$60,550$50,790$74,990
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$60,320$54,560$87,750
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$60,300$47,700$73,930
Winston-Salem, NC$60,270$44,350$98,760
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$60,240$43,070$163,610
Reno, NV$60,210$50,430$101,820
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$59,890$42,830$78,770
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$59,890$31,880$84,070
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$59,740$48,220$78,450
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$59,580$49,390$111,810
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$59,520$36,990$75,410
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$59,170$37,490$83,570
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$59,080$34,310$98,230
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$58,800$50,550$76,600
Oklahoma City, OK$58,690$40,260$99,430
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$58,450$37,980$95,400
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$58,270$46,880$77,870
Huntsville, AL$58,140$51,300$83,610
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$58,140$38,900$72,470
Louisiana$57,850$53,750$106,860
Lubbock, TX$57,830$39,660$101,740
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$57,780$29,990$104,940
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$57,220$28,080$108,250
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$56,620$17,320$96,000
Tuscaloosa, AL$55,570$55,570$82,890
Asheville, NC$55,260$43,770$78,860
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$54,320$44,720$80,140
Lafayette, LA$53,800$53,800$106,860
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$53,200$30,370$84,820
Mobile, AL$52,800$38,760$82,140
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$51,210$33,240$77,410
Raleigh-Cary, NC$50,710$41,180$101,230
Oklahoma$50,180$30,100$81,420
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$49,850$30,580$81,420
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$49,350$29,830$81,620
Urban Honolulu, HI$48,410$40,120$95,420
Hawaii$48,260$29,120$95,420
Wichita, KS$47,550$47,040$74,770
Johnstown, PA$46,410$44,710$108,440
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$37,460$19,480$61,140

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary make?▾

The median annual salary for a English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary is $78,270, with a typical range of $47,540 – $154,800 depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Entry-level English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary positions typically start around $47,540 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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English Language and Literature 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.