Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary Salary

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

Median Annual Salary

$79,940

National average

Salary Range

$47,950 – $130,040

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Waco, TX$196,540$78,140$208,140
Visalia, CA$139,610$124,060$163,850
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$120,840$79,960N/A
Killeen-Temple, TX$119,320$59,320$205,460
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$112,480$76,550$219,590
Tuscaloosa, AL$110,360$65,140$110,360
Binghamton, NY$108,430$65,550$185,400
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$108,320$63,230$163,300
Birmingham, AL$108,240$63,300$173,560
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$107,310$63,370$107,310
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$107,190$60,480$182,670
Urban Honolulu, HI$107,020$77,330$129,280
Ann Arbor, MI$106,450$61,500$169,460
Wilmington, NC$106,150$31,530$126,840
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$103,790$51,070$175,690
District of Columbia$103,780$77,840$167,170
Fresno, CA$102,710$59,390$155,240
Springfield, IL$102,460$50,890$152,190
Hawaii$102,180$77,330$129,260
New Jersey$102,090$50,340$134,950
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$101,690$60,540$200,440
Oregon$101,640$60,690$163,300
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$101,260$44,550$168,540
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$101,070$58,690$129,680
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$100,820$60,500$134,410
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$100,550$43,850$119,790
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$100,260$57,100$122,720
New Haven, CT$99,140$76,020$192,140
California$99,010$50,680$159,250
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$98,310$49,400$162,100
Texas$97,610$51,700$200,440
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$96,140$91,080$117,250
Reno, NV$95,820$79,920$117,160
Columbia, SC$95,750$68,520$199,960
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$95,180$60,360$165,110
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$95,150$58,470$192,140
Greenville, NC$95,110$50,970$169,990
Odessa, TX$94,240$47,590$124,540
Fargo, ND-MN$93,980$61,980$130,910
New York$93,640$47,560$160,390
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$93,300$61,640$125,660
Alaska$92,050$56,710$124,450
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$91,310$47,930$131,080
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$90,890$64,020$101,900
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$90,570$47,950$161,860
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$90,150$39,430$122,610
York-Hanover, PA$90,080$51,360$133,500
Kenosha, WI$88,900$51,930$104,190
Mobile, AL$88,210$64,550$101,220
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$87,810$56,250$133,330
Worcester, MA$86,460$58,480$127,620
Syracuse, NY$85,970$61,850$101,540
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$85,340$58,810$129,480
Nevada$84,660$55,760$117,560
Montana$84,550$59,910$105,390
Bangor, ME$84,530$48,340$122,890
Anchorage, AK$84,520$56,880$117,010
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$84,440$55,760$121,480
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$84,300$62,260$133,900
Florida$83,940$56,250$129,040
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$83,910$49,300$123,930
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$83,850$61,050$101,930
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$83,570$47,930$130,840
Lubbock, TX$83,550$51,620$120,230
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$83,470$65,300$124,890
Delaware$83,420$51,240$127,780
College Station-Bryan, TX$83,410$55,990$160,290
Muncie, IN$83,160$50,940$138,860
Jacksonville, FL$83,140$54,860$117,440
North Dakota$83,130$57,620$102,630
Columbia, MO$82,990$46,340$123,370
Madison, WI$82,810$51,930$130,270
Springfield, MA$82,790$56,820$110,060
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$82,670$65,020$104,920
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$82,640$49,760$100,220
Erie, PA$82,420$42,860$123,200
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$82,360$43,080$119,780
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$82,100$49,470$123,250
Sherman-Denison, TX$82,050$65,770$206,430
Winston-Salem, NC$81,950$50,720$138,310
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$81,860$59,210$121,250
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$81,750$52,050$127,480
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$81,710$49,240N/A
Manchester-Nashua, NH$81,680$62,640$101,430
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$81,550$45,180$121,870
Connecticut$81,490$50,860$192,140
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$81,490$58,270$136,970
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$81,480$64,230$100,970
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$81,430$50,160$108,150
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$81,430$50,680$130,250
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$81,430$48,940$124,520
Kansas City, MO-KS$81,320$44,730$106,550
New Hampshire$81,260$60,560$105,400
Lexington-Fayette, KY$81,030$39,170$124,950
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$81,010$66,320$115,300
Maryland$80,990$35,560$128,720
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$80,920$61,350$124,680
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$80,840$55,810$132,880
El Paso, TX$80,750$47,460$104,740
Michigan$80,740$41,390$125,760
St. Cloud, MN$80,730$61,800$119,130
Jackson, MS$80,450$60,220$127,590
Colorado$80,440$38,240$126,770
Green Bay, WI$80,420$49,930$141,870
Richmond, VA$80,190$47,050$109,830
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$80,170$63,250$105,850
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$80,150$62,920$99,870
Massachusetts$80,140$57,890$133,230
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$80,050$47,630$106,390
Omaha, NE-IA$79,970$49,630$100,510
Pennsylvania$79,920$45,270$119,260
St. Louis, MO-IL$79,910$44,900$102,670
South Carolina$79,900$50,780$122,350
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$79,900$37,850$125,570
Peoria, IL$79,840$60,590$127,390
Wisconsin$79,810$49,340$106,470
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$79,810$51,580$106,470
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$79,710$46,950$124,110
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$79,670$49,180$167,140
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$79,650$50,930$128,020
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$79,550$52,860$133,650
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$79,440$45,050$127,970
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$79,420$46,740$105,020
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$79,300$58,320$129,750
Mayaguez, PR$79,260$47,400$99,830
Nebraska$79,120$49,630$129,030
Portland-South Portland, ME$79,060$48,520$124,960
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$78,930$53,200$103,810
Illinois$78,870$48,660$123,850
Virginia$78,850$40,080$105,700
Vermont$78,800$61,110$102,960
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$78,800$50,520$127,770
Maine$78,770$48,230$121,630
North Carolina$78,740$48,120$121,480
Rockford, IL$78,720$58,970$102,550
Huntsville, AL$78,700$66,600$100,980
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$78,670$50,360$126,500
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$78,670$48,440$101,160
Arecibo, PR$78,620$44,870$128,360
Greensboro-High Point, NC$78,560$55,180$125,230
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$78,430$44,760$118,370
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$78,360$59,370$103,120
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$78,240$39,510$102,530
Charleston, WV$78,160$47,670$108,130
Minnesota$78,110$55,920$119,170
Washington$78,000$55,810$132,350
Boise City, ID$77,870$63,820$122,580
New Mexico$77,850$40,960$105,240
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$77,760$61,200$103,730
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$77,720$75,750$123,310
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$77,650$60,900$97,150
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$77,630$46,270$98,260
Knoxville, TN$77,550$62,100$127,930
Lancaster, PA$77,510$42,970$116,190
Modesto, CA$77,470$48,530$114,240
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$77,390$41,720$96,040
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$77,370$31,050$97,270
Fayetteville, NC$77,280$27,840$97,620
Alabama$77,270$49,890$110,360
Indiana$77,270$45,340$120,770
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$77,270$77,270$91,060
Bellingham, WA$77,180$63,950$112,740
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$77,090$51,470$201,990
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$77,060$49,030$110,930
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$76,870$53,320$100,720
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$76,730$61,180$87,750
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$76,720$40,040$124,010
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$76,660$52,360$106,820
Winchester, VA-WV$76,640$39,170$97,940
Tennessee$76,620$51,480$105,700
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$76,330$52,920$104,620
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$76,180$46,300$112,730
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$76,120$51,820$102,140
Georgia$75,950$34,910$107,310
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$75,870$46,000$119,010
West Virginia$75,550$46,740$108,020
Cleveland, OH$75,490$38,610$119,030
Idaho$75,420$60,910$123,630
Utah$75,380$52,390$108,150
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$75,380$44,670$119,260
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$75,310$43,630$105,470
Wyoming$75,280$50,200$95,950
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$75,280$59,390$94,270
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$75,270$46,770$147,090
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$75,260$45,050$96,290
Lincoln, NE$75,200$51,490$131,710
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$75,150$50,440$116,120
Columbus, OH$75,130$21,740$119,390
Kentucky$74,850$48,240$113,370
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$74,850$62,060$113,330
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$74,820$47,340$101,600
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$74,720$48,260$117,780
Rhode Island$74,720$48,260$99,790
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$74,720$38,000$116,050
Chattanooga, TN-GA$74,680$48,960$105,980
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$74,660$39,490$127,380
Rochester, NY$74,630$49,940$121,850
Ohio$74,570$33,720$117,770
Toledo, OH$74,120$37,390$114,830
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$74,070$29,120$97,440
Missouri$74,000$46,500$106,190
Akron, OH$73,770$35,770$99,420
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$73,740$61,190$100,260
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$73,730$44,230$128,590
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$73,500$41,190$102,830
Puerto Rico$73,500$36,080$102,830
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$73,460$42,560$99,120
Montgomery, AL$73,400$61,830$91,590
Jackson, TN$73,380$60,550$78,950
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$73,340$45,070$118,030
Fort Wayne, IN$73,220$43,260$106,590
Tulsa, OK$73,210$65,100$83,110
Mississippi$73,160$50,500$99,760
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$73,160$61,140$127,090
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$73,070$60,610$97,430
Louisiana$72,990$44,150$103,270
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$72,930$51,640$101,260
Pittsburgh, PA$72,900$44,110$117,770
Mankato, MN$72,880$36,870$120,920
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$72,360$53,370$117,530
Terre Haute, IN$72,080$48,020$112,000
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$71,970$49,400$123,870
Iowa$71,910$47,250$105,700
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$71,670$52,660$96,510
Kansas$70,960$44,960$92,660
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$70,230$59,870$76,040
Asheville, NC$69,960$53,620$96,670
Duluth, MN-WI$69,930$61,100$106,030
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$69,630$43,800$110,040
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$69,570$60,300$100,280
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$69,550$48,830$79,320
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$68,510$52,980$156,000
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$68,360$45,790$106,030
Arizona$68,360$40,260$106,030
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$68,230$58,730$81,470
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$68,160$58,220$79,220
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$68,000$49,880$76,800
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$68,000$56,400$102,410
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$67,840$40,560$82,000
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$67,450$45,250$106,460
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$66,760$54,050$92,360
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$66,500$15,080$76,540
Raleigh-Cary, NC$66,470$44,260$99,910
Flint, MI$66,410$35,950$103,330
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$66,230$55,430$92,400
Springfield, MO$65,980$47,330$105,780
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$65,460$49,110$89,850
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$65,410$42,170$87,610
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$65,160$17,740$96,900
Oklahoma$65,100$48,190$83,110
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$64,900$33,190$94,430
Colorado Springs, CO$64,750$31,500$101,140
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$64,750$49,990$77,640
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$64,720$54,030$78,170
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$64,630$53,180$84,760
Ogden, UT$64,560$62,780$91,240
Evansville, IN$64,540$46,450$97,290
Arkansas$64,330$48,520$91,310
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$64,060$21,430$90,280
Athens-Clarke County, GA$64,050$30,580$102,620
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$64,010$48,240$102,600
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$63,980$38,970$102,880
South Dakota$63,940$48,530$82,900
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$63,880$21,740$119,180
Laredo, TX$63,850$38,980$104,260
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$63,850$30,800$92,890
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$63,700$61,560$82,520
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$63,670$31,390$102,220
Bloomington, IL$63,620$50,570$103,510
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$63,510$45,460$102,420
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$63,450$38,760$82,870
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$63,340$50,860$94,800
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$63,020$48,570$103,930
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$62,770$46,530$94,430
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$62,730$44,860$92,680
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$62,730$54,200$97,660
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$62,260$50,000$77,640
Wheeling, WV-OH$62,070$43,360$95,440
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$62,030$43,860$101,270
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$61,440$47,920$80,560
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$61,270$29,120$104,090
Oklahoma City, OK$61,040$48,190$74,500
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$60,900$51,070$74,280
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$60,760$42,050$100,410
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$60,640$32,090$75,860
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$60,320$46,360$89,980
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$59,410$17,380$84,950
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$59,040$51,370$70,980
Cedar Rapids, IA$59,000$47,250$77,470
Johnstown, PA$58,700$47,570$79,720
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$56,960$48,290$75,160
Wichita, KS$56,850$47,660$75,460
Ponce, PR$56,080$31,500$99,760
Albuquerque, NM$52,220$40,960$103,390
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$51,830$37,590$95,910
Joplin, MO-KS$50,770$41,290$74,230
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$49,370$49,370$80,040
Auburn-Opelika, AL$43,010$35,990$99,710

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary is $79,940, with a typical range of $47,950 – $130,040 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary?β–Ύ

Entry-level Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary positions typically start around $47,950 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondarys earn the most?β–Ύ

Nursing Instructors and 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.