Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary Salary

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

Median Annual Salary

$80,330

National average

Salary Range

$47,870 – $158,900

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Fresno, CA$164,770$96,900$168,230
Ann Arbor, MI$137,070$96,340$221,630
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$133,830$52,820$213,440
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$130,830$76,860N/A
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$129,830$66,280N/A
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$124,860$56,900$212,920
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$123,520$44,550$210,340
Madison, WI$123,180$49,710$210,050
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$121,600$67,130$197,180
California$106,470$60,210$206,780
New Haven, CT$105,260$72,940$218,420
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$104,780$63,470$140,760
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$104,690$40,580$165,230
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$102,780$61,800$202,530
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$102,700$59,920$167,320
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$101,980$49,380$135,760
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$101,310$67,900$166,170
Wilmington, NC$101,160$32,180$164,950
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$100,690$65,610$206,100
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$100,570$49,990$215,410
Manchester-Nashua, NH$100,530$51,890$131,660
Athens-Clarke County, GA$100,370$22,940$136,770
North Dakota$100,340$60,840$134,020
Fargo, ND-MN$100,340$61,550$127,860
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$100,270$64,960$170,320
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$99,910$65,320$136,550
Maryland$99,740$53,150$204,800
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$99,390$61,360$135,850
Champaign-Urbana, IL$99,250$73,180$163,450
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$99,130$59,890$177,590
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$98,960$57,940$164,570
New York$98,630$59,800$197,700
Connecticut$98,390$61,410$135,850
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$97,560$60,830$223,630
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$96,940$56,900$156,030
College Station-Bryan, TX$96,700$52,320$204,410
Oregon$96,330$60,640$199,830
Worcester, MA$96,320$61,970$163,800
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$96,190$44,050$127,300
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$95,730$49,580$188,800
Auburn-Opelika, AL$94,560$51,490$160,460
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$92,370$39,390$153,510
Columbia, SC$90,970$58,670$154,160
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$90,820$59,580$133,110
Rhode Island$90,820$59,580$138,360
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$90,750$63,300$165,930
Michigan$89,550$44,560$165,410
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$87,300$31,200$129,070
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$86,460$54,030$119,040
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$86,460$56,300$165,370
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$86,350$39,830$138,170
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$86,260$58,870$102,420
New Jersey$85,590$49,250$174,570
New Hampshire$84,540$51,680$131,660
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$84,330$50,000$166,380
Harrisonburg, VA$84,140$51,850$137,940
El Paso, TX$83,800$49,610$141,540
Columbia, MO$83,640$50,760$133,530
Albuquerque, NM$82,790$25,740$124,750
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$82,790$51,260$162,830
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$82,750$54,250N/A
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$82,710$50,760$126,240
Greenville, NC$82,630$60,650$99,790
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$82,620$57,320$133,160
Tuscaloosa, AL$82,600$52,230$109,110
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$82,500$59,220$135,430
Knoxville, TN$82,470$49,140$132,720
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$82,450$49,360$131,810
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$82,370$50,700$128,710
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$82,260$32,910$102,360
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$82,250$49,450$135,130
Texas$81,880$46,610$152,940
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$81,760$46,510$124,700
Pittsfield, MA$81,700$50,270$128,250
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$81,640$49,250$132,020
Louisiana$81,640$49,250$132,020
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$81,540$45,380$130,190
Delaware$81,530$48,390$131,340
Ithaca, NY$81,530$48,320$178,540
Utah$81,370$50,420$122,240
Vermont$81,140$58,180$134,000
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$81,140$51,790$133,860
Richmond, VA$81,020$43,670$130,900
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$80,920$48,390$132,810
Bangor, ME$80,870$48,160$135,550
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$80,770$46,580$129,140
Minnesota$80,760$51,260$162,830
Virginia$80,750$43,670$162,760
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$80,740$50,400$126,630
St. Louis, MO-IL$80,350$30,200$135,340
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$80,330$49,800$139,630
Massachusetts$80,300$54,890$159,570
New Mexico$80,260$48,700$126,810
Omaha, NE-IA$80,230$63,580$132,490
Reno, NV$80,230$65,020$130,760
Nevada$80,230$58,390$128,710
Akron, OH$80,180$35,430$125,630
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$80,150$39,770$105,470
Nebraska$80,130$57,810$130,060
Lincoln, NE$80,130$57,810$165,060
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$80,130$48,380$138,410
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$80,110$53,520$160,790
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$80,090$51,550$129,240
Tulsa, OK$79,970$44,060$107,120
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$79,960$60,820$100,060
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$79,890$48,040$124,410
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$79,880$52,200$105,370
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$79,780$61,310$125,770
St. Cloud, MN$79,750$60,840$120,260
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$79,750$31,010$125,420
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$79,450$29,990$126,260
Montana$79,370$51,400$136,020
Kansas$79,240$45,940$132,700
Columbus, OH$79,170$21,740$131,910
Springfield, MO$79,150$50,310$135,850
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$79,030$52,800$96,910
Laredo, TX$78,950$39,320$129,070
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$78,520$52,660$133,400
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$78,430$45,430$157,360
Rochester, NY$78,420$50,660$124,520
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$78,270$54,380$103,280
Springfield, MA$78,120$50,740$129,250
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$78,110$48,710$132,260
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$78,030$28,080$121,840
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$77,900$45,120$136,620
Syracuse, NY$77,720$60,550$146,530
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$77,720$48,680$122,150
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$77,680$50,430$118,360
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$77,520$43,440$136,070
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$77,400$46,630$119,200
Indiana$77,310$49,600$126,630
Bellingham, WA$77,310$60,720$122,140
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$77,280$46,960$126,730
Washington$77,250$48,280$104,870
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$77,120$61,410$119,750
Reading, PA$77,000$45,860$113,300
Florida$76,910$45,120$138,410
Jacksonville, FL$76,910$44,720$102,880
Winston-Salem, NC$76,890$49,140$104,080
Colorado$76,850$39,930$126,260
Raleigh-Cary, NC$76,640$49,730$128,510
Georgia$76,640$42,290$131,420
Pennsylvania$76,490$45,830$127,660
Arizona$76,460$51,550$129,240
Lancaster, PA$76,460$45,900$124,590
District of Columbia$76,450$50,000$145,510
Missouri$76,400$46,500$135,340
Alabama$76,300$51,830$124,090
Boulder, CO$76,030$47,570$126,740
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$76,030$48,610$100,980
Alaska$75,820$74,970$118,080
Huntsville, AL$75,820$53,420$100,450
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$75,750$40,460$211,330
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$75,720$58,670$125,470
Iowa$75,540$41,060$138,650
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$75,540$49,110$127,420
Evansville, IN$75,450$49,600$113,280
Pittsburgh, PA$75,350$46,060$126,510
Illinois$75,350$34,590$126,210
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$75,340$37,540$126,410
Idaho$75,320$49,760$103,880
Cleveland, OH$75,320$36,180$96,740
Toledo, OH$75,310$43,770$131,150
Ohio$75,300$33,980$109,080
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$75,240$46,920$139,580
Killeen-Temple, TX$75,210$45,150$153,770
Montgomery, AL$75,080$51,390$105,420
Portland-South Portland, ME$75,060$56,260$135,540
Maine$75,060$33,840$132,500
Mankato, MN$75,060$61,980$122,700
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$74,970$74,970$101,310
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$74,930$34,870$102,400
Abilene, TX$74,870$51,560$122,740
South Carolina$74,510$48,170$120,110
North Carolina$74,190$48,740$129,370
Greensboro-High Point, NC$73,660$49,860$103,040
West Virginia$73,390$42,920$118,480
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$73,360$46,540$140,730
Tennessee$73,360$49,140$132,410
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$72,900$45,080$125,920
Kentucky$72,380$46,560$110,530
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$72,040$63,790$72,380
Kansas City, MO-KS$71,910$46,500$125,580
Erie, PA$71,150$45,830$100,560
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$70,990$55,340$92,280
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$70,720$27,700$130,070
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$69,470$29,120$125,160
Birmingham, AL$68,910$48,780$147,400
Wisconsin$68,430$48,830$134,290
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$68,430$42,650$96,010
Oklahoma City, OK$67,970$46,750$100,170
Canton-Massillon, OH$67,060$33,870$92,760
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$66,630$40,060$101,240
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$66,500$41,060$106,130
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$66,270$51,830$107,870
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$65,920$51,940$107,230
Colorado Springs, CO$65,910$30,690$139,230
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$65,840$24,080$101,660
Duluth, MN-WI$65,550$50,650$85,050
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$65,450$53,470$89,710
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$65,400$48,310$137,950
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$65,390$44,380$108,590
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$65,330$53,480$101,270
Mississippi$64,580$29,710$127,120
Wyoming$64,370$48,710$100,060
Flint, MI$64,350$38,030$120,450
Asheville, NC$64,340$51,060$81,800
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$64,110$49,590$81,980
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$64,080$45,790$93,100
Mobile, AL$63,960$51,830$103,670
Puerto Rico$63,950$48,140$81,070
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$63,840$36,400$125,510
Ponce, PR$63,650$49,700$80,760
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$63,460$44,550$82,500
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$63,010$49,390$83,300
Arkansas$62,880$48,000$86,720
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$62,870$58,780$95,690
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$62,770$38,340$76,110
Roanoke, VA$62,680$39,070$93,730
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$62,590$46,800$95,850
South Dakota$62,400$51,940$101,470
Flagstaff, AZ$62,310$54,340$111,080
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$62,130$41,160$101,020
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$62,110$21,740$100,890
Jackson, MS$61,950$52,010$136,250
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$61,730$29,120$112,550
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$61,140$40,060$73,100
Oklahoma$60,870$30,950$104,880
Cedar Rapids, IA$60,820$35,760$80,830
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$59,250$38,380$88,330
Boise City, ID$55,700$49,760$97,010
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$52,140$15,080$94,590
Hawaii$49,850$49,290$81,840
Urban Honolulu, HI$49,840$49,270$81,840
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$48,730$29,340$65,640

Frequently Asked Questions

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

The median annual salary for a Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary is $80,330, with a typical range of $47,870 – $158,900 depending on experience, location, and employer.

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

Entry-level Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary positions typically start around $47,870 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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Psychology 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.