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Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in CA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary in CA have a median annual salary of $133,230, with 1,410 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $73,170 at the 10th percentile to $260,890 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$133,230

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

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Employment

1,410

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$73,170
10th
$99,270
25th
$133,230
Median
$202,470
75th
$260,890
90th

Local compared with national

CA

$133,230

Median annual · 2025

United States

$103,170

Median annual · 2025

The CA median is 29.1% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $30,060).

Top skills

  1. 1.SpeakingImportance 4.8
  2. 2.Reading ComprehensionImportance 4.0
  3. 3.Active ListeningImportance 4.0
  4. 4.WritingImportance 4.0
  5. 5.ScienceImportance 4.0
  6. 6.Critical ThinkingImportance 4.0
  7. 7.InstructingImportance 4.0
  8. 8.Active LearningImportance 3.9
  9. 9.Learning StrategiesImportance 3.9
  10. 10.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.8
  11. 11.MonitoringImportance 3.6
  12. 12.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.5

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Master's Degree
Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Job zone
5

Technology used

  • ACD Systems Canvas
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Ansys Fluent
  • Blackboard Learn
  • Blackboard software
  • CGG HampsonRussell
  • Collaborative editing software
  • Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
  • Course management system software
  • Desire2Learn LMS software
  • DOC Cop
  • Email software
  • ESRI ArcGIS software

Common tasks

  • Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as structural geology, micrometeorology, and atmospheric thermodynamics.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
  • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
  • Supervise laboratory work and field work.
  • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
  • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
  • Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

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