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Education Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in NY

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Education Teachers, Postsecondary in NY have a median annual salary of $82,020, with 5,430 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $51,680 at the 10th percentile to $168,280 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

$82,020

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

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Employment

5,430

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$51,680
10th
$65,580
25th
$82,020
Median
$107,710
75th
$168,280
90th

Local compared with national

NY

$82,020

Median annual · 2025

United States

$75,350

Median annual · 2025

The NY median is 8.9% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $6,670).

Top skills

  1. 1.SpeakingImportance 4.6
  2. 2.Reading ComprehensionImportance 4.3
  3. 3.Active ListeningImportance 4.1
  4. 4.Learning StrategiesImportance 4.1
  5. 5.InstructingImportance 4.1
  6. 6.WritingImportance 4.0
  7. 7.Active LearningImportance 4.0
  8. 8.MonitoringImportance 3.9
  9. 9.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.8
  10. 10.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.8
  11. 11.Time ManagementImportance 3.5
  12. 12.Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.3

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Doctoral Degree
Experience
None
Job zone
5

Technology used

  • Blackboard Learn
  • Blackboard software
  • Collaborative editing software
  • Course management system software
  • Desire2Learn LMS software
  • Desmos
  • DOC Cop
  • Editing software
  • Email software
  • Geogebra
  • Google Docs
  • Image scanning software
  • iParadigms Turnitin
  • Learning management system LMS
  • Microsoft Excel

Common tasks

  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
  • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
  • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
  • Supervise students' fieldwork, internship, and research work.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as children's literature, learning and development, and reading instruction.
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
  • Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
  • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.

Related careers

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

Education Teachers, Postsecondary salary in other locations

Other occupations in NY