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Education Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in New York, NY

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Education Teachers, Postsecondary in New York, NY have a median annual salary of $80,640, with 5,120 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $47,580 at the 10th percentile to $159,690 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

$80,640

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

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Employment

5,120

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$47,580
10th
$66,140
25th
$80,640
Median
$107,160
75th
$159,690
90th

Local compared with national

New York, NY

$80,640

Median annual · 2025

United States

$75,350

Median annual · 2025

The New York, NY median is 7.0% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $5,290).

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 New York, NY