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Education Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in San Diego, CA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Education Teachers, Postsecondary in San Diego, CA have a median annual salary of $129,100, with 160 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $71,140 at the 10th percentile to $171,820 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

$129,100

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

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Employment

160

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$71,140
10th
$100,610
25th
$129,100
Median
$138,440
75th
$171,820
90th

Local compared with national

San Diego, CA

$129,100

Median annual · 2025

United States

$75,350

Median annual · 2025

The San Diego, CA median is 71.3% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $53,750).

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 San Diego, CA