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Physics Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in MA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Physics Teachers, Postsecondary in MA have a median annual salary of $111,280, with 680 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $63,660 at the 10th percentile to $213,120 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

$111,280

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

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Employment

680

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$63,660
10th
$80,650
25th
$111,280
Median
$167,490
75th
$213,120
90th

Local compared with national

MA

$111,280

Median annual · 2025

United States

$100,310

Median annual · 2025

The MA median is 10.9% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $10,970).

Top skills

  1. 1.InstructingImportance 4.3
  2. 2.Reading ComprehensionImportance 4.1
  3. 3.SpeakingImportance 4.1
  4. 4.ScienceImportance 4.1
  5. 5.Active ListeningImportance 4.0
  6. 6.WritingImportance 4.0
  7. 7.Critical ThinkingImportance 4.0
  8. 8.Active LearningImportance 4.0
  9. 9.Learning StrategiesImportance 4.0
  10. 10.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.8
  11. 11.MathematicsImportance 3.6
  12. 12.MonitoringImportance 3.6

Career information

Education and experience

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

Technology used

  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Blackboard Learn
  • C
  • C++
  • Collaborative editing software
  • Course management system software
  • Desire2Learn LMS software
  • DOC Cop
  • Edmodo
  • Email software
  • FFTPACK
  • FFTW
  • Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
  • Geant4
  • GIPSY-OASIS

Common tasks

  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers.
  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as quantum mechanics, particle physics, and optics.
  • Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
  • Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
  • Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
  • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
  • Supervise students' laboratory work.

Related careers

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

Physics Teachers, Postsecondary salary in other locations

Other occupations in MA