Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018
25-1072 Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation: Top
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Mean wage
RSE (3) |
| 55,710 |
1.9 % |
(4) |
$81,350 |
2.0 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$40,370 |
$55,620 |
$73,490 |
$97,390 |
$129,070 |
(4)
Industry profile for this occupation: Top
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
31,320 |
1.03 |
(4) |
$80,380 |
| Junior Colleges |
17,260 |
2.39 |
(4) |
$74,450 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
3,990 |
0.07 |
(4) |
$123,760 |
| Technical and Trade Schools |
2,130 |
1.58 |
(4) |
$74,390 |
| Business Schools and Computer and Management Training |
430 |
0.61 |
(4) |
$73,670 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Junior Colleges |
17,260 |
2.39 |
(4) |
$74,450 |
| Technical and Trade Schools |
2,130 |
1.58 |
(4) |
$74,390 |
| Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
31,320 |
1.03 |
(4) |
$80,380 |
| Business Schools and Computer and Management Training |
430 |
0.61 |
(4) |
$73,670 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
3,990 |
0.07 |
(4) |
$123,760 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
3,990 |
0.07 |
(4) |
$123,760 |
| Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals |
100 |
0.04 |
(4) |
$94,380 |
| State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
40 |
(7) |
(4) |
$80,790 |
| Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
31,320 |
1.03 |
(4) |
$80,380 |
| Junior Colleges |
17,260 |
2.39 |
(4) |
$74,450 |
Geographic profile for this occupation: Top
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York |
4,380 |
0.47 |
1.21 |
(4) |
$91,900 |
| Pennsylvania |
4,010 |
0.69 |
1.78 |
(4) |
$78,810 |
| Texas |
3,900 |
0.32 |
0.84 |
(4) |
$71,780 |
| California |
3,390 |
0.20 |
0.52 |
(4) |
$101,320 |
| Ohio |
2,770 |
0.51 |
1.33 |
(4) |
$71,950 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
Top paying States for this occupation:
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
3,960 |
0.42 |
1.08 |
(4) |
$96,110 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
2,650 |
0.93 |
2.41 |
(4) |
$87,970 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
1,550 |
0.60 |
1.55 |
(8) |
(8) |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
1,340 |
0.22 |
0.57 |
(8) |
(8) |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
1,300 |
0.28 |
0.73 |
(4) |
$71,280 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
1,100 |
0.40 |
1.04 |
(4) |
$91,200 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
910 |
0.29 |
0.75 |
(4) |
$121,610 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
850 |
0.44 |
1.13 |
(4) |
$72,960 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
820 |
0.55 |
1.44 |
(4) |
$59,650 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
790 |
0.22 |
0.58 |
(4) |
$68,260 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Trenton, NJ |
360 |
1.57 |
4.07 |
(8) |
(8) |
| Williamsport, PA |
70 |
1.34 |
3.48 |
(4) |
$83,150 |
| Walla Walla, WA |
30 |
1.33 |
3.44 |
(8) |
(8) |
| Bangor, ME |
80 |
1.30 |
3.39 |
(4) |
$55,470 |
| Utica-Rome, NY |
150 |
1.21 |
3.14 |
(4) |
$72,570 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC |
350 |
1.12 |
2.92 |
(4) |
$87,930 |
| Johnstown, PA |
60 |
1.10 |
2.87 |
(4) |
$61,850 |
| Odessa, TX |
80 |
1.05 |
2.72 |
(4) |
$68,840 |
| Portland-South Portland, ME |
210 |
1.02 |
2.66 |
(8) |
(8) |
| Toledo, OH |
300 |
1.02 |
2.64 |
(4) |
$80,200 |
United States Department of Labor
