Occupation · SOC 25-1042

Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary Salary

Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary earn a median of $84,620 a year in the United States, which is Not published an hour. The mean is $102,840, and 50,190 people are employed in the occupation.

Median annual salary $84,620 May 2025 · half earn more, half earn less
Median hourly Not published
Mean annual $102,840
US employment 50,190
Top 10% earn $169,900+

The full pay range

A single average hides most of what a reader wants to know. BLS publishes the whole distribution, so here it is: each row is the annual salary at that point in the pay range for biological science teachers, postsecondary.

Annual salary by percentile May 2025

Percentile Annual salary Typically
10th percentile $52,150 entry level, or a lower-paying region
25th percentile $64,350 early career
Median (50th) $84,620 half earn more, half earn less
75th percentile $126,770 experienced
90th percentile $169,900 top of the field

Common questions

How much do biological science teachers, postsecondary make?

The median salary for biological science teachers, postsecondary in the United States is $84,620 a year, which is Not published an hour. The mean is $102,840. Median and mean differ because a small number of very high earners pull the mean upward, so the median is the better answer to what the job typically pays.

What is the highest salary for a biological science teachers, postsecondary?

The highest-paid 10 percent of biological science teachers, postsecondary earn $169,900 or more. That is the highest figure the survey publishes for this occupation; there is no reported maximum, and individual earnings above it are not broken out.

How many people work as biological science teachers, postsecondary in the US?

50,190, as of the May 2025 release. That covers wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments and excludes the self-employed, who are not surveyed.

How much do biological science teachers, postsecondary make a month?

About $7,052 a month before tax, which is the published annual median of $84,620 divided by twelve. BLS publishes annual and hourly wages rather than monthly, so treat this as arithmetic on the annual figure, not a separate measurement.

Do biological science teachers, postsecondary make $100,000 a year?

Often. More than a quarter do: the 75th percentile is $126,770, against a median of $84,620. Reaching six figures usually means experience, a high-paying state, or both.

Where these numbers come from

Every figure above is published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 release, for SOC code 25-1042. Nothing here is interpolated or averaged by this site. The survey covers wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments and excludes the self-employed. See how to read these figures for what that means in practice.