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Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary salary in Los Angeles, CA

The median art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA earns $91,490 a year, 16% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,566 a month.

10th percentile
$60,420
25th percentile
$72,180
Median percentile
$91,490
75th percentile
$128,660
90th percentile
$179,390

Based on 5,200 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$66,789 take-home a year
Gross pay$91,490
Federal income tax−$11,298
Social Security + Medicare−$6,999
California income tax (approx.)−$6,404
Monthly take-home$5,566
Every two weeks$2,569

Does it go far here?

$80,561Median pay in Los Angeles, CA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 113.6 vs 100).
37%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,063 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Los Angeles, CA

JobMedian pay
Psychiatrists$370,510
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$364,730
Chief Executives$234,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers$204,370
Physicians, All Other$196,760
Lawyers$194,410
Natural Sciences Managers$193,340
Architectural and Engineering Managers$190,900

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