Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary salary
The median pay for criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary in the United States is $76,590 a year. About 13,150 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $45,000
- 25th percentile
- $60,020
- Median percentile
- $76,590
- 75th percentile
- $100,870
- 90th percentile
- $140,240
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- California $139,720
- Colorado $122,050
- Maryland $99,600
- Pennsylvania $94,710
- Oregon $93,960
- Rhode Island $84,270
- Minnesota $83,060
- New York $82,770
- Louisiana $82,100
- Wisconsin $81,890
- Delaware $80,510
- Iowa $79,690
- Massachusetts $79,500
- New Hampshire $79,190
- Mississippi $78,520
- Texas $77,270
- South Carolina $76,960
- Michigan $76,770
- West Virginia $76,730
- Utah $76,650
- Ohio $76,610
- Connecticut $73,090
- Washington $72,700
- New Jersey $71,610
- Georgia $71,510
- Arizona $71,230
- Missouri $70,500
- Wyoming $69,530
- Indiana $68,340
- North Dakota $67,720
- Nevada $67,440
- Illinois $66,040
- Alabama $65,280
- North Carolina $63,020
- Oklahoma $62,990
- Arkansas $62,380
- Tennessee $62,090
- Nebraska $61,650
- Florida $61,550
- Kentucky $60,280
- Kansas $50,270
By metro area
- Riverside, CA $223,240
- San Francisco, CA $170,070
- San Diego, CA $168,410
- Sacramento, CA $139,790
- Denver, CO $137,340
- Bakersfield, CA $122,730
- Baltimore, MD $105,680
- Los Angeles, CA $103,870
- Harrisburg, PA $97,380
- Portland, OR $93,990
- Pittsburgh, PA $93,670
- New York, NY $86,690
- Boston, MA $85,560
- Philadelphia, PA $83,930
- Minneapolis, MN $83,060
- Jackson, MS $82,610
- Providence, RI $82,530
- Columbia, MO $82,000
- Milwaukee, WI $81,690
- Detroit, MI $81,530
- Allentown, PA $81,300
- Dallas, TX $81,080
- Albany, NY $80,270
- Austin, TX $79,800
- Houston, TX $79,420
- Charleston, SC $79,410
- Seattle, WA $79,330
- Cincinnati, OH $78,830
- Miami, FL $78,720
- Columbus, OH $78,650
- Atlanta, GA $78,610
- Columbia, SC $77,120
- Greensboro, NC $75,600
- Nashville, TN $75,020
- Springfield, MA $74,550
- Washington, DC $74,440
- St. Louis, MO $73,650
- Rochester, NY $73,330
- Charlotte, NC $73,260
- Syracuse, NY $73,070
- Phoenix, AZ $71,230
- Springfield, MO $70,040
- San Antonio, TX $69,640
- Richmond, VA $66,410
- Chicago, IL $66,040
- Cleveland, OH $65,570
- Virginia Beach, VA $65,260
- Tampa, FL $64,320
- Hickory, NC $63,860
- Worcester, MA $62,780
- Las Vegas, NV $62,580
- Jacksonville, FL $60,990
- Lakeland, FL $60,370
- Buffalo, NY $60,210
- Raleigh, NC $59,790
- Rocky Mount, NC $59,290
- Orlando, FL $58,610
- Asheville, NC $58,510
- Grand Rapids, MI $50,650
- El Paso, TX $50,570
- Kansas City, MO $49,810
- Dayton, OH $46,650