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Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary salary in Philadelphia, PA

The median nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD earns $81,040 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,279 a month.

10th percentile
$47,280
25th percentile
$61,550
Median percentile
$81,040
75th percentile
$102,560
90th percentile
$118,470

Based on 2,050 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

$63,354 take-home a year
Gross pay$81,040
Federal income tax−$8,999
Social Security + Medicare−$6,200
Pennsylvania income tax (approx.)−$2,488
Monthly take-home$5,279
Every two weeks$2,437

Does it go far here?

$79,022Median pay in Philadelphia, PA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 102.6 vs 100).
28%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,480 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Philadelphia, PA

JobMedian pay
Radiologists$452,940
Family Medicine Physicians$294,430
Chief Executives$292,770
Psychiatrists$279,410
Physicians, All Other$245,810
Nurse Anesthetists$238,540
Pediatricians, General$226,440
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$180,330

All nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary salaries · Take-home pay in Pennsylvania