Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors Salary — Virginia Beach, Virginia

The average Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors in Virginia Beach, Virginia earns $85,490 a year.

$85,490 / year, mean
↑ 25.0% above national average 100th percentile in Virginia

Virginia Beach sits at the very top of the range for this role in Virginia — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's a substantial premium — this metro pays far more for adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors than the U.S. average. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Virginia

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
200
Estimate confidence
RSE 0.6%
Cost of living 98 #75 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1524 #67 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $373,678 #65 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $80,533 #48 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Virginia Beach ranks #75 for cost of living and #65 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Riverside $109,520 Bakersfield $108,790 Modesto $108,070 San Diego $101,690 San Francisco $100,800 San Jose $97,620 Los Angeles $94,990 New York $91,360 Oxnard $86,030 Virginia Beach $85,490 Vineland $83,420 Portland $79,270 Bremerton $78,160 Trenton $77,930 Bellingham $76,430 Albany $76,240 Seattle $73,820 Kennewick $73,460 Kiryas Joel $71,470 Springfield $70,740 Atlantic City $69,470 Chicago $68,670 Kingston $68,340 Philadelphia $67,190 Charleston $64,360 Syracuse $63,860 Roanoke $63,850 Houston $63,700 Allentown $63,260 Spokane $63,080 Olympia $62,980 Tallahassee $62,470 Miami $61,900 Yakima $60,430 Rochester $60,360 Detroit $59,940 Baltimore $59,720 Jacksonville $59,300 Indianapolis $59,290 Reading $57,590 Tampa $57,210 Pittsburgh $57,130 Austin $56,610 Orlando $56,560 Lancaster $56,520 Grand Rapids $56,370 South Bend $56,030 Lafayette $55,310 Richmond $55,260 Buffalo $54,840 Lakeland $54,810 Lexington $53,370 Corpus Christi $53,330 Laredo $51,360 Lubbock $50,510 Peoria $49,920 San Antonio $49,800 Dallas $49,220 Louisville $49,140 El Paso $49,090 Killeen $47,210 Port St. Lucie $46,870 McAllen $36,680
CityMean salaryvs. Virginia Beach
Albany, New York$76,240-10.8%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$63,260-26.0%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$69,470-18.7%
Austin, Texas$56,610-33.8%
Bakersfield, California$108,790+27.3%
Baltimore, Maryland$59,720-30.1%
Bellingham, Washington$76,430-10.6%
Bremerton, Washington$78,160-8.6%
Buffalo, New York$54,840-35.9%
Charleston, West Virginia$64,360-24.7%
Chicago, Illinois$68,670-19.7%
Corpus Christi, Texas$53,330-37.6%
Dallas, Texas$49,220-42.4%
Detroit, Michigan$59,940-29.9%
El Paso, Texas$49,090-42.6%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$56,370-34.1%
Houston, Texas$63,700-25.5%
Indianapolis, Indiana$59,290-30.6%
Jacksonville, Florida$59,300-30.6%
Kennewick, Washington$73,460-14.1%
Killeen, Texas$47,210-44.8%
Kingston, New York$68,340-20.1%
Kiryas Joel, New York$71,470-16.4%
Lafayette, Indiana$55,310-35.3%
Lakeland, Florida$54,810-35.9%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$56,520-33.9%
Laredo, Texas$51,360-39.9%
Lexington, Kentucky$53,370-37.6%
Los Angeles, California$94,990+11.1%
Louisville, Kentucky$49,140-42.5%
Lubbock, Texas$50,510-40.9%
McAllen, Texas$36,680-57.1%
Miami, Florida$61,900-27.6%
Modesto, California$108,070+26.4%
New York, New York$91,360+6.9%
Olympia, Washington$62,980-26.3%
Orlando, Florida$56,560-33.8%
Oxnard, California$86,030+0.6%
Peoria, Illinois$49,920-41.6%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$67,190-21.4%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$57,130-33.2%
Portland, Oregon$79,270-7.3%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$46,870-45.2%
Reading, Pennsylvania$57,590-32.6%
Richmond, Virginia$55,260-35.4%
Riverside, California$109,520+28.1%
Roanoke, Virginia$63,850-25.3%
Rochester, New York$60,360-29.4%
San Antonio, Texas$49,800-41.7%
San Diego, California$101,690+18.9%
San Francisco, California$100,800+17.9%
San Jose, California$97,620+14.2%
Seattle, Washington$73,820-13.7%
South Bend, Indiana$56,030-34.5%
Spokane, Washington$63,080-26.2%
Springfield, Illinois$70,740-17.3%
Syracuse, New York$63,860-25.3%
Tallahassee, Florida$62,470-26.9%
Tampa, Florida$57,210-33.1%
Trenton, New Jersey$77,930-8.8%
Vineland, New Jersey$83,420-2.4%
Yakima, Washington$60,430-29.3%
Gross salary
85,490/yr
Estimated take-home
64,871/yr
Est. total withheld
24.1%

Single filer, federal + Virginia state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 25-3011 SOC code
Official area Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 47260 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: va_tax_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
ChesapeakeNorfolk
Multi-state area: VA;NC
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: Virginia

Population (metro area)
1,782,590