Business Teachers, Postsecondary Salary — Salem, Oregon

The average Business Teachers, Postsecondary in Salem, Oregon earns $87,670 a year.

$87,670 / year, mean
↓ 25.6% below national average 33th percentile in Oregon

Salem pays below most of Oregon for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's well below the national average for business teachers, postsecondary — one of the largest gaps in this dataset. 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 Oregon

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
40
Estimate confidence
RSE 4.7%
Cost of living 104 #29 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2419 #180 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $454,689 #32 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $76,010 #65 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Salem ranks #29 for cost of living and #32 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.

San Jose $166,370 College Station $159,130 Lansing $159,100 Riverside $151,650 Austin $142,260 San Francisco $140,680 Binghamton $140,420 Los Angeles $138,850 McAllen $135,610 Fresno $134,920 Lubbock $132,500 Seattle $130,040 San Diego $129,930 Virginia Beach $127,490 Baltimore $127,340 Bloomington $126,420 Rochester $125,840 Sacramento $124,650 New York $123,550 Philadelphia $122,500 Bowling Green $121,290 Buffalo $121,170 Detroit $120,960 Harrisonburg $117,760 Pittsburgh $116,680 Bloomington $115,770 Richmond $115,140 Eugene $114,700 Amarillo $114,480 Houston $114,220 Huntington $113,520 Terre Haute $112,310 Erie $111,690 Portland $110,930 Lexington $110,110 Dallas $109,340 Harrisburg $108,440 Syracuse $107,730 El Paso $107,690 Laredo $107,370 Indianapolis $106,860 Ithaca $106,780 Santa Maria $105,660 Peoria $105,380 Bellingham $105,170 Scranton $104,730 Charleston $104,690 Chicago $104,420 Evansville $103,470 Tyler $102,810 Abilene $102,510 Trenton $102,260 Miami $101,680 Grand Rapids $101,270 Allentown $100,050 Spokane $97,860 Flint $97,520 Killeen $97,440 South Bend $97,090 San Antonio $96,770 Olympia $95,140 Deltona $95,110 Albany $94,270 Dover $93,360 Fort Wayne $93,010 Tampa $89,500 Louisville $89,430 Fort Myers $89,290 Reading $88,730 Lakeland $87,680 Salem $87,670 Jacksonville $85,210 Kiryas Joel $83,360 Texarkana $81,300 Roanoke $78,280 Orlando $77,130 Lynchburg $72,590 Johnstown $66,600 Tallahassee $64,980
CityMean salaryvs. Salem
Abilene, Texas$102,510+16.9%
Albany, New York$94,270+7.5%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$100,050+14.1%
Amarillo, Texas$114,480+30.6%
Austin, Texas$142,260+62.3%
Baltimore, Maryland$127,340+45.2%
Bellingham, Washington$105,170+20.0%
Binghamton, New York$140,420+60.2%
Bloomington, Illinois$115,770+32.1%
Bloomington, Indiana$126,420+44.2%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$121,290+38.3%
Buffalo, New York$121,170+38.2%
Fort Myers, Florida$89,290+1.8%
Charleston, West Virginia$104,690+19.4%
Chicago, Illinois$104,420+19.1%
College Station, Texas$159,130+81.5%
Dallas, Texas$109,340+24.7%
Deltona, Florida$95,110+8.5%
Detroit, Michigan$120,960+38.0%
Dover, Delaware$93,360+6.5%
El Paso, Texas$107,690+22.8%
Erie, Pennsylvania$111,690+27.4%
Eugene, Oregon$114,700+30.8%
Evansville, Indiana$103,470+18.0%
Flint, Michigan$97,520+11.2%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$93,010+6.1%
Fresno, California$134,920+53.9%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$101,270+15.5%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$108,440+23.7%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$117,760+34.3%
Houston, Texas$114,220+30.3%
Huntington, West Virginia$113,520+29.5%
Indianapolis, Indiana$106,860+21.9%
Ithaca, New York$106,780+21.8%
Jacksonville, Florida$85,210-2.8%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$66,600-24.0%
Killeen, Texas$97,440+11.1%
Kiryas Joel, New York$83,360-4.9%
Lakeland, Florida$87,680+0.0%
Lansing, Michigan$159,100+81.5%
Laredo, Texas$107,370+22.5%
Lexington, Kentucky$110,110+25.6%
Los Angeles, California$138,850+58.4%
Louisville, Kentucky$89,430+2.0%
Lubbock, Texas$132,500+51.1%
Lynchburg, Virginia$72,590-17.2%
McAllen, Texas$135,610+54.7%
Miami, Florida$101,680+16.0%
New York, New York$123,550+40.9%
Olympia, Washington$95,140+8.5%
Orlando, Florida$77,130-12.0%
Peoria, Illinois$105,380+20.2%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$122,500+39.7%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$116,680+33.1%
Portland, Oregon$110,930+26.5%
Reading, Pennsylvania$88,730+1.2%
Richmond, Virginia$115,140+31.3%
Riverside, California$151,650+73.0%
Roanoke, Virginia$78,280-10.7%
Rochester, New York$125,840+43.5%
Sacramento, California$124,650+42.2%
San Antonio, Texas$96,770+10.4%
San Diego, California$129,930+48.2%
San Francisco, California$140,680+60.5%
San Jose, California$166,370+89.8%
Santa Maria, California$105,660+20.5%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$104,730+19.5%
Seattle, Washington$130,040+48.3%
South Bend, Indiana$97,090+10.7%
Spokane, Washington$97,860+11.6%
Syracuse, New York$107,730+22.9%
Tallahassee, Florida$64,980-25.9%
Tampa, Florida$89,500+2.1%
Terre Haute, Indiana$112,310+28.1%
Texarkana, Texas$81,300-7.3%
Trenton, New Jersey$102,260+16.6%
Tyler, Texas$102,810+17.3%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$127,490+45.4%
Gross salary
87,670/yr
Estimated take-home
64,136/yr
Est. total withheld
26.8%

Single filer, federal + Oregon 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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Community reality check

Community reality check for Salem

These notes add local color around Salem, Oregon: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

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

Occupation 25-1011 SOC code
Official area Salem, OR BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 41420 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: or_dor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
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.

On this page

Where this is

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Highlighted: Oregon

Population (metro area)
435,085