Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary Salary — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The average Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania earns $83,690 a year.

$83,690 / year, mean
↓ 4.2% below national average 100th percentile in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia sits at the very top of the range for this role in Pennsylvania — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's close to the national average for nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary — a fairly typical rate for this role. 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 Pennsylvania

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
2,050
Estimate confidence
RSE 0.5%
Cost of living 103 #37 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1511 #51 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $390,463 #56 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $89,273 #27 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Philadelphia ranks #37 for cost of living and #56 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.

Waco $163,530 San Jose $152,790 Killeen $125,240 San Diego $116,370 Fresno $114,000 Ann Arbor $113,680 Houston $111,820 Springfield $106,770 Dallas $105,690 Binghamton $103,690 Bakersfield $102,320 Seattle $99,370 Sacramento $97,280 Visalia $96,990 Brownsville $96,980 Riverside $96,180 San Francisco $95,980 Bellingham $95,640 New York $95,360 Sherman $92,700 Odessa $92,670 Buffalo $90,800 Baltimore $90,630 Austin $89,840 College Station $89,260 Detroit $89,260 Los Angeles $89,150 Portland $88,510 Deltona $86,990 Miami $86,860 Lansing $85,770 Sarasota $85,600 Richmond $85,040 Tampa $84,780 Trenton $84,480 Syracuse $84,200 Lakeland $83,820 Philadelphia $83,690 Terre Haute $82,300 Lubbock $81,920 Santa Maria $81,160 Rochester $81,000 Indianapolis $80,960 Fort Myers $80,810 Allentown $80,350 Virginia Beach $80,310 Evansville $80,110 Chicago $79,920 McAllen $79,800 Modesto $79,780 Scranton $78,830 Winchester $78,740 Texarkana $78,630 Jacksonville $78,540 South Bend $78,430 Amarillo $77,670 Rockford $77,450 Spokane $77,110 Orlando $76,740 Pittsburgh $76,290 Bloomington $75,530 Albany $74,940 Hagerstown $74,810 Muncie $74,630 Port St. Lucie $74,590 Erie $74,290 Harrisburg $74,270 Tyler $74,190 Lancaster $74,100 Charleston $73,490 Kiryas Joel $72,850 Fort Wayne $72,700 Wheeling $71,520 Huntington $69,960 El Paso $69,910 Grand Rapids $69,710 Laredo $69,600 Johnstown $66,540 Flint $63,480
CityMean salaryvs. Philadelphia
Albany, New York$74,940-10.5%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$80,350-4.0%
Amarillo, Texas$77,670-7.2%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$113,680+35.8%
Austin, Texas$89,840+7.3%
Bakersfield, California$102,320+22.3%
Baltimore, Maryland$90,630+8.3%
Bellingham, Washington$95,640+14.3%
Binghamton, New York$103,690+23.9%
Bloomington, Illinois$75,530-9.8%
Brownsville, Texas$96,980+15.9%
Buffalo, New York$90,800+8.5%
Fort Myers, Florida$80,810-3.4%
Charleston, West Virginia$73,490-12.2%
Chicago, Illinois$79,920-4.5%
College Station, Texas$89,260+6.7%
Dallas, Texas$105,690+26.3%
Deltona, Florida$86,990+3.9%
Detroit, Michigan$89,260+6.7%
El Paso, Texas$69,910-16.5%
Erie, Pennsylvania$74,290-11.2%
Evansville, Indiana$80,110-4.3%
Flint, Michigan$63,480-24.1%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$72,700-13.1%
Fresno, California$114,000+36.2%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$69,710-16.7%
Hagerstown, Maryland$74,810-10.6%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$74,270-11.3%
Houston, Texas$111,820+33.6%
Huntington, West Virginia$69,960-16.4%
Indianapolis, Indiana$80,960-3.3%
Jacksonville, Florida$78,540-6.2%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$66,540-20.5%
Killeen, Texas$125,240+49.6%
Kiryas Joel, New York$72,850-13.0%
Lakeland, Florida$83,820+0.2%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$74,100-11.5%
Lansing, Michigan$85,770+2.5%
Laredo, Texas$69,600-16.8%
Los Angeles, California$89,150+6.5%
Lubbock, Texas$81,920-2.1%
McAllen, Texas$79,800-4.6%
Miami, Florida$86,860+3.8%
Modesto, California$79,780-4.7%
Muncie, Indiana$74,630-10.8%
New York, New York$95,360+13.9%
Sarasota, Florida$85,600+2.3%
Odessa, Texas$92,670+10.7%
Orlando, Florida$76,740-8.3%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$76,290-8.8%
Portland, Oregon$88,510+5.8%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$74,590-10.9%
Richmond, Virginia$85,040+1.6%
Riverside, California$96,180+14.9%
Rochester, New York$81,000-3.2%
Rockford, Illinois$77,450-7.5%
Sacramento, California$97,280+16.2%
San Diego, California$116,370+39.0%
San Francisco, California$95,980+14.7%
San Jose, California$152,790+82.6%
Santa Maria, California$81,160-3.0%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$78,830-5.8%
Seattle, Washington$99,370+18.7%
Sherman, Texas$92,700+10.8%
South Bend, Indiana$78,430-6.3%
Spokane, Washington$77,110-7.9%
Springfield, Illinois$106,770+27.6%
Syracuse, New York$84,200+0.6%
Tampa, Florida$84,780+1.3%
Terre Haute, Indiana$82,300-1.7%
Texarkana, Texas$78,630-6.0%
Trenton, New Jersey$84,480+0.9%
Tyler, Texas$74,190-11.4%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$80,310-4.0%
Visalia, California$96,990+15.9%
Waco, Texas$163,530+95.4%
Wheeling, West Virginia$71,520-14.5%
Winchester, Virginia$78,740-5.9%

This metro area spans more than one state — where you actually pay income tax depends on where you work, not just where BLS assigns the area. Choose your work state:

Gross salary
83,690/yr
Estimated take-home
65,137/yr
Est. total withheld
22.2%

Single filer, federal + state tax (where the selected state levies one) + FICA, 2025 rates, for whichever state you select above. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional.

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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 25-1072 SOC code
Official area Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 37980 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: pa_dor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
CamdenWilmington
Multi-state area: PA;NJ;DE;MD
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: Pennsylvania

Population (metro area)
6,241,882