SOC 25-1041 · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations · May 2025

How much do Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary make in Auburn-Opelika, AL?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary in Auburn-Opelika, AL is $80,030. The 10th percentile is $47,370 and the 90th percentile is $125,800. Employment is 210.

Median annual wage

$80,030

10th percentile
$47,370
25th percentile
$59,210
Median
$80,030
75th percentile
$99,720
90th percentile
$125,800
Mean
$82,510

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates. BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly wages are not published.

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Percentile spread

For Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $47,370 and the 90th percentile is $125,800. The difference is $78,430, which is 98.0% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $59,210 to the 75th at $99,720, covers $40,510.

The mean annual wage is $82,510, which sits above the median of $80,030. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

Hourly wages are not published because BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly and annual wages.

National and state comparison

The Auburn-Opelika, AL median is 18.9% lower than the national median of $98,700 for Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $91,012, which is 7.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Alabama median of $80,030.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Auburn-Opelika, AL is 87.933, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $80,030 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary at $91,012 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.29% of wage-and-salary employment in Auburn-Opelika, AL (210 of 72,710). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (8,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 50.35 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Auburn-Opelika, AL · Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary make in Auburn-Opelika, AL?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary in Auburn-Opelika, AL is $80,030. The 10th percentile is $47,370 and the 90th percentile is $125,800. Employment is 210.

How does that compare with the national median for Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary?

The local median is 18.9% lower than the national median of $98,700.

What is Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Auburn-Opelika, AL after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Auburn-Opelika, AL is 87.933, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $80,030 is $91,012. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.