SOC 25-1062 · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations · May 2025

How much do Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary make in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is $80,980. The 10th percentile is $48,880 and the 90th percentile is $131,290. Employment is 300.

Median annual wage

$80,980

10th percentile
$48,880
25th percentile
$61,780
Median
$80,980
75th percentile
$101,090
90th percentile
$131,290
Mean
$91,770

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 Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $48,880 and the 90th percentile is $131,290. The difference is $82,410, which is 101.8% 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 $61,780 to the 75th at $101,090, covers $39,310.

The mean annual wage is $91,770, which sits above the median of $80,980. 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA median is 4.8% lower than the national median of $85,020 for Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $80,933, which is 4.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.3% higher than the Georgia median of $77,630.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 100.058, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $80,980 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary at $80,933 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 Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (300 of 2,889,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (11,300 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.43 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary make in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is $80,980. The 10th percentile is $48,880 and the 90th percentile is $131,290. Employment is 300.

How does that compare with the national median for Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary?

The local median is 4.8% lower than the national median of $85,020.

What is Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 100.058, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $80,980 is $80,933. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.