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

How much do Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary make in Cleveland, OH?

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 Cleveland, OH is $81,670. The 10th percentile is $60,470 and the 90th percentile is $131,180. Employment is 100.

Median annual wage

$81,670

10th percentile
$60,470
25th percentile
$61,470
Median
$81,670
75th percentile
$105,700
90th percentile
$131,180
Mean
$88,230

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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Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $60,470 and the 90th percentile is $131,180. The difference is $70,710, which is 86.6% 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 $61,470 to the 75th at $105,700, covers $44,230.

The mean annual wage is $88,230, which sits above the median of $81,670. 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 Cleveland, OH median is 3.9% lower than the national median of $85,020 for Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $86,954, which is 2.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2% higher than the Ohio median of $80,060.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Cleveland, OH is 93.923, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $81,670 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary at $86,954 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary. Cleveland, OH ranks 2nd of 3 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is 116 miles away, with a median of $78,230 and employment of 120. That median is 4.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,998, against $86,954 here.
  • Ann Arbor, MI is 130 miles away, with a median of $106,140 and employment of 240. That median is 30% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $105,214, against $86,954 here.

Employment share

Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Cleveland, OH (100 of 1,031,130). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (11,300 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.33 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 Cleveland, OH?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary in Cleveland, OH is $81,670. The 10th percentile is $60,470 and the 90th percentile is $131,180. Employment is 100.

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

The local median is 3.9% lower than the national median of $85,020.

What is Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Cleveland, OH after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Cleveland, OH is 93.923, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $81,670 is $86,954. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Cleveland, OH compare with nearby metros for Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary?

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 116 miles away, at $78,230. Cleveland, OH ranks 2nd of 3 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.