How much do Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary make in Wilmington, NC?

Percentile spread

For Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $82,930 and the 90th percentile is $134,250. The difference is $51,320, which is 47.6% 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 $107,850 to the 75th at $134,250, covers $26,400.

The mean annual wage is $110,190, which sits above the median of $107,850. 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 Wilmington, NC median is 4.5% higher than the national median of $103,170 for Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $111,852, which is 8.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.7% higher than the North Carolina median of $102,980.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wilmington, NC is 96.422, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $107,850 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary at $111,852 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 Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary. Wilmington, NC ranks 1st 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).).

• Durham-Chapel Hill, NC is 134 miles away, with a median of $102,980. That median is 4.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $105,543, against $111,852 here.
• Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 142 miles away, with a median of $76,500 and employment of 60. That median is 29.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $75,771, against $111,852 here.

Employment share

Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Wilmington, NC (40 of 191,280). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (9,900 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.28 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.