How much do Business Teachers, Postsecondary make in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?

Percentile spread

For Business Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $63,470 and the 90th percentile is $162,010. The difference is $98,540, which is 122.3% 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 $71,230 to the 75th at $106,270, covers $35,040.

The mean annual wage is $95,610, which sits above the median of $80,600. 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 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ median is 18.7% lower than the national median of $99,080 for Business Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $78,013, which is 21.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.2% lower than the Arizona median of $81,600.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 103.316, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $80,600 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Business Teachers, Postsecondary at $78,013 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Business Teachers, Postsecondary. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ ranks 2nd of 2 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).).

• Flagstaff, AZ is 183 miles away, with a median of $121,780 and employment of 50. That median is 51.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $121,385, against $78,013 here.

Employment share

Business Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ (920 of 2,375,760). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (82,150 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.73 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.