How much do Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary make in Ponce, PR?

Percentile spread

For Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $28,010 and the 90th percentile is $128,770. The difference is $100,760, which is 213.7% 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 $33,380 to the 75th at $78,710, covers $45,330.

The mean annual wage is $61,660, which sits above the median of $47,150. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Ponce, PR median is 26.1% lower than the national median of $63,820 for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary.

It is 11% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $42,470.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Ponce, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Ponce, PR ranks 1st of 4 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).).

• Arecibo, PR is 30 miles away, with a median of $35,780 and employment of 70. That median is 24.1% lower than the median here.
• Mayaguez, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $45,210 and employment of 90. That median is 4.1% lower than the median here.
• San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is 44 miles away, with a median of $42,460 and employment of 1,010. That median is 9.9% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.36% of wage-and-salary employment in Ponce, PR (230 of 63,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (114,110 of 155,495,730). The local share is 4.94 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.