How much do Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary make in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?

Percentile spread

For Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $58,310 and the 90th percentile is $125,430. The difference is $67,120, which is 84.1% 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 $65,390 to the 75th at $104,690, covers $39,300.

The mean annual wage is $90,200, which sits above the median of $79,800. 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX median is 4.2% higher than the national median of $76,590 for Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $81,374, which is 6.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.3% higher than the Texas median of $77,270.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 98.066, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $79,800 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary at $81,374 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX ranks 2nd 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).).

• San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 80 miles away, with a median of $69,640 and employment of 90. That median is 12.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $73,525, against $81,374 here.
• Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 141 miles away, with a median of $79,420 and employment of 240. That median is 0.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $80,524, against $81,374 here.
• Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is 184 miles away, with a median of $81,080 and employment of 250. That median is 1.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,650, against $81,374 here.

Employment share

Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX (60 of 1,293,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (13,150 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.55 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.