SOC 25-1111 · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations · May 2025

How much do Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary make in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $137,340. The 10th percentile is $52,670 and the 90th percentile is $148,710. Employment is 230.

Median annual wage

$137,340

10th percentile
$52,670
25th percentile
$84,430
Median
$137,340
75th percentile
$148,710
90th percentile
$148,710
Mean
$122,810

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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Percentile spread

For Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $52,670 and the 90th percentile is $148,710. The difference is $96,040, which is 69.9% 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 $84,430 to the 75th at $148,710, covers $64,280.

The mean annual wage is $122,810, which sits below the median of $137,340. 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 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO median is 79.3% higher than the national median of $76,590 for Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $129,833, which is 69.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 12.5% higher than the Colorado median of $122,050.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 105.782, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $137,340 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary at $129,833 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO (230 of 1,609,350). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (13,150 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.69 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 Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary make in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $137,340. The 10th percentile is $52,670 and the 90th percentile is $148,710. Employment is 230.

How does that compare with the national median for Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary?

The local median is 79.3% higher than the national median of $76,590.

What is Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 105.782, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $137,340 is $129,833. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.