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

How much do Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary make in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is $170,070. The 10th percentile is $95,720 and the 90th percentile is $295,650. Employment is 130.

Median annual wage

$170,070

10th percentile
$95,720
25th percentile
$132,300
Median
$170,070
75th percentile
$271,800
90th percentile
$295,650
Mean
$188,890

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 $95,720 and the 90th percentile is $295,650. The difference is $199,930, which is 117.6% 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 $132,300 to the 75th at $271,800, covers $139,500.

The mean annual wage is $188,890, which sits above the median of $170,070. 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA median is 122.1% higher than the national median of $76,590 for Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $147,103, which is 92.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 21.7% higher than the California median of $139,720.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 115.613, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $170,070 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary at $147,103 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 Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA ranks 1st 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).).

  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 98 miles away, with a median of $139,790 and employment of 50. That median is 17.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $131,049, against $147,103 here.

Employment share

Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA (130 of 2,373,920). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (13,150 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.65 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is $170,070. The 10th percentile is $95,720 and the 90th percentile is $295,650. Employment is 130.

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

The local median is 122.1% higher than the national median of $76,590.

What is Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 115.613, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $170,070 is $147,103. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA compare with nearby metros for Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary?

Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 98 miles away, at $139,790. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.