SOC 25-1064 · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations · May 2025

How much do Geography Teachers, Postsecondary make in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Geography Teachers, Postsecondary in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is $85,420. The 10th percentile is $51,910 and the 90th percentile is $133,990. Employment is 60.

Median annual wage

$85,420

10th percentile
$51,910
25th percentile
$64,100
Median
$85,420
75th percentile
$106,760
90th percentile
$133,990
Mean
$90,210

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 Geography Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $51,910 and the 90th percentile is $133,990. The difference is $82,080, which is 96.1% 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 $64,100 to the 75th at $106,760, covers $42,660.

The mean annual wage is $90,210, which sits above the median of $85,420. 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA median is 12.5% lower than the national median of $97,590 for Geography Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $85,370, which is 12.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Georgia median of $85,420.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 100.058, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $85,420 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Geography Teachers, Postsecondary at $85,370 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 Geography Teachers, Postsecondary in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Geography Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (60 of 2,889,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (3,330 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.97 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA · Geography Teachers, Postsecondary by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Geography Teachers, Postsecondary make in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Geography Teachers, Postsecondary in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is $85,420. The 10th percentile is $51,910 and the 90th percentile is $133,990. Employment is 60.

How does that compare with the national median for Geography Teachers, Postsecondary?

The local median is 12.5% lower than the national median of $97,590.

What is Geography Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 100.058, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $85,420 is $85,370. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.