SOC 25-1071 · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations · May 2025

How much do Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary make in Albuquerque, NM?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in Albuquerque, NM is $178,290. The 10th percentile is $42,680 and the 90th percentile is $355,560. Employment is 1,270.

Median annual wage

$178,290

10th percentile
$42,680
25th percentile
$84,220
Median
$178,290
75th percentile
$355,560
90th percentile
$355,560
Mean
$196,730

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 Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $42,680 and the 90th percentile is $355,560. The difference is $312,880, which is 175.5% 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 $84,220 to the 75th at $355,560, covers $271,340.

The mean annual wage is $196,730, which sits above the median of $178,290. 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 Albuquerque, NM median is 66.1% higher than the national median of $107,310 for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $186,601, which is 73.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 32.5% higher than the New Mexico median of $134,600.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Albuquerque, NM is 95.546, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $178,290 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary at $186,601 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 Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.31% of wage-and-salary employment in Albuquerque, NM (1,270 of 404,700). Nationally the occupation is 0.14% of employment (221,270 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.21 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 Albuquerque, NM · Health Specialties 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 Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary make in Albuquerque, NM?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in Albuquerque, NM is $178,290. The 10th percentile is $42,680 and the 90th percentile is $355,560. Employment is 1,270.

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

The local median is 66.1% higher than the national median of $107,310.

What is Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Albuquerque, NM after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Albuquerque, NM is 95.546, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $178,290 is $186,601. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.