How much do Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary make in Arecibo, PR?

Percentile spread

For Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $49,710 and the 90th percentile is $237,110. The difference is $187,400, which is 187.1% 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 $64,260 to the 75th at $156,760, covers $92,500.

The mean annual wage is $123,510, which sits above the median of $100,150. 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 Arecibo, PR median is 6.7% lower than the national median of $107,310 for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary.

It is 17.4% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $85,320.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Arecibo, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary. Arecibo, PR 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).).

• Ponce, PR is 30 miles away, with a median of $77,370 and employment of 110. That median is 22.7% lower than the median here.
• Mayaguez, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $84,480 and employment of 40. That median is 15.6% lower than the median here.
• San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is 48 miles away, with a median of $101,530 and employment of 1,260. That median is 1.4% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.12% of wage-and-salary employment in Arecibo, PR (40 of 34,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.14% of employment (221,270 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.81 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.