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

Percentile spread

For Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $46,450 and the 90th percentile is $223,300. The difference is $176,850, which is 209.3% 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 $58,410 to the 75th at $135,480, covers $77,070.

The mean annual wage is $106,200, which sits above the median of $84,480. 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 Mayaguez, PR median is 21.3% lower than the national median of $107,310 for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary.

It is 1% lower 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 Mayaguez, 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. Mayaguez, PR ranks 3rd 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 34 miles away, with a median of $77,370 and employment of 110. That median is 8.4% lower than the median here.
• Arecibo, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $100,150 and employment of 40. That median is 18.5% higher than the median here.
• San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is 77 miles away, with a median of $101,530 and employment of 1,260. That median is 20.2% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.08% of wage-and-salary employment in Mayaguez, PR (40 of 52,110). Nationally the occupation is 0.14% of employment (221,270 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.54 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.