SOC 25-1072 · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations · May 2025

How much do Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary make in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is $83,550. The 10th percentile is $60,150 and the 90th percentile is $138,240. Employment is 1,560.

Median annual wage

$83,550

10th percentile
$60,150
25th percentile
$74,380
Median
$83,550
75th percentile
$106,420
90th percentile
$138,240
Mean
$94,500

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates. BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly wages are not published.

A nurse attending an elderly patient in a hospital
A nurse with a patient at a hospital centre in Birmingham. Wellcome Collection. Photograph by Wellcome Collection. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Percentile spread

For Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $60,150 and the 90th percentile is $138,240. The difference is $78,090, which is 93.5% 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 $74,380 to the 75th at $106,420, covers $32,040.

The mean annual wage is $94,500, which sits above the median of $83,550. 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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH median is 4.1% higher than the national median of $80,250 for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $77,171, which is 3.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.9% lower than the Massachusetts median of $85,130.

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Massachusetts, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 108.266, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $83,550 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary at $77,171 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

15 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH ranks 8th of 16 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).).

  • Manchester-Nashua, NH is 45 miles away, with a median of $76,370 and employment of 100. That median is 8.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,281, against $77,171 here.
  • Worcester, MA is 49 miles away, with a median of $90,090 and employment of 330. That median is 7.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $87,873, against $77,171 here.
  • Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 58 miles away, with a median of $81,810 and employment of 370. That median is 2.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $80,385, against $77,171 here.

Employment share

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (1,560 of 2,703,890). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (77,960 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.15 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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · Nursing Instructors and 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 Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary make in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is $83,550. The 10th percentile is $60,150 and the 90th percentile is $138,240. Employment is 1,560.

How does that compare with the national median for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary?

The local median is 4.1% higher than the national median of $80,250.

What is Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 108.266, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $83,550 is $77,171. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH compare with nearby metros for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary?

Manchester-Nashua, NH is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 45 miles away, at $76,370. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH ranks 8th of 16 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.