How much do Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary make in Ponce, PR?

Percentile spread

For Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $41,120 and the 90th percentile is $58,270. The difference is $17,150, which is 35.3% 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 $48,520 to the 75th at $58,270, covers $9,750.

The mean annual wage is $53,200, which sits above the median of $48,570. 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 Ponce, PR median is 39.5% lower than the national median of $80,250 for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary.

It is 16.6% lower than the Puerto Rico median of $58,210.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Ponce, 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 Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary. Ponce, PR ranks 4th 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).).

• Arecibo, PR is 30 miles away, with a median of $79,210 and employment of 30. That median is 63.1% higher than the median here.
• Mayaguez, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $78,580 and employment of 50. That median is 61.8% higher than the median here.
• San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is 44 miles away, with a median of $59,270 and employment of 220. That median is 22% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Ponce, PR (30 of 63,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (77,960 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.94 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.