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

How much do Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

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 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $59,270. The 10th percentile is $45,520 and the 90th percentile is $102,790. Employment is 220.

Median annual wage

$59,270

10th percentile
$45,520
25th percentile
$50,320
Median
$59,270
75th percentile
$81,010
90th percentile
$102,790
Mean
$67,850

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

Farmworkers picking asparagus in a field in Baja California
Asparagus pickers in the Maneadero valley, Baja California. Photograph by Tomas Castelazo. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Percentile spread

For Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $45,520 and the 90th percentile is $102,790. The difference is $57,270, which is 96.6% 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 $50,320 to the 75th at $81,010, covers $30,690.

The mean annual wage is $67,850, which sits above the median of $59,270. 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 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR median is 26.1% lower than the national median of $80,250 for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary.

It is 1.8% higher 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 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, 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. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, 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 44 miles away, with a median of $48,570 and employment of 30. That median is 18.1% lower than the median here.
  • Arecibo, PR is 48 miles away, with a median of $79,210 and employment of 30. That median is 33.6% higher than the median here.
  • Mayaguez, PR is 77 miles away, with a median of $78,580 and employment of 50. That median is 32.6% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR (220 of 690,810). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (77,960 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.64 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $59,270. The 10th percentile is $45,520 and the 90th percentile is $102,790. Employment is 220.

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

The local median is 26.1% lower than the national median of $80,250.

How does San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR compare with nearby metros for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary?

Ponce, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 44 miles away, at $48,570. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR ranks 3rd of 4 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.