How much do Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary make in Lincoln, NE?

Percentile spread

For Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $58,490 and the 90th percentile is $172,690. The difference is $114,200, which is 112.2% 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 $63,270 to the 75th at $125,370, covers $62,100.

The mean annual wage is $101,200, which sits below the median of $101,770. 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 Lincoln, NE median is 3.8% higher than the national median of $98,070 for Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $111,126, which is 13.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 17.8% higher than the Nebraska median of $86,380.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lincoln, NE is 91.581, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $101,770 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary at $111,126 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Lincoln, NE (30 of 182,620). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (16,970 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.51 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.