SOC 25-1065 · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations · May 2025

How much do Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary make in Lubbock, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary in Lubbock, TX is $90,660. The 10th percentile is $48,170 and the 90th percentile is $122,730. Employment is 50.

Median annual wage

$90,660

10th percentile
$48,170
25th percentile
$48,170
Median
$90,660
75th percentile
$104,660
90th percentile
$122,730
Mean
$100,900

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

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Percentile spread

For Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $48,170 and the 90th percentile is $122,730. The difference is $74,560, which is 82.2% 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 $48,170 to the 75th at $104,660, covers $56,490.

The mean annual wage is $100,900, which sits above the median of $90,660. 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 Lubbock, TX median is 7.6% lower than the national median of $98,070 for Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $99,281, which is 1.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.3% higher than the Texas median of $86,950.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lubbock, TX is 91.317, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $90,660 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary at $99,281 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 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Lubbock, TX (50 of 166,780). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (16,970 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.75 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 Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary make in Lubbock, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary in Lubbock, TX is $90,660. The 10th percentile is $48,170 and the 90th percentile is $122,730. Employment is 50.

How does that compare with the national median for Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary?

The local median is 7.6% lower than the national median of $98,070.

What is Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Lubbock, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lubbock, TX is 91.317, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $90,660 is $99,281. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.