SOC 25-1066 · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations · May 2025
How much do Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary make in Ponce, PR?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary in Ponce, PR is $65,570. The 10th percentile is $64,180 and the 90th percentile is $76,340. Employment is 70.
Median annual wage
$65,570
- 10th percentile
- $64,180
- 25th percentile
- $64,180
- Median
- $65,570
- 75th percentile
- $74,890
- 90th percentile
- $76,340
- Mean
- $71,110
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates. BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly wages are not published.
Percentile spread
For Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $64,180 and the 90th percentile is $76,340. The difference is $12,160, which is 18.5% 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 $64,180 to the 75th at $74,890, covers $10,710.
The mean annual wage is $71,110, which sits above the median of $65,570. 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 18.4% lower than the national median of $80,340 for Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary.
It is 1.5% lower than the Puerto Rico median of $66,580.
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
One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary. Ponce, PR ranks 2nd of 2 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).).
- San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is 44 miles away, with a median of $75,680 and employment of 190. That median is 15.4% higher than the median here.
Employment share
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.11% of wage-and-salary employment in Ponce, PR (70 of 63,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (41,530 of 155,495,730). The local share is 4.13 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 Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary make in Ponce, PR?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary in Ponce, PR is $65,570. The 10th percentile is $64,180 and the 90th percentile is $76,340. Employment is 70.
How does that compare with the national median for Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary?
The local median is 18.4% lower than the national median of $80,340.
How does Ponce, PR compare with nearby metros for Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary?
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 44 miles away, at $75,680. Ponce, PR ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.