How much do Teachers and Instructors, All Other make in Ponce, PR?

Percentile spread

For Teachers and Instructors, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $30,740 and the 90th percentile is $74,180. The difference is $43,440, which is 68.9% 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 $51,110 to the 75th at $63,040, covers $11,930.

The mean annual wage is $58,650, which sits below the median of $63,040. 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 4.7% lower than the national median of $66,140 for Teachers and Instructors, All Other.

It is 2.5% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $61,510.

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

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Teachers and Instructors, All Other. Ponce, PR ranks 1st of 6 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 $59,850 and employment of 290. That median is 5.1% lower than the median here.
• Mayaguez, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $61,830 and employment of 340. That median is 1.9% lower than the median here.
• Guayama, PR is 38 miles away, with a median of $61,670 and employment of 90. That median is 2.2% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Teachers and Instructors, All Other accounts for 0.72% of wage-and-salary employment in Ponce, PR (460 of 63,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (113,790 of 155,495,730). The local share is 9.90 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.