Postsecondary Teachers, All Other Salary — San Jose, California

The average Postsecondary Teachers, All Other in San Jose, California earns $113,880 a year.

$113,880 / year, mean
↑ 21.4% above national average 67th percentile in California

San Jose sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within California — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's a solid premium over the national average for postsecondary teachers, all other. Cost of living here runs meaningfully above the national average. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
3,130
Estimate confidence
RSE 0.9%
Cost of living 110 #9 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $1,610,466 #1 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $157,444 #1 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: San Jose ranks #9 for cost of living and #1 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Trenton $167,460 Sacramento $145,740 Salem $121,310 Modesto $117,920 Riverside $115,920 Los Angeles $115,130 San Jose $113,880 Corvallis $110,860 San Diego $110,220 San Francisco $109,330 Baltimore $107,570 Fresno $103,020 McAllen $102,470 College Station $98,280 Napa $96,950 Ann Arbor $96,510 Lubbock $94,070 New York $93,560 Bend $93,550 Miami $92,240 Rochester $92,050 Bloomington $91,840 Lansing $91,180 Louisville $90,730 Pittsburgh $89,190 Seattle $89,020 Lafayette $88,710 Medford $87,890 Bowling Green $87,670 Spokane $86,920 Austin $86,230 Portland $86,210 Houston $85,420 Richmond $84,050 Erie $83,750 Scranton $83,410 Bakersfield $82,720 Harrisburg $82,050 Albany $81,680 Deltona $81,630 Eugene $81,540 Dallas $80,750 Santa Maria $80,550 Reading $79,130 Detroit $79,040 Evansville $78,250 Lancaster $77,260 Tampa $76,950 South Bend $76,540 Grand Rapids $76,440 Fort Wayne $74,500 Amarillo $73,890 El Paso $73,660 Buffalo $73,640 Charleston $73,440 Jacksonville $72,870 Orlando $72,130 Fort Myers $72,040 Indianapolis $72,000 Allentown $71,220 Kiryas Joel $69,730 Virginia Beach $69,530 Weirton $68,860 Visalia $68,570 Laredo $67,860 Lexington $67,660 San Antonio $67,580 Chicago $66,570 Sarasota $65,140 Syracuse $64,570 Huntington $64,550 Flint $63,010 Longview $60,450 Abilene $59,700 Paducah $56,230 Owensboro $48,980
CityMean salaryvs. San Jose
Abilene, Texas$59,700-47.6%
Albany, New York$81,680-28.3%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$71,220-37.5%
Amarillo, Texas$73,890-35.1%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$96,510-15.3%
Austin, Texas$86,230-24.3%
Bakersfield, California$82,720-27.4%
Baltimore, Maryland$107,570-5.5%
Bend, Oregon$93,550-17.9%
Bloomington, Indiana$91,840-19.4%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$87,670-23.0%
Buffalo, New York$73,640-35.3%
Fort Myers, Florida$72,040-36.7%
Charleston, West Virginia$73,440-35.5%
Chicago, Illinois$66,570-41.5%
College Station, Texas$98,280-13.7%
Corvallis, Oregon$110,860-2.7%
Dallas, Texas$80,750-29.1%
Deltona, Florida$81,630-28.3%
Detroit, Michigan$79,040-30.6%
El Paso, Texas$73,660-35.3%
Erie, Pennsylvania$83,750-26.5%
Eugene, Oregon$81,540-28.4%
Evansville, Indiana$78,250-31.3%
Flint, Michigan$63,010-44.7%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$74,500-34.6%
Fresno, California$103,020-9.5%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$76,440-32.9%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$82,050-28.0%
Houston, Texas$85,420-25.0%
Huntington, West Virginia$64,550-43.3%
Indianapolis, Indiana$72,000-36.8%
Jacksonville, Florida$72,870-36.0%
Kiryas Joel, New York$69,730-38.8%
Lafayette, Indiana$88,710-22.1%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$77,260-32.2%
Lansing, Michigan$91,180-19.9%
Laredo, Texas$67,860-40.4%
Lexington, Kentucky$67,660-40.6%
Longview, Texas$60,450-46.9%
Los Angeles, California$115,130+1.1%
Louisville, Kentucky$90,730-20.3%
Lubbock, Texas$94,070-17.4%
McAllen, Texas$102,470-10.0%
Medford, Oregon$87,890-22.8%
Miami, Florida$92,240-19.0%
Modesto, California$117,920+3.5%
Napa, California$96,950-14.9%
New York, New York$93,560-17.8%
Sarasota, Florida$65,140-42.8%
Orlando, Florida$72,130-36.7%
Owensboro, Kentucky$48,980-57.0%
Paducah, Kentucky$56,230-50.6%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$89,190-21.7%
Portland, Oregon$86,210-24.3%
Reading, Pennsylvania$79,130-30.5%
Richmond, Virginia$84,050-26.2%
Riverside, California$115,920+1.8%
Rochester, New York$92,050-19.2%
Sacramento, California$145,740+28.0%
Salem, Oregon$121,310+6.5%
San Antonio, Texas$67,580-40.7%
San Diego, California$110,220-3.2%
San Francisco, California$109,330-4.0%
Santa Maria, California$80,550-29.3%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$83,410-26.8%
Seattle, Washington$89,020-21.8%
South Bend, Indiana$76,540-32.8%
Spokane, Washington$86,920-23.7%
Syracuse, New York$64,570-43.3%
Tampa, Florida$76,950-32.4%
Trenton, New Jersey$167,460+47.0%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$69,530-38.9%
Visalia, California$68,570-39.8%
Weirton, West Virginia$68,860-39.5%
Gross salary
113,880/yr
Estimated take-home
82,446/yr
Est. total withheld
27.6%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

View cost of living in this state All Postsecondary Teachers, All Other salaries in California → All Postsecondary Teachers, All Other salaries →
Community reality check

Community reality check for San Jose

These notes add local color around San Jose, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 25-1199 SOC code
Official area San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 41940 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
SunnyvaleSanta Clara
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

On this page

Where this is

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Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
1,969,353