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Average Business Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in Laredo, TX

Business Teachers, Postsecondary in Laredo, TX earn a median annual salary of $77,250, which is -20.6% compared to the national median. There are 70 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Laredo, TX (metro area).

$77,250
Laredo, TX median annual wage
-20.6%
Difference vs national median
National median is $97,270
70
Local employment
0.6 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.16
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$40,710
25th
$52,260
Median
$77,250
75th
$172,160
90th
$211,400

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Laredo, TX, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
87.0%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$88,838
Goods: 93.8%
Services: 80.6%
Rents: 59.7%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Wilmington, NC$179,820Compare170
Champaign-Urbana, IL$169,800Compare380
Lawrence, KS$162,300Compare150
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$158,270Compare400
Bloomington, IL$142,310CompareN/A
Flagstaff, AZ$141,530Compare50

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Laredo, TX

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Chief Executives$158,3200.22
Pharmacists$133,7600.58
Dentists, General$133,0800.73
Public Relations Managers$127,4700.62
Managers, All Other$125,3001.32
Computer And Information Systems Managers$123,2000.20
First-Line Supervisors Of Police And Detectives$110,6400.77
Software Developers$109,8300.12

Laredo, TX has salary data for 252 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Chief Executives.

Historical series

Trend for Business Teachers, Postsecondary in Laredo, TX

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Business Teachers, Postsecondary are projected to change by +5.7% from 2024 to 2034, with 8,100 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.