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Average Teachers And Instructors, All Other Salary in Boulder, CO

Teachers And Instructors, All Other in Boulder, CO earn a median annual salary of $102,160, which is +54.5% compared to the national median. There are 130 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Boulder, CO (metro area).

$102,160
Boulder, CO median annual wage
+54.5%
Difference vs national median
National median is $66,140
130
Local employment
0.7 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.95
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$42,400
25th
$52,650
Median
$102,160
75th
$113,050
90th
$128,430

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 Boulder, CO, 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
105.2%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$97,108
Goods: 96.1%
Services: 82.7%
Rents: 157.0%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $128,150 Compare 430
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $124,490 Compare 360
Salinas, CA $113,360 Compare 2,170
Fresno, CA $105,200 Compare 2,110
Modesto, CA $103,910 Compare 290
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $101,050 Compare 210

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 Boulder, CO

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Surgeons, All Other $465,940 1.55
Physicians, All Other $453,460 0.25
Family Medicine Physicians $297,070 1.70
Chief Executives $216,400 0.43
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric $211,600 7.71
Natural Sciences Managers $210,340 2.31
Computer And Information Systems Managers $206,260 1.47
Architectural And Engineering Managers $203,420 2.49

Boulder, CO has salary data for 425 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Surgeons, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Teachers And Instructors, All Other in Boulder, CO

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Teachers And Instructors, All Other are projected to change by -0.1% from 2024 to 2034, with 18,000 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.