SOC 25-1072 · Area 36220 · May 2025
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Odessa, TX
Published pay and employment
| Measure | Annual pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $53,690 | Not released |
| 25th percentile | $78,280 | Not released |
| Median | $96,960 | Not released |
| 75th percentile | $107,650 | Not released |
| 90th percentile | $126,860 | Not released |
| Average | $92,670 | Not released |
A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.
Estimated employment: 80. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.
What these figures tell you
The middle half of annual wages runs from $78,280 to $107,650 in 2025, a span of $29,370.
The area median is $12,030 (14.2%) above Texas's $84,930 median for this occupation in 2025.
Compare with 20 other published areas
- This area's median is $32,900 (51.4%) above the $64,060 median in Laredo, TX.
- This area's median is $31,310 (47.7%) above the $65,650 median in El Paso, TX.
- This area's median is $29,640 (44.0%) above the $67,320 median in Tyler, TX.
- This area's median is $23,210 (31.5%) above the $73,750 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
- This area's median is $22,610 (30.4%) above the $74,350 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $22,380 (30.0%) above the $74,580 median in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $22,310 (29.9%) above the $74,650 median in Amarillo, TX.
- This area's median is $21,890 (29.2%) above the $75,070 median in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $20,490 (26.8%) above the $76,470 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $20,460 (26.7%) above the $76,500 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $20,120 (26.2%) above the $76,840 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
- This area's median is $17,970 (22.7%) above the $78,990 median in Lubbock, TX.
- This area's median is $15,510 (19.0%) above the $81,450 median in Texarkana, TX-AR.
- This area's median is $12,260 (14.5%) above the $84,700 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
- This area's median is $12,030 (14.2%) above the $84,930 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
- This area's median is $11,760 (13.8%) above the $85,200 median in Sherman-Denison, TX.
- This area's median is $2,730 (2.9%) above the $94,230 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
- This area's median is $2,010 (2.0%) below the $98,970 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
- This area's median is $6,050 (5.9%) below the $103,010 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
- This area's median is $109,850 (53.1%) below the $206,810 median in Waco, TX.
An occupation's pay percentiles describe different jobs in the survey. They do not map directly to starting, mid-career or senior pay.
Which counties share this estimate?
The BLS area covers the counties listed below. Every county listed uses this same area estimate. These are not separate county wage measurements.
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