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Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA

According to the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the median annual wage for Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is $139,790. BLS estimates approximately 50 people work in this occupation in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 82.5% above the national median ($76,590).

Median salary
$139,790
Average salary
$145,830
Median hourly
Not available
Employment
50

Salary Distribution

Not everyone earns the median. Percentile wages show the range of pay within this occupation.

PercentileAnnual wageHourly wage
10th percentile$79,820Not available
25th percentile$95,280Not available
Median (50th)$139,790Not available
75th percentile$169,440Not available
90th percentile$221,050Not available

Data Reliability

BLS OEWS is a survey, not a full census — every estimate carries a margin of error. The relative standard error (RSE) below is BLS’s own measure of how much an estimate could vary; lower is more precise.

Wage estimate
RSE 0.6% — Very reliable
Employment estimate
RSE 3.1% — Very reliable

Where Does Your Salary Fall?

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Concentration

Jobs per 1,000
0.046
Location quotient
0.54

Cost-of-Living Adjusted Salary

Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA’s regional price level is above the national average (index 106.67, where 100 = U.S. average). Adjusted for that, the median salary has the purchasing power of $131,049 at the national price level.

This is a Career Atlas USA calculation based on BLS wage data and BEA Regional Price Parities. It is not a separate BLS wage estimate. Wage data: May 2025. Cost-of-living data: 2024.

Sources

Wage data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)May 2025 (release 25).

Figures shown as “Not available” reflect wages the source does not publish (e.g. suppressed for reliability), not zero.

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