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History Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

According to the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the median annual wage for History Teachers, Postsecondary in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is $99,580. BLS estimates approximately 340 people work in this occupation in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 18.8% above the national median ($83,820).

Median salary
$99,580
Average salary
$103,570
Median hourly
Not available
Employment
340

Salary Distribution

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

PercentileAnnual wageHourly wage
10th percentile$50,270Not available
25th percentile$73,700Not available
Median (50th)$99,580Not available
75th percentile$126,070Not available
90th percentile$168,910Not 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 0.4% — Very reliable
Employment estimate
RSE 1.8% — Very reliable

Where Does Your Salary Fall?

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Concentration

Jobs per 1,000
0.116
Location quotient
0.96

Cost-of-Living Adjusted Salary

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD’s regional price level is above the national average (index 102.554, where 100 = U.S. average). Adjusted for that, the median salary has the purchasing power of $97,100 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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