College Mathematical Science Instructors

Median Salary: $63,600

Many college mathematical science instructors across the United States share a few key professional traits. For example, attention to detail, analytical thinking, and independence can be crucial for success in the industry, especially when mixed with career training. Around 48,100 people were employed as college mathematical science instructors nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's vital to hone these characteristics and receive proper training, particularly if you're planning to move up in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for college mathematical science instructors in the U.S. was $63,600 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $30.60. Of course, income can vary with training and by locale. Below, you'll find more data about college mathematical science instructors, including wages and job density for areas all over the United States.

College mathematical science instructors should be skilled in:

Oral Expression
Speech Clarity
Oral Comprehension
Near Vision
Selective Attention

Different people go into different careers; college mathematical science instructors are typically:

Social
Investigative
Artistic

Working as a college mathematical science instructor requires knowledge in subjects like:

Mathematics
Education and Training
English Language
Computers and Electronics

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Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of people employed as college mathematical science instructors). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of college mathematical science instructors in each city as compared to the national average.

Alabama
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Birmingham	80	$63,200	$30.40	$93,000	$44.70	-53.5%
Huntsville	80	$50,500	$24.30	$67,400	$32.40	9.8%
Mobile	70	$43,200	$20.80	$61,800	$29.70	4.3%
Montgomery	50	$55,000	$26.50	$67,000	$32.20	-11.1%

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Phoenix	120	$51,100	$24.60	$63,800	$30.70	-81.8%

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Little Rock	110	$42,900	$20.60	$57,900	$27.80	-11.7%

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fresno	130	$100,700	$48.40	$110,100	$52.90	12%
Los Angeles (Area)	2,150	$83,600	$40.20	$111,700	$53.70	7.3%
Oakland	380	$90,200	$43.40	$125,800	$60.50	3.3%
Riverside	550	$101,400	$48.70	$147,600	$71.00	23.9%
Sacramento	350	$74,700	$35.90	$104,000	$50.00	12.5%
San Diego	720	$92,000	$44.20	$123,800	$59.50	53.5%
San Francisco (Area)	680	$91,700	$44.10	$127,400	$61.20	-6.5%
San Francisco (City)	300	$93,200	$44.80	$129,000	$62.00	-16.3%
San Jose	350	NA	NA	NA	NA	7.3%

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Colorado Springs	50	NA	NA	NA	NA	-48.9%
Denver	180	$47,200	$22.70	$63,400	$30.50	-59.2%

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	NA	$67,300	$32.40	$85,800	$41.20	NA
Hartford	270	$68,000	$32.70	$86,600	$41.60	29.1%
New Haven	220	$75,000	$36.00	$106,200	$51.10	116.6%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	1,070	$71,400	$34.30	$91,300	$43.90	-0.8%

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Deltona	120	$43,600	$21.00	$58,300	$28.00	117.7%
Jacksonville	110	$52,900	$25.40	$65,600	$31.60	-50%
Lakeland	40	$48,600	$23.40	$63,400	$30.50	-42.1%
Miami (Area)	260	$66,100	$31.80	$82,300	$39.60	-43.8%
Orlando	380	$49,700	$23.90	$73,500	$35.30	4.6%
Pensacola	NA	$53,700	$25.80	$76,200	$36.60	NA
Tampa	230	$57,900	$27.80	$76,500	$36.80	-45.1%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlanta	720	$61,700	$29.70	$84,300	$40.50	-14.9%
Augusta	90	$55,200	$26.50	$65,600	$31.50	23.6%
Macon	50	$56,400	$27.10	$69,600	$33.50	35.3%
Savannah	NA	$57,400	$27.60	$86,100	$41.40	NA

Hawaii
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	140	$68,100	$32.70	$90,400	$43.40	-9.8%

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chicago (Area)	820	$60,100	$28.90	$76,400	$36.80	-31%

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Evansville	100	$70,200	$33.70	$80,400	$38.60	58.7%
Fort Wayne	90	$60,300	$29.00	$66,000	$31.70	17.9%
Indianapolis	140	$57,000	$27.40	$73,900	$35.50	-54.9%
South Bend	170	$59,700	$28.70	$80,800	$38.90	266.3%

Iowa
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Davenport	30	$66,400	$31.90	$80,400	$38.60	-55.2%
Des Moines	90	$66,500	$32.00	$85,700	$41.20	-25%
Waterloo	60	$66,300	$31.90	$92,700	$44.60	85.6%

Kansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Wichita	NA	$49,900	$24.00	$80,200	$38.60	NA

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lexington	130	$62,000	$29.80	$85,600	$41.20	46.2%
Louisville	90	$64,600	$31.00	$86,400	$41.50	-57.6%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baton Rouge	100	$56,700	$27.30	$71,500	$34.40	-23.9%
New Orleans	80	$46,900	$22.60	$59,800	$28.80	-56.5%
Shreveport	70	$21,900	$10.60	$42,400	$20.40	16%

Maine
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bangor	40	$62,900	$30.30	$78,900	$38.00	83.7%
Portland	50	$55,000	$26.50	$66,300	$31.90	-37.2%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	450	$69,600	$33.50	$95,100	$45.70	-2.2%
Salisbury	50	$68,700	$33.00	$83,900	$40.30	128.3%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boston (Area)	770	$76,400	$36.70	$102,700	$49.40	23.4%
Springfield	120	$62,900	$30.20	$81,600	$39.20	14.1%
Worcester	50	$76,800	$36.90	$96,300	$46.30	-38.3%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ann Arbor	NA	$79,900	$38.40	$114,700	$55.20	NA
Detroit (Area)	470	$55,800	$26.80	$84,500	$40.70	-22.3%
Kalamazoo	60	$57,500	$27.60	$73,600	$35.40	23.1%

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Duluth	70	$64,900	$31.20	$79,700	$38.30	50.3%
Minneapolis	490	$59,600	$28.70	$69,700	$33.50	-23.4%
St. Cloud	40	$60,400	$29.00	$75,500	$36.30	14.7%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Jackson	150	$54,600	$26.20	$64,900	$31.20	67.4%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Jefferson City	30	$47,800	$23.00	$55,500	$26.70	12.2%
Kansas City	260	$48,700	$23.40	$60,600	$29.10	-27.7%
Springfield	140	$49,600	$23.80	$65,800	$31.70	98.4%
St. Louis	570	$54,800	$26.40	$73,100	$35.10	18.5%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Omaha	100	$62,100	$29.90	$73,700	$35.40	-40.5%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	160	$78,800	$37.90	$107,600	$51.70	0.5%
Buffalo	200	$73,000	$35.10	$94,100	$45.20	4.1%
New York (Area)	2,580	$72,800	$35.00	$107,600	$51.70	-8.2%
Poughkeepsie	NA	$45,900	$22.10	$52,800	$25.40	NA
Rochester	240	$76,000	$36.50	$104,800	$50.40	35.1%
Syracuse	40	$61,800	$29.70	$86,500	$41.60	-66.3%
Utica	90	$92,500	$44.50	$132,100	$63.50	98.6%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	70	$51,200	$24.60	$59,200	$28.50	14.1%
Charlotte	300	$53,100	$25.60	$70,500	$33.90	-1.4%
Fayetteville	70	$59,500	$28.60	$69,800	$33.60	45.4%
Greensboro	140	$55,500	$26.70	$64,600	$31.00	5.2%
Hickory	100	$54,200	$26.00	$61,200	$29.40	79.3%
Raleigh	320	$82,600	$39.70	$112,900	$54.30	73.1%
Winston-Salem	90	$58,000	$27.90	$82,600	$39.70	17.1%

North Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Grand Forks	40	$68,100	$32.70	$85,100	$40.90	118.2%

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	120	$62,300	$30.00	$81,900	$39.40	-1.1%
Canton	50	$70,300	$33.80	$77,900	$37.50	-21.7%
Cincinnati	340	$56,800	$27.30	$75,200	$36.10	-7.1%
Cleveland	360	$46,400	$22.30	$76,100	$36.60	-2.2%
Columbus	390	$83,100	$39.90	$100,900	$48.50	17.7%
Dayton	230	$52,400	$25.20	$76,500	$36.80	68.2%
Toledo	190	NA	NA	NA	NA	76.1%
Youngstown	90	$61,800	$29.70	$68,900	$33.10	7.3%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Tulsa	100	$44,800	$21.50	$59,200	$28.50	-38%

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Eugene	60	$81,100	$39.00	$99,700	$47.90	19.6%
Portland	240	$87,300	$42.00	$127,800	$61.50	-32.9%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	150	$69,600	$33.50	$84,500	$40.60	25.8%
Erie	30	$61,100	$29.40	$72,200	$34.70	-31%
Harrisburg	190	$65,200	$31.40	$80,200	$38.60	69%
Lancaster	70	$63,400	$30.50	$87,300	$42.00	-15.8%
Philadelphia (Area)	970	NA	NA	NA	NA	-24.5%
Pittsburgh	520	$67,400	$32.40	$87,500	$42.10	26.6%
Reading	110	$59,700	$28.70	$79,800	$38.40	75%
Scranton	180	$49,400	$23.70	$69,000	$33.20	94%
York	NA	$54,600	$26.30	$65,100	$31.30	NA

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	210	$83,600	$40.20	$115,800	$55.70	5.4%

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Columbia	130	$69,500	$33.40	$89,700	$43.10	6.8%
Greenville	190	$68,500	$32.90	$83,800	$40.30	76.4%
Spartanburg	110	$56,800	$27.30	$64,900	$31.20	149.5%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chattanooga	100	$52,100	$25.10	$60,900	$29.30	18.8%
Jackson	40	$49,700	$23.90	$66,400	$31.90	68.2%
Kingsport	50	$49,700	$23.90	$61,400	$29.50	27.2%
Knoxville	180	$52,700	$25.30	$64,000	$30.80	51.6%
Memphis	80	$54,000	$26.00	$75,900	$36.50	-62.5%
Nashville	220	$54,200	$26.00	$75,200	$36.20	-18.5%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Austin	500	$57,000	$27.40	$92,900	$44.70	76.9%
Dallas (Area)	230	$51,600	$24.80	$69,000	$33.20	-69.8%
El Paso	130	$60,400	$29.00	$74,000	$35.60	32.9%
Houston	700	$79,400	$38.20	$88,900	$42.70	-25.5%
Killeen	40	$77,700	$37.40	$85,600	$41.20	-10.6%
Laredo	40	$54,400	$26.10	$79,200	$38.10	37.5%
Lubbock	130	$95,800	$46.10	$121,900	$58.60	185.9%
McAllen	150	$50,100	$24.10	$64,500	$31.00	81%
Odessa	30	$73,100	$35.10	$110,600	$53.20	47.6%
San Antonio	200	$60,000	$28.80	$76,000	$36.60	-35.6%
Tyler	80	$40,900	$19.70	$49,500	$23.80	147%
Waco	70	$77,800	$37.40	$100,300	$48.20	79.3%

Utah
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Provo	130	$74,400	$35.80	$89,600	$43.10	98.9%
Salt Lake City	130	$43,500	$20.90	$77,300	$37.20	-42.4%

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lynchburg	40	$47,000	$22.60	$61,300	$29.50	21.7%
Richmond	260	$57,300	$27.50	$67,900	$32.70	16.8%
Roanoke	30	$50,400	$24.20	$65,700	$31.60	-38.9%
Virginia Beach	360	$56,500	$27.20	$71,500	$34.40	31.5%

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Seattle (Area)	390	$56,100	$27.00	$78,300	$37.60	-37%
Spokane	80	$47,700	$22.90	$60,100	$28.90	12.2%

West Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Huntington	60	$55,700	$26.80	$70,300	$33.80	45.1%
Wheeling	30	$48,500	$23.30	$54,100	$26.00	40.5%

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fond du Lac	30	$65,500	$31.50	$71,000	$34.10	90.5%
Madison	140	$92,900	$44.70	$116,500	$56.00	15.2%
Milwaukee	290	$71,400	$34.30	$105,700	$50.80	-3.5%