College Political Science Instructors

Median Salary: $68,800

Many college political science instructors across the United States share a handful of key professional attributes. For example, achievement/effort, initiative, and persistence can be critical for success in the industry, especially when blended with career training. Around 15,180 individuals were employed as college political science instructors nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's crucial to develop these traits and receive formal training, particularly if you're preparing to move forward in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for college political science instructors in the U.S. was $68,800 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $33.10. Of course, income can vary with training and by location. Below, you'll find more data about college political science instructors, including wages and job density for areas all over the United States.

College political science instructors should be skilled in:

Written Comprehension
Written Expression
Oral Comprehension
Speech Recognition
Problem Sensitivity

Different individuals go into different careers; college political science instructors are typically:

Enterprising
Artistic
Investigative

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

Law and Government
English Language
Education and Training
Sociology and Anthropology
Communications and Media

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

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Phoenix	NA	$48,400	$23.30	$75,000	$36.10	NA

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Los Angeles (Area)	450	$84,400	$40.60	$106,700	$51.30	-35.3%
Oakland	70	$84,800	$40.80	$110,100	$52.90	-37.9%
Riverside	80	$100,400	$48.30	$127,800	$61.40	-41.4%
Sacramento	60	$79,400	$38.20	$120,800	$58.10	-41.4%
Salinas	40	$77,500	$37.30	$107,100	$51.50	100%
San Diego	160	$83,900	$40.30	$110,600	$53.20	6.9%
San Francisco (Area)	190	$83,500	$40.10	$106,000	$51.00	-15.5%
San Francisco (City)	120	$82,200	$39.50	$102,000	$49.00	6.9%
San Jose	70	NA	NA	NA	NA	-35.3%

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Denver	60	$50,500	$24.30	$84,000	$40.40	-56%

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Hartford	160	$66,000	$31.70	$87,300	$42.00	142.2%
New Haven	60	$88,200	$42.40	$112,200	$54.00	98.3%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	820	$69,700	$33.50	$95,000	$45.70	206.9%

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Jacksonville	50	$54,400	$26.10	$70,500	$33.90	-24.1%
Miami (Area)	70	$69,900	$33.60	$88,500	$42.60	-36.2%
Orlando	90	$45,400	$21.80	$65,500	$31.50	-23.3%
Tampa	50	$76,000	$36.60	$91,800	$44.20	-62.1%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlanta	280	$63,400	$30.50	$81,200	$39.00	5.2%

Hawaii
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	40	$78,400	$37.70	$102,200	$49.10	-12.9%

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bloomington	NA	$55,100	$26.50	$65,300	$31.40	NA
Chicago (Area)	490	$56,000	$26.90	$78,400	$37.70	2.6%

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Indianapolis	60	NA	NA	NA	NA	-41.4%
South Bend	NA	$64,500	$31.00	$91,300	$43.90	NA

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	150	$76,400	$36.70	$103,400	$49.70	4.3%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boston (Area)	460	$90,500	$43.50	$124,800	$60.00	137.9%
Springfield	60	NA	NA	NA	NA	70.7%
Worcester	50	$80,000	$38.50	$110,200	$53.00	66.4%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Detroit (Area)	40	$74,400	$35.80	$93,200	$44.80	-63.8%

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Duluth	40	NA	NA	NA	NA	181%
Minneapolis	130	$64,700	$31.10	$84,600	$40.70	-33.6%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Kansas City	80	$56,800	$27.30	$73,800	$35.50	-28.4%
Springfield	40	$49,800	$23.90	$63,500	$30.50	79.3%
St. Louis	140	$63,600	$30.60	$81,200	$39.00	-6%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Omaha	50	$73,300	$35.20	$87,400	$42.00	-1.7%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Buffalo	30	$75,300	$36.20	$97,100	$46.70	-44.8%
New York (Area)	850	$79,100	$38.00	$113,800	$54.70	-19.8%
Rochester	70	$122,900	$59.10	$166,400+	$0.00	15.5%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charlotte	90	$61,400	$29.50	$87,500	$42.00	-10.3%
Greensboro	50	$50,900	$24.50	$64,700	$31.10	27.6%

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	60	NA	NA	NA	NA	52.6%
Cincinnati	80	$57,200	$27.50	$89,900	$43.20	-30.2%
Cleveland	110	$56,300	$27.10	$93,700	$45.00	-6%
Columbus	130	$77,700	$37.30	$103,000	$49.50	21.6%
Dayton	70	$58,400	$28.10	$73,600	$35.40	53.4%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Oklahoma City	110	$40,500	$19.50	$56,100	$27.00	68.1%
Tulsa	70	$40,000	$19.20	$61,500	$29.60	37.9%

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Portland	70	$66,600	$32.00	$107,000	$51.40	-42.2%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	40	$71,600	$34.40	$94,600	$45.50	3.4%
Harrisburg	50	$79,000	$38.00	$95,800	$46.10	29.3%
Philadelphia (Area)	240	$91,900	$44.20	$135,200	$65.00	13.8%
Pittsburgh	110	$94,500	$45.40	$136,800	$65.80	-18.1%
Scranton	30	$67,600	$32.50	$84,200	$40.50	11.2%

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	NA	$90,900	$43.70	$118,800	$57.10	NA

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Greenville	90	$72,500	$34.90	$93,800	$45.10	152.6%
Spartanburg	50	$49,800	$24.00	$62,700	$30.20	270.7%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Knoxville	50	$50,600	$24.40	$59,500	$28.60	44.8%
Memphis	50	$74,000	$35.60	$81,000	$39.00	-31.9%
Nashville	80	$65,700	$31.60	$84,600	$40.70	1.7%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Austin	320	$94,200	$45.30	$122,100	$58.70	253.4%
Dallas (Area)	100	$69,000	$33.20	$96,100	$46.20	-56%
El Paso	50	$63,700	$30.60	$75,100	$36.10	68.1%
Houston	360	$81,600	$39.20	$93,100	$44.70	20.7%
McAllen	60	$51,800	$24.90	$65,100	$31.30	141.4%
San Antonio	140	$61,200	$29.40	$75,600	$36.30	48.3%

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Richmond	130	$62,300	$30.00	$80,500	$38.70	88.8%
Virginia Beach	100	$65,300	$31.40	$81,500	$39.20	17.2%

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Seattle (Area)	220	NA	NA	NA	NA	32.8%
Spokane	30	$50,700	$24.40	$71,000	$34.10	44%

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Madison	50	$81,200	$39.00	$102,400	$49.20	33.6%
Milwaukee	60	$60,400	$29.10	$78,600	$37.80	-35.3%