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Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructor Salary by State (2026)

Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors earn the most in California at $102,030 a year and the least in South Dakota at $35,760 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $61,540. All 50 states and territories with reported data are ranked below, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.

Highest median
$102,030California
National median
$61,540BLS OEWS, May 2025
Lowest median
$35,760South Dakota
States reporting
50of 54 OEWS areas

All states

Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructor salary in every state

Sort by any column. Employment is the number of adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors OEWS estimates in that state; blank cells are estimates BLS suppressed because the sample was too small.

Annual wages by state, sortable by median, quartiles, employment and cost-of-living adjusted median
#
1CACalifornia
$102,030
$68,750$125,0901,660$92,151
2NJNew Jersey
$81,100
$59,870$94,4501,350$74,537
3DEDelaware
$78,600
$62,390$82,670200$78,751
4NYNew York
$78,010
$64,460$96,6502,810$72,284
5MNMinnesota
$76,800
$61,540$84,4102,880$77,874
6CTConnecticut
$72,180
$56,160$83,090410$69,665
7WAWashington
$69,990
$59,330$79,8001,310$65,403
8LALouisiana
$66,870
$46,070$77,570100$75,810
9OROregon
$65,700
$54,920$101,980510$63,564
10WVWest Virginia
$65,050
$64,280$65,690250$72,684
11WIWisconsin
$64,980
$49,140$80,1901,050$69,058
12VAVirginia
$64,540
$49,440$83,500700$63,835
13NHNew Hampshire
$64,440
$52,980$65,46050$61,863
14NDNorth Dakota
$63,820
$58,860$76,500180$71,741
15DCDistrict of Columbia
$62,940
$62,530$81,610570$57,270
16SCSouth Carolina
$62,940
$50,190$74,630480$67,137
17VTVermont
$62,500
$47,300$79,60070$63,803
18ILIllinois
$62,370
$49,410$82,3601,970$62,396
19MAMassachusetts
$62,290
$52,110$83,3801,420$58,899
20AZArizona
$61,750
$41,240$77,130570$61,335
21TNTennessee
$60,340
$51,900$80,910240$65,680
22MDMaryland
$59,950
$47,990$64,370450$57,118
23MIMichigan
$59,900
$48,120$63,650560$62,255
24FLFlorida
$58,920
$52,490$63,0103,670$56,975
25MEMaine
$58,880
$56,220$67,570330$60,670
26INIndiana
$58,660
$50,470$62,320650$62,853
27RIRhode Island
$57,690
$50,830$63,390N/A$56,404
28PAPennsylvania
$57,230
$49,640$73,260790$58,654
29MTMontana
$56,500
$47,760$73,900110$59,697
30WYWyoming
$52,060
$49,620$62,050100$56,165
31KSKansas
$52,030
$46,920$56,550160$57,767
32OKOklahoma
$51,840
$48,950$57,050300$59,014
33NCNorth Carolina
$51,810
$46,090$61,9803,720$54,927
34MOMissouri
$51,770
$41,020$80,240620$57,005
35COColorado
$51,170
$40,030$72,790820$49,655
36IDIdaho
$50,040
$45,710$75,050270$52,401
37MSMississippi
$49,900
$46,980$54,340240$57,387
38UTUtah
$49,680
$48,140$51,29060$50,251
39TXTexas
$49,490
$44,520$61,7601,830$50,991
40NMNew Mexico
$49,170
$42,680$67,230210$53,323
41NENebraska
$49,040
$40,800$54,360130$54,427
42NVNevada
$48,930
$45,300$57,19040$48,940
43ALAlabama
$48,870
$42,910$58,440470$55,020
44IAIowa
$48,010
$39,710$54,220370$54,705
45GAGeorgia
$47,540
$41,030$52,170470$49,370
46OHOhio
$47,190
$44,480$65,320750$50,866
47KYKentucky
$44,990
$40,450$50,200350$49,901
48HIHawaii
$44,600
$42,640$46,060300$40,564
49ARArkansas
$43,240
$30,250$55,220230$49,737
50SDSouth Dakota
$35,760
$35,370$58,080100$40,368

Method

How the cost-of-living adjustment works

The adjusted column divides each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (RPP) and multiplies by 100. RPPs measure how much a fixed basket of goods, services and rents costs in one state relative to the national average, so the result restates local pay in national-average dollars.

For Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors, that changes the ranking: California leads on raw pay at $102,030, while California leads once prices are taken into account at $92,151.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024 (public domain). The adjustment is NueCareer's calculation, not a BLS or BEA published statistic.

Questions

Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructor pay by state: FAQ

Which state pays Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors the most?

California reports the highest median wage for Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors at $102,030 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by New Jersey ($81,100) and Delaware ($78,600).

Which state pays Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors the least?

South Dakota reports the lowest median for Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors at $35,760 a year, $66,270 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025).

Where do Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors earn the most after cost of living?

Dividing each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity puts California first at $92,151 in national-average dollars, from a raw median of $102,030. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.

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