Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary in District of Columbia

What art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary actually earn in District of Columbia

The full published wage distribution, not one averaged figure. Pay inside a single occupation varies more by experience, employer and setting than most salary pages admit.

10th percentile

$63,380

25th percentile

$76,500

Median

$96,900

75th percentile

$119,340

90th percentile

$131,090

How District of Columbia compares

• Against the rest of the country. $96,900 in District of Columbia against $78,620 nationally for the same occupation, which puts District of Columbia 6th of the 49 jurisdictions that released an estimate. Neither figure is adjusted for cost of living, so a higher median does not by itself mean more money left over.
• Against other work in District of Columbia. $96,900 against $91,540, the median across every occupation in the state — 6% above it.
• How much of this work is here. The occupation is less concentrated here than nationally (0.84× the national share of employment), 23rd of 49 for concentration. Concentration describes where the work is, not how easy it is to be hired.

Where art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary are paid most

The highest published medians for this occupation. Before reading it as a place to move, note that these are not cost-of-living adjusted and that the states paying most are often the ones where everything costs most.

How people get into this work

What the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports as typical for entry nationally. Typical is a measurement of the people already doing the work, not a rule: some enter with less and some with more.

What people study to get here, and where in District of Columbia

Fields the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk associates with this occupation, ordered by how many credentials U.S. colleges conferred in each — a measure of how many people take a route, never of how good it is. Studying any of these does not lead only here, and this occupation is entered from other fields too.

This lists colleges that reported conferring credentials in this field to the federal IPEDS completions collection, in both 2022-23 and 2023-24. It does not confirm that any of them is currently admitting students to the program, and a college can appear here after deciding to close it. Confirm with the institution before it affects where you apply.