Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $82K, rent takes 25.1% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,306/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondaries typically earn — is $50K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,975/month.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $82K locally vs. $77K nationally, a 6% difference.

Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area pays $82K median vs. the U.S. average of $77K — that’s +6%.

The median is $81,530 a year. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $49,590, and experienced criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondaries can clear $107,230. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $5,207/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,306/month, which eats 25.1% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area has a Regional Price Parity of 100 (100 is the national average). That's right at the national average. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary salary is worth about $81,530 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.