Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $81K, rent takes 29.8% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,534/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 $51K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $3,034/month.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $81K locally vs. $77K nationally, a 5% difference.

Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area pays $81K median vs. the U.S. average of $77K — that’s +5%.

The median is $80,660 a year. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $50,570, and experienced criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondaries can clear $81,010. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $5,142/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,534/month, which eats 29.8% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Upper Peninsula of Michigan 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 $80,660 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.