Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $76K, rent takes 22.2% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,097/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondaries typically earn — is $49K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,917/month. At HUD’s $1,097/month FMR, rent would take 38% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $76K locally vs. $80K nationally, a 5% difference.

Missouri pays $76K median vs. the U.S. average of $80K — that’s -5%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 88.97), the purchasing-power equivalent is $86K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $76,340 a year. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $48,610, and experienced nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondaries can clear $119,050. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,937/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,097/month, which eats 22.2% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Missouri has a Regional Price Parity of 88.97 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary salary is worth about $85,804 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.