2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays
United States
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
United States. Estimated employment 1,388,390, with pages for 129 metro areas below.
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$47,960 10th
$57,710 25th
$63,970 50th
$81,450 75th
$104,340 90th
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
Metro area Median Employment
Olympia, WA $104,650 950 Sacramento, CA $103,390 10,480 Walla Walla, WA $102,980 220 Seattle, WA $102,920 14,560 San Jose, CA $102,860 7,810 Bremerton, WA $102,650 900 Los Angeles, CA $101,860 44,790 San Francisco, CA $101,860 17,860 Modesto, CA $101,640 2,450 Bellingham, WA $101,230 790 Santa Maria, CA $101,030 2,170 Vallejo, CA $100,790 1,680 Mount Vernon, WA $100,730 500 Napa, CA $100,410 570 Kennewick, WA $100,380 1,410 Wenatchee, WA $100,340 510 Barnstable Town, MA $100,320 810 Riverside, CA $98,520 18,850 Boston, MA $98,060 20,340 Kingston, NY $97,920 710 San Diego, CA $97,000 11,340 New York, NY $96,900 98,900 Worcester, MA $82,810 3,850 Kiryas Joel, NY $81,770 3,140 Boulder, CO $80,640 1,630 Dayton, OH $80,360 3,430 Amherst Town, MA $79,900 640 Reading, PA $79,860 1,780 Minneapolis, MN $79,730 16,990 York, PA $79,730 2,260 Springfield, MA $79,640 2,340 Washington, DC $79,470 30,940 Albany, NY $79,240 3,550 Allentown, PA $79,040 4,260 Pittsfield, MA $78,910 530 Philadelphia, PA $78,570 23,380 Syracuse, NY $78,560 2,620 Akron, OH $78,560 2,010 Glens Falls, NY $78,470 620 Chicago, IL $78,390 45,840 Lancaster, PA $78,360 2,350 Columbus, OH $78,150 9,950 Canton, OH $77,940 1,540 Springfield, OH $77,320 580 Harrisburg, PA $77,160 2,990 Utica, NY $77,010 1,160 Denver, CO $76,910 12,030 State College, PA $76,760 540 Chambersburg, PA $76,750 500 Athens, GA $76,600 1,360 Atlanta, GA $76,570 23,370 Binghamton, NY $76,540 980 Cleveland, OH $76,470 5,460 Baltimore, MD $76,400 13,150 Lexington Park, MD $76,170 1,200 Lima, OH $75,830 540 Rochester, MN $75,770 910 Brunswick, GA $75,530 620 Bay City, MI $74,010 350 Warner Robins, GA $74,000 940 Saginaw, MI $73,810 740 St. Cloud, MN $73,160 950 Lansing, MI $72,930 1,730 Youngstown, OH $72,560 1,780 Salisbury, MD $72,250 630 Hinesville, GA $67,090 310 Traverse City, MI $66,020 450 Duluth, MN $65,840 1,100 Flint, MI $65,620 1,340 Bloomington, IL $65,590 670 Detroit, MI $65,210 18,390 Battle Creek, MI $65,090 500 Dallas, TX $65,070 27,350 Gainesville, GA $64,780 820 Houston, TX $64,500 30,980 Rome, GA $64,360 400 Rockford, IL $64,200 1,530 Ann Arbor, MI $64,060 1,630 El Paso, TX $63,800 2,580 Savannah, GA $63,710 1,570 Brownsville, TX $63,350 1,950 Hagerstown, MD $63,190 1,180 Killeen, TX $63,120 2,280 McAllen, TX $63,110 4,090 Mankato, MN $63,070 350 Odessa, TX $63,020 820 Fort Collins, CO $62,930 1,370 Palm Bay, FL $62,510 2,310 North Port, FL $62,370 2,550 Springfield, IL $62,340 1,000 Pueblo, CO $62,000 640 San Antonio, TX $61,720 12,220 Colorado Springs, CO $61,140 3,640 Jacksonville, FL $61,080 6,220 Kansas City, MO $61,060 11,500 St. Louis, MO $60,650 13,440 Cape Coral, FL $60,470 2,230 Naples, FL $60,470 1,370 Crestview, FL $60,330 970 Orlando, FL $60,190 10,950 Raleigh, NC $60,170 5,830 Greeley, CO $60,160 1,370 Tampa, FL $60,120 11,000 Greensboro, NC $59,730 2,590 Champaign, IL $59,650 990 Phoenix, AZ $59,180 16,560 Decatur, IL $59,050 370 Charlotte, NC $58,680 10,770 Miami, FL $58,300 19,910 Kankakee, IL $57,980 360 Peoria, IL $57,440 1,500 Burlington, NC $56,740 670 Winston, NC $56,510 2,220 Greenville, NC $55,490 740 Fayetteville, NC $54,350 1,490 Flagstaff, AZ $53,900 430 Grand Junction, CO $52,230 610 Durham, NC $51,400 2,430 Springfield, MO $49,380 2,400 St. Joseph, MO $49,140 770 Joplin, MO $48,770 1,100 Yuma, AZ $48,360 730 Sierra Vista, AZ $47,980 450 Jefferson City, MO $47,960 600 Columbia, MO $47,920 840 Prescott Valley, AZ $47,400 600 Tucson, AZ $47,220 3,530 Cape Girardeau, MO $47,100 1,030 Lake Havasu City, AZ $46,460 520
Sources
How this page was made
Wage data Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment 1,388,390 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation SOC 25-2021, Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education. Mapped to our taxonomy as elementary-school-teachers-except-special-education .
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