Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 640.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Amherst Town earn more.
$79,900 in Amherst Town buys what $79,700 buys across the country as a whole.
Amherst Town's regional price parity is 100.2 — almost exactly the national average — the nominal figure is close to the real one here, which is not true of most large metros. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Amherst Town |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstable Town | $100,320 | $102,000 | 98.4 | +28.0% |
| Boston | $98,060 | $90,600 | 108.3 | +13.6% |
| Worcester | $82,810 | $80,800 | 102.5 | +1.3% |
| Amherst Town This page | $79,900 | $79,700 | 100.2 | — |
| Springfield | $79,640 | $82,900 | 96.1 | +4.0% |
| Pittsfield | $78,910 | $83,000 | 95.1 | +4.1% |
Price parity and difference against Amherst Town are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 640 employed in this occupation in the metro (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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