Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metropolitan area. Estimated employment 3,430.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Dayton earn more.
$80,360 in Dayton buys what $86,700 buys across the country as a whole.
Dayton's regional price parity is 92.7 — well below the national average — the nominal figure understates local buying power considerably. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Ohio
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Dayton |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dayton This page | $80,360 | $86,700 | 92.7 | — |
| Akron | $78,560 | $84,100 | 93.4 | −2.9% |
| Columbus | $78,150 | $81,900 | 95.5 | −5.6% |
| Canton | $77,940 | $87,200 | 89.4 | +0.6% |
| Springfield | $77,320 | $85,500 | 90.5 | −1.4% |
| Cleveland | $76,470 | $81,400 | 93.9 | −6.1% |
| Lima | $75,830 | $84,600 | 89.7 | −2.5% |
| Youngstown | $72,560 | $83,000 | 87.4 | −4.2% |
Price parity and difference against Dayton 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
- 3,430 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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