Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
United States. Estimated employment 620,090, with pages for 57 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 25-2022
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$64,370 · 50th
$48,08010th
$58,53025th
$64,37050th
$80,49075th
$102,54090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $105,030 | 3,330 |
| Fresno, CA | $104,250 | 850 |
| El Centro, CA | $104,140 | 250 |
| Oxnard, CA | $103,880 | 530 |
| Merced, CA | $101,770 | 180 |
| Modesto, CA | $101,250 | 740 |
| Riverside, CA | $100,810 | 4,860 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | $99,600 | 480 |
| Sacramento, CA | $99,360 | 1,570 |
| Kingston, NY | $98,660 | 360 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $98,370 | 12,780 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $97,900 | 2,390 |
| New York, NY | $96,500 | 39,310 |
| Boston, MA | $94,170 | 11,530 |
| Buffalo, NY | $89,950 | 2,870 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $84,800 | 4,390 |
| Worcester, MA | $82,380 | 1,990 |
| York, PA | $81,830 | 810 |
| Williamsport, PA | $81,760 | 230 |
| Reading, PA | $81,120 | 780 |
| Lancaster, PA | $80,960 | 740 |
| Albany, NY | $80,760 | 1,890 |
| Amherst Town, MA | $80,750 | 310 |
| Scranton, PA | $80,030 | 1,560 |
| Springfield, MA | $79,920 | 1,170 |
| Allentown, PA | $79,620 | 1,460 |
| Ithaca, NY | $79,520 | 180 |
| Utica, NY | $79,120 | 630 |
| Watertown, NY | $78,600 | 320 |
| State College, PA | $78,280 | 220 |
| Philadelphia, PA | $78,130 | 13,090 |
| Chicago, IL | $78,000 | 17,300 |
| Pittsfield, MA | $77,780 | 270 |
| Washington, DC | $77,350 | 14,890 |
| Rockford, IL | $76,920 | 750 |
| Brunswick, GA | $76,400 | 340 |
| Springfield, IL | $75,570 | 540 |
| Atlanta, GA | $75,490 | 13,650 |
| Dalton, GA | $67,380 | 340 |
| Houston, TX | $65,830 | 19,340 |
| Dallas, TX | $65,660 | 21,590 |
| Athens, GA | $65,210 | 320 |
| El Paso, TX | $64,480 | 2,270 |
| Midland, TX | $64,300 | 1,170 |
| Hinesville, GA | $64,170 | 250 |
| Odessa, TX | $63,390 | 450 |
| Killeen, TX | $63,250 | 1,290 |
| Bloomington, IL | $63,110 | 370 |
| Savannah, GA | $62,970 | 800 |
| McAllen, TX | $62,560 | 2,730 |
| Laredo, TX | $62,340 | 810 |
| Albany, GA | $62,160 | 380 |
| Rome, GA | $61,700 | 230 |
| Peoria, IL | $61,220 | 920 |
| Kankakee, IL | $59,800 | 280 |
| Decatur, IL | $59,690 | 180 |
| Champaign, IL | $59,630 | 550 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 620,090 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 25-2022, Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education. Mapped to our taxonomy as middle-school-teachers-except-special-and-career-technical-education.
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