Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
United States. Estimated employment 1,065,210, with pages for 86 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 25-2031
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$72,040 · 50th
$48,78010th
$59,98025th
$72,04050th
$92,57075th
$107,60090th
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 Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| Oxnard, CA | $108,850 | 2,210 |
| San Jose, CA | $108,230 | 4,130 |
| Sacramento, CA | $105,060 | 6,040 |
| San Francisco, CA | $102,880 | 11,520 |
| Santa Maria, CA | $102,840 | 1,060 |
| San Diego, CA | $102,810 | 6,690 |
| Vallejo, CA | $102,590 | 800 |
| Napa, CA | $102,510 | 300 |
| Kingston, NY | $101,300 | 560 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | $101,120 | 750 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $100,960 | 32,250 |
| New York, NY | $100,800 | 75,780 |
| Riverside, CA | $100,130 | 12,450 |
| Chicago, IL | $98,970 | 32,790 |
| Boston, MA | $98,850 | 20,600 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $89,320 | 2,370 |
| Worcester, MA | $87,050 | 3,640 |
| Amherst Town, MA | $81,660 | 650 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $81,350 | 9,600 |
| York, PA | $80,870 | 990 |
| Lancaster, PA | $80,820 | 1,900 |
| Albany, NY | $80,620 | 3,500 |
| Philadelphia, PA | $80,560 | 25,460 |
| Washington, DC | $80,300 | 20,400 |
| Reading, PA | $80,250 | 1,350 |
| Allentown, PA | $79,990 | 3,750 |
| Springfield, MA | $79,760 | 1,710 |
| Buffalo, NY | $79,280 | 3,160 |
| Lebanon, PA | $79,170 | 620 |
| Minneapolis, MN | $79,010 | 9,840 |
| Pittsfield, MA | $78,980 | 560 |
| Utica, NY | $78,950 | 1,250 |
| Glens Falls, NY | $78,670 | 450 |
| Rockford, IL | $78,500 | 880 |
| Syracuse, NY | $77,900 | 2,540 |
| Chambersburg, PA | $77,700 | 530 |
| Atlanta, GA | $77,210 | 14,830 |
| St. Cloud, MN | $76,170 | 400 |
| Warner Robins, GA | $75,990 | 540 |
| Athens, GA | $75,350 | 640 |
| Duluth, MN | $74,030 | 630 |
| Rochester, MN | $72,790 | 800 |
| Springfield, IL | $72,510 | 750 |
| Odessa, TX | $66,620 | 580 |
| Bloomington, IL | $66,280 | 530 |
| Dallas, TX | $65,890 | 28,000 |
| Houston, TX | $65,540 | 26,260 |
| Midland, TX | $65,540 | 680 |
| Dalton, GA | $65,500 | 350 |
| Laredo, TX | $64,970 | 1,070 |
| Macon, GA | $64,800 | 570 |
| Savannah, GA | $63,960 | 900 |
| North Port, FL | $63,900 | 1,560 |
| Killeen, TX | $63,650 | 1,670 |
| Rome, GA | $63,450 | 130 |
| Augusta, GA | $63,420 | 1,430 |
| Mankato, MN | $63,220 | 260 |
| Beaumont, TX | $63,210 | 1,320 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | $63,020 | 1,470 |
| Jacksonville, FL | $62,650 | 3,720 |
| St. Louis, MO | $62,130 | 9,870 |
| Naples, FL | $62,110 | 700 |
| Decatur, IL | $62,000 | 310 |
| San Antonio, TX | $61,840 | 10,130 |
| Peoria, IL | $61,620 | 1,230 |
| Champaign, IL | $61,480 | 660 |
| Kansas City, MO | $61,200 | 7,750 |
| Tampa, FL | $61,030 | 8,180 |
| Orlando, FL | $60,540 | 8,650 |
| Deltona, FL | $60,520 | 2,010 |
| Crestview, FL | $60,430 | 500 |
| Miami, FL | $60,410 | 12,010 |
| Springfield, MO | $60,060 | 1,550 |
| Phoenix, AZ | $59,570 | 14,730 |
| Columbia, MO | $58,720 | 950 |
| Flagstaff, AZ | $57,450 | 380 |
| Sierra Vista, AZ | $53,960 | 310 |
| Jefferson City, MO | $50,950 | 710 |
| Tucson, AZ | $50,940 | 3,320 |
| Joplin, MO | $50,690 | 580 |
| St. Joseph, MO | $49,790 | 360 |
| Yuma, AZ | $49,670 | 520 |
| Lake Havasu City, AZ | $49,350 | 370 |
| Prescott Valley, AZ | $48,590 | 410 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO | $48,570 | 290 |
| Kankakee, IL | $48,500 | 420 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 1,065,210 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 25-2031, Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education. Mapped to our taxonomy as secondary-school-teachers-except-special-and-career-technical-education.
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