Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019
25-2022 Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Teach one or more subjects to students at the middle, intermediate, or junior high school level. Excludes Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School (25-2023), Special Education Teachers (25-2050), and Substitute Teachers, Short Term (25-3031).
National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Mean wage
RSE (3) |
| 622,330 |
1.4 % |
(4) |
$63,550 |
0.8 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$39,990 |
$47,850 |
$59,660 |
$76,430 |
$96,280 |
(4)
Industry profile for this occupation:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
Top paying industries for this occupation:
Geographic profile for this occupation:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Texas |
64,340 |
5.18 |
1.22 |
(4) |
$56,290 |
| New York |
42,010 |
4.41 |
1.04 |
(4) |
$87,050 |
| California |
39,780 |
2.29 |
0.54 |
(4) |
$80,160 |
| Florida |
33,600 |
3.82 |
0.90 |
(4) |
$56,640 |
| Ohio |
30,880 |
5.67 |
1.34 |
(4) |
$63,510 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| West Virginia |
5,160 |
7.35 |
1.73 |
(4) |
$47,570 |
| New Jersey |
26,590 |
6.50 |
1.53 |
(4) |
$73,380 |
| Georgia |
28,440 |
6.36 |
1.50 |
(4) |
$58,830 |
| Ohio |
30,880 |
5.67 |
1.34 |
(4) |
$63,510 |
| Maryland |
14,890 |
5.51 |
1.30 |
(4) |
$74,400 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York |
42,010 |
4.41 |
1.04 |
(4) |
$87,050 |
| Alaska |
1,160 |
3.66 |
0.86 |
(4) |
$80,730 |
| Massachusetts |
15,910 |
4.40 |
1.04 |
(4) |
$80,520 |
| California |
39,780 |
2.29 |
0.54 |
(4) |
$80,160 |
| Connecticut |
8,320 |
5.00 |
1.18 |
(4) |
$79,510 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
48,650 |
5.04 |
1.19 |
(4) |
$85,780 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
16,620 |
4.54 |
1.07 |
(4) |
$58,120 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
16,150 |
5.89 |
1.39 |
(4) |
$60,950 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
16,010 |
5.04 |
1.19 |
(4) |
$83,220 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
15,780 |
3.37 |
0.80 |
(4) |
$66,380 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
14,940 |
5.19 |
1.23 |
(4) |
$74,300 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
14,700 |
4.82 |
1.14 |
(4) |
$58,840 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
11,230 |
4.01 |
0.95 |
(4) |
$80,500 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
11,000 |
1.76 |
0.42 |
(4) |
$85,660 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
8,810 |
3.33 |
0.79 |
(4) |
$59,530 |
United States Department of Labor
