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Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

25-2032 Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School

Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the secondary school level. Excludes “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)
74,520 4.0 % (4) $64,800 0.7 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Annual Wage (2) $42,620 $51,240 $61,710 $76,730 $94,050
  (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:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Elementary and Secondary Schools 72,990 0.85 (4) $64,840
Technical and Trade Schools 630 0.46 (4) $62,800
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) 380 0.02 (4) $70,800
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) 140 0.00 (4) $49,140
Vocational Rehabilitation Services 90 0.03 (4) $53,230

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Elementary and Secondary Schools 72,990 0.85 (4) $64,840
Technical and Trade Schools 630 0.46 (4) $62,800
Vocational Rehabilitation Services 90 0.03 (4) $53,230
Other Residential Care Facilities 50 0.03 (4) $53,870
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) 380 0.02 (4) $70,800

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) 380 0.02 (4) $70,800
Elementary and Secondary Schools 72,990 0.85 (4) $64,840
Technical and Trade Schools 630 0.46 (4) $62,800
Other Residential Care Facilities 50 0.03 (4) $53,870
Vocational Rehabilitation Services 90 0.03 (4) $53,230


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 12,010 0.97 1.90 (4) $59,960
Florida 5,200 0.59 1.16 (4) $60,110
New York 4,680 0.49 0.97 (4) $78,940
North Carolina 4,490 1.01 1.98 (4) $52,710
Ohio 4,060 0.74 1.47 (4) $70,650




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)
North Dakota 500 1.18 2.33 (4) $58,660
Mississippi 1,220 1.08 2.13 (4) $50,370
Vermont 330 1.07 2.11 (4) $64,110
North Carolina 4,490 1.01 1.98 (4) $52,710
Connecticut 1,660 1.00 1.97 (4) $80,360




Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
California 3,100 0.18 0.35 (4) $81,810
Massachusetts 2,540 0.70 1.38 (4) $81,370
Connecticut 1,660 1.00 1.97 (4) $80,360
New York 4,680 0.49 0.97 (4) $78,940
Alaska 150 0.49 0.96 (4) $78,690





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 3,270 0.34 0.67 (4) $83,110
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 3,010 0.82 1.62 (4) $60,630
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 2,310 0.76 1.49 (4) $62,980
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 1,450 0.31 0.61 (4) $78,510
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH 1,370 0.49 0.97 (4) $82,500
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1,200 0.60 1.17 (4) $71,560
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 1,130 0.18 0.36 (4) $75,400
Austin-Round Rock, TX 1,090 1.01 2.00 (4) $67,840
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 1,070 1.03 2.03 (4) $59,530
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 950 0.76 1.51 (4) $51,710




Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Danbury, CT 190 2.39 4.72 (4) $77,950
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 610 2.31 4.55 (4) $59,500
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 280 2.05 4.04 (4) $55,040
Longview, WA 70 1.79 3.53 (4) $64,830
Yakima, WA 170 1.77 3.49 (4) $67,830
New Bern, NC 70 1.71 3.38 (4) $54,760
Wenatchee, WA 80 1.62 3.19 (4) $73,250
Worcester, MA-CT 460 1.59 3.13 (4) $77,030
Winchester, VA-WV 100 1.59 3.13 (8) (8)
Kennewick-Richland, WA 180 1.56 3.08 (4) $73,030




Top paying metropolitan areas for this occupation:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Fresno, CA (8) (8) (8) (4) $102,780
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 330 0.13 0.26 (4) $87,500
New Haven, CT 260 0.91 1.79 (4) $85,740
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 3,270 0.34 0.67 (4) $83,110
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH 1,370 0.49 0.97 (4) $82,500
Waterbury, CT 100 1.46 2.88 (4) $82,380
Bellingham, WA 60 0.68 1.34 (4) $82,300
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 70 0.06 0.12 (4) $81,310
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI (8) (8) (8) (4) $81,170
Trenton, NJ (8) (8) (8) (4) $80,610

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area 450 2.99 5.89 (4) $46,490
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area 450 1.63 3.22 (4) $50,560
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area 390 1.49 2.94 (4) $50,510
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area 360 1.82 3.59 (4) $52,710
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area 330 1.62 3.18 (4) $50,790

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area 450 2.99 5.89 (4) $46,490
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area 160 2.53 4.99 (4) $50,210
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area 210 2.16 4.27 (4) $69,310
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area 160 2.10 4.13 (4) $53,030
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area 300 2.06 4.06 (4) $78,630

Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area 110 1.76 3.47 (4) $84,980
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area 300 2.06 4.06 (4) $78,630
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area 70 0.45 0.88 (4) $74,430
Southern Ohio non-metropolitan area (8) (8) (8) (4) $74,140
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area (8) (8) (8) (4) $71,270


About May 2019 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia. The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.

The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate--50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.


(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(4) Wages for some occupations that do not generally work year-round, full time, are reported either as hourly wages or annual salaries depending on how they are typically paid.

(8) Estimate not released.

(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.


Other OES estimates and related information:

May 2019 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 Occupation Profiles

Technical Notes

 

Last Modified Date: July 6, 2020