Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019
25-2057 Special Education Teachers, Middle School
Teach academic, social, and life skills to middle school students with learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Includes teachers who specialize and work with students who are blind or have visual impairments; students who are deaf or have hearing impairments; and students with intellectual disabilities. Excludes “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) |
| 85,840 |
2.1 % |
(4) |
$65,740 |
1.5 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$41,370 |
$50,010 |
$61,440 |
$79,030 |
$98,610 |
(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 |
84,860 |
0.99 |
(4) |
$65,730 |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
300 |
0.01 |
(4) |
$61,470 |
| Educational Support Services |
120 |
0.06 |
(4) |
$66,330 |
| Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities |
100 |
0.02 |
(4) |
$51,940 |
| State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
50 |
0.00 |
(4) |
$54,520 |
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 |
84,860 |
0.99 |
(4) |
$65,730 |
| Educational Support Services |
120 |
0.06 |
(4) |
$66,330 |
| Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities |
100 |
0.02 |
(4) |
$51,940 |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
300 |
0.01 |
(4) |
$61,470 |
| State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
50 |
0.00 |
(4) |
$54,520 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Educational Support Services |
120 |
0.06 |
(4) |
$66,330 |
| Elementary and Secondary Schools |
84,860 |
0.99 |
(4) |
$65,730 |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
300 |
0.01 |
(4) |
$61,470 |
| State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
50 |
(7) |
(4) |
$54,520 |
| Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities |
100 |
0.02 |
(4) |
$51,940 |
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) |
| New York |
10,960 |
1.15 |
1.97 |
(4) |
$87,440 |
| Texas |
8,450 |
0.68 |
1.16 |
(4) |
$56,720 |
| New Jersey |
7,010 |
1.71 |
2.93 |
(4) |
$73,160 |
| Ohio |
3,850 |
0.71 |
1.21 |
(4) |
$62,200 |
| Massachusetts |
3,410 |
0.94 |
1.61 |
(4) |
$76,530 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
Top paying States for this occupation:
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 |
13,460 |
1.39 |
2.39 |
(4) |
$84,830 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
2,750 |
0.86 |
1.48 |
(4) |
$84,740 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
2,720 |
0.95 |
1.62 |
(4) |
$73,380 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
2,360 |
0.84 |
1.45 |
(4) |
$76,560 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
2,080 |
0.45 |
0.76 |
(4) |
$65,660 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
1,980 |
0.65 |
1.11 |
(4) |
$59,720 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
1,900 |
0.52 |
0.89 |
(4) |
$57,630 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
1,680 |
0.61 |
1.05 |
(4) |
$63,730 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
1,530 |
1.11 |
1.90 |
(4) |
$75,900 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
1,180 |
0.60 |
1.02 |
(4) |
$70,480 |
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) |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH |
310 |
2.42 |
4.14 |
(4) |
$46,440 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX |
570 |
2.15 |
3.68 |
(4) |
$55,480 |
| Savannah, GA |
310 |
1.72 |
2.94 |
(4) |
$56,550 |
| Ocean City, NJ |
70 |
1.69 |
2.90 |
(4) |
$76,600 |
| Killeen-Temple, TX |
200 |
1.45 |
2.48 |
(4) |
$52,020 |
| Kingston, NY |
90 |
1.44 |
2.46 |
(4) |
$85,180 |
| Utica-Rome, NY |
180 |
1.40 |
2.39 |
(4) |
$79,760 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
13,460 |
1.39 |
2.39 |
(4) |
$84,830 |
| Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA |
80 |
1.38 |
2.36 |
(4) |
$66,250 |
| Worcester, MA-CT |
390 |
1.37 |
2.35 |
(4) |
$86,410 |
United States Department of Labor
