Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2022
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 Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Industry profile for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Geographic profile for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
National estimates for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Mean wage
RSE (3) |
| 611,120 |
1.6 % |
(4) |
$ 67,790 |
0.7 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 45,910 |
$ 49,320 |
$ 61,810 |
$ 78,970 |
$ 100,570 |
(4)
Industry profile for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education are provided.
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Industries with the highest levels of employment in Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education:
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education:
Top paying industries for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education:
Geographic profile for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Texas |
66,580 |
5.12 |
1.24 |
(4) |
$ 59,800 |
| New York |
39,670 |
4.36 |
1.05 |
(4) |
$ 93,380 |
| California |
39,000 |
2.21 |
0.54 |
(4) |
$ 93,000 |
| Florida |
34,130 |
3.71 |
0.90 |
(4) |
$ 58,700 |
| Georgia |
28,010 |
6.07 |
1.47 |
(4) |
$ 67,470 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New Jersey |
27,500 |
6.69 |
1.62 |
(4) |
$ 77,260 |
| Georgia |
28,010 |
6.07 |
1.47 |
(4) |
$ 67,470 |
| West Virginia |
4,060 |
5.98 |
1.45 |
(4) |
$ 49,580 |
| Maine |
3,540 |
5.79 |
1.40 |
(4) |
$ 59,370 |
| Missouri |
16,010 |
5.68 |
1.37 |
(4) |
$ 58,940 |
Top paying states for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York |
39,670 |
4.36 |
1.05 |
(4) |
$ 93,380 |
| California |
39,000 |
2.21 |
0.54 |
(4) |
$ 93,000 |
| Washington |
11,100 |
3.26 |
0.79 |
(4) |
$ 86,000 |
| Massachusetts |
13,780 |
3.87 |
0.94 |
(4) |
$ 85,460 |
| Connecticut |
8,450 |
5.18 |
1.25 |
(4) |
$ 82,600 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education:
| 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 |
47,860 |
5.21 |
1.26 |
(4) |
$ 91,940 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
17,450 |
4.59 |
1.11 |
(4) |
$ 61,250 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
16,620 |
3.76 |
0.91 |
(4) |
$ 71,510 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
16,110 |
5.28 |
1.28 |
(4) |
$ 63,850 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
15,570 |
5.71 |
1.38 |
(4) |
$ 72,260 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
13,750 |
2.25 |
0.55 |
(4) |
$ 91,560 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
13,470 |
4.86 |
1.18 |
(4) |
$ 72,150 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
12,960 |
4.28 |
1.04 |
(4) |
$ 81,650 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
11,130 |
4.24 |
1.03 |
(4) |
$ 64,210 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
10,110 |
3.74 |
0.91 |
(4) |
$ 87,210 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Morristown, TN |
480 |
10.28 |
2.49 |
(4) |
$ 54,320 |
| Asheville, NC |
1,840 |
9.36 |
2.26 |
(4) |
$ 48,210 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX |
2,540 |
9.22 |
2.23 |
(4) |
$ 57,860 |
| Spartanburg, SC |
1,330 |
8.46 |
2.05 |
(4) |
$ 54,880 |
| Brownsville-Harlingen, TX |
1,260 |
8.44 |
2.04 |
(4) |
$ 55,730 |
| Texarkana, TX-AR |
460 |
8.23 |
1.99 |
(4) |
$ 53,580 |
| Valdosta, GA |
440 |
8.20 |
1.98 |
(4) |
$ 54,330 |
| St. George, UT |
650 |
8.18 |
1.98 |
(4) |
$ 53,830 |
| Sherman-Denison, TX |
390 |
8.15 |
1.97 |
(4) |
$ 60,090 |
| Las Cruces, NM |
560 |
7.75 |
1.88 |
(4) |
$ 78,510 |
United States Department of Labor
