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In May 2018, the median annual wage of the nation's 1.4 million elementary school teachers (not including special education teachers) was $58,230. The lowest-paid 10 percent of elementary school teachers earned less than $37,780, while the highest-paid earned more than $95,270. The middle 50 percent of elementary school teachers earned between $46,120 and $75,330 per year.
Occupation |
Employment |
Annual wages |
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10th percentile |
25th percentile |
50th percentile (median) |
75th percentile |
90th percentile |
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Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education |
424,520 | $20,610 | $24,040 | $29,780 | $39,060 | $55,350 |
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education |
131,160 | 35,680 | 44,310 | 55,470 | 69,420 | 86,310 |
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education |
1,410,970 | 37,780 | 46,120 | 58,230 | 75,330 | 95,270 |
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education |
609,970 | 39,090 | 46,840 | 58,600 | 74,600 | 93,180 |
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School |
11,940 | 39,890 | 47,770 | 59,230 | 74,770 | 92,550 |
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education |
1,051,570 | 39,740 | 47,980 | 60,320 | 77,720 | 97,500 |
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School |
77,460 | 41,250 | 49,220 | 60,250 | 74,930 | 91,190 |
Special Education Teachers, Preschool |
23,480 | 34,300 | 44,020 | 55,840 | 72,570 | 100,160 |
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School |
185,190 | 38,980 | 47,520 | 59,390 | 75,940 | 95,730 |
Special Education Teachers, Middle School |
87,870 | 40,690 | 48,820 | 60,250 | 77,080 | 97,290 |
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School |
142,360 | 40,560 | 48,630 | 60,600 | 77,820 | 98,290 |
Special Education Teachers, All Other |
36,800 | 34,580 | 44,030 | 56,680 | 76,110 | 98,730 |
The median wage for secondary school (high school) teachers, who numbered 1.1 million, was $60,320 in May 2018. The lowest-paid secondary school teachers had annual wages below $39,740 and the highest-paid earned more than $97,500. The middle 50 percent of secondary school teachers earned wages between $47,980 and $77,720 per year. (These estimates do not include special education or career/technical education teachers.)
Among metropolitan areas, median annual earnings of elementary school teachers were lowest, near $39,000, in metropolitan areas in Arizona, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Idaho, and Florida. Elementary school teachers had the highest median annual wages, over $80,000, in metropolitan areas in California, Oregon, Massachusetts, and New York.
Metropolitan area |
50th percentile (median) annual wage |
Employment |
---|---|---|
Abilene, TX |
$47,430 | 630 |
Akron, OH |
63,940 | 3,430 |
Albany, GA |
59,120 | 820 |
Albany, OR |
62,720 | - |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY |
67,130 | 3,330 |
Albuquerque, NM |
50,420 | 2,390 |
Alexandria, LA |
43,110 | 930 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ |
76,030 | 4,600 |
Altoona, PA |
53,780 | 510 |
Amarillo, TX |
55,230 | 1,360 |
Ames, IA |
51,640 | 430 |
Anchorage, AK |
73,130 | 1,800 |
Ann Arbor, MI |
63,590 | 1,720 |
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL |
50,260 | 570 |
Appleton, WI |
60,030 | 1,340 |
Asheville, NC |
45,210 | 1,540 |
Athens-Clarke County, GA |
55,130 | 1,270 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
56,780 | 31,060 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ |
75,950 | 1,330 |
Auburn-Opelika, AL |
50,270 | 800 |
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC |
59,760 | 3,410 |
Austin-Round Rock, TX |
58,980 | 9,370 |
Bakersfield, CA |
80,430 | 5,820 |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
70,770 | 14,040 |
Bangor, ME |
49,520 | 910 |
Barnstable Town, MA |
76,810 | 1,010 |
Baton Rouge, LA |
48,870 | 4,030 |
Battle Creek, MI |
62,180 | 580 |
Bay City, MI |
58,800 | 340 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX |
49,880 | 2,030 |
Bellingham, WA |
62,260 | 840 |
Bend-Redmond, OR |
84,780 | 830 |
Billings, MT |
54,750 | 710 |
Binghamton, NY |
60,350 | 1,110 |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL |
53,190 | 7,210 |
Bismarck, ND |
55,700 | 740 |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA |
46,450 | 550 |
Bloomington, IL |
58,910 | 920 |
Bloomington, IN |
51,660 | 620 |
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA |
64,020 | 410 |
Boise City, ID |
46,660 | 3,330 |
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
79,010 | 22,490 |
Boulder, CO |
64,830 | 1,710 |
Bowling Green, KY |
51,880 | 770 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA |
68,710 | 990 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT |
78,830 | 4,460 |
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX |
51,740 | 2,450 |
Brunswick, GA |
72,690 | 490 |
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY |
68,630 | 5,210 |
Burlington, NC |
45,100 | 1,080 |
Burlington-South Burlington, VT |
59,580 | 790 |
Canton-Massillon, OH |
57,950 | 1,110 |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL |
64,660 | 2,370 |
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL |
41,200 | 380 |
Carbondale-Marion, IL |
53,580 | 430 |
Cedar Rapids, IA |
54,870 | 1,350 |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA |
60,100 | 630 |
Champaign-Urbana, IL |
46,100 | 1,060 |
Charleston, WV |
45,220 | - |
Charleston-North Charleston, SC |
47,620 | 4,790 |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC |
47,500 | 9,480 |
Charlottesville, VA |
67,470 | 1,110 |
Chattanooga, TN-GA |
60,790 | 2,700 |
Cheyenne, WY |
62,890 | 470 |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
62,590 | 47,500 |
Chico, CA |
62,040 | 1,000 |
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN |
60,620 | 8,250 |
Clarksville, TN-KY |
61,220 | 1,150 |
Cleveland, TN |
49,420 | 400 |
Cleveland-Elyria, OH |
68,020 | 6,800 |
Coeur d'Alene, ID |
41,950 | 300 |
College Station-Bryan, TX |
47,660 | 1,170 |
Colorado Springs, CO |
46,480 | 3,550 |
Columbia, SC |
50,380 | 3,360 |
Columbus, GA-AL |
56,240 | 1,900 |
Columbus, IN |
48,050 | 470 |
Columbus, OH |
63,470 | 10,890 |
Corpus Christi, TX |
65,250 | 1,900 |
Corvallis, OR |
54,690 | 310 |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL |
51,350 | 850 |
Cumberland, MD-WV |
61,830 | - |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
58,660 | 37,210 |
Dalton, GA |
58,890 | 550 |
Danbury, CT |
78,620 | 880 |
Danville, IL |
45,570 | 470 |
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL |
49,300 | 640 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL |
57,730 | 2,560 |
Dayton, OH |
64,660 | 4,300 |
Decatur, AL |
50,780 | 1,050 |
Decatur, IL |
42,210 | 490 |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL |
44,890 | 1,980 |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
54,370 | 11,850 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA |
58,580 | 3,160 |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
70,840 | 16,990 |
Dothan, AL |
47,660 | 620 |
Dover-Durham, NH-ME |
60,660 | 650 |
Dubuque, IA |
51,590 | 560 |
Duluth, MN-WI |
67,610 | 970 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC |
46,270 | 2,260 |
East Stroudsburg, PA |
72,840 | 620 |
Eau Claire, WI |
52,200 | 880 |
El Centro, CA |
86,790 | 1,270 |
El Paso, TX |
64,830 | 3,470 |
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY |
53,330 | 560 |
Elkhart-Goshen, IN |
50,070 | 1,050 |
Elmira, NY |
52,130 | - |
Enid, OK |
38,300 | 290 |
Erie, PA |
56,980 | 1,430 |
Eugene, OR |
67,130 | 1,200 |
Evansville, IN-KY |
46,690 | 1,460 |
Fairbanks, AK |
75,980 | 530 |
Fargo, ND-MN |
62,440 | 930 |
Farmington, NM |
56,570 | 640 |
Fayetteville, NC |
42,130 | 1,970 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO |
54,460 | 2,290 |
Flagstaff, AZ |
46,570 | 560 |
Flint, MI |
56,020 | 1,730 |
Florence, SC |
52,240 | 1,120 |
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL |
52,120 | 910 |
Fond du Lac, WI |
52,920 | - |
Fort Collins, CO |
51,510 | 1,370 |
Fort Smith, AR-OK |
45,930 | 1,230 |
Fort Wayne, IN |
48,940 | 1,350 |
Fresno, CA |
83,310 | 4,280 |
Gainesville, FL |
42,120 | 310 |
Gainesville, GA |
56,380 | 1,030 |
Gettysburg, PA |
51,260 | 580 |
Glens Falls, NY |
62,620 | 680 |
Grand Forks, ND-MN |
51,780 | 660 |
Grand Island, NE |
62,270 | 640 |
Grand Junction, CO |
45,270 | 670 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI |
56,510 | 4,140 |
Grants Pass, OR |
47,090 | - |
Great Falls, MT |
48,620 | 290 |
Greeley, CO |
46,240 | 1,290 |
Green Bay, WI |
51,340 | 2,280 |
Greensboro-High Point, NC |
47,350 | 3,060 |
Greenville, NC |
40,010 | 560 |
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC |
46,290 | 4,370 |
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS |
45,700 | 1,340 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV |
54,530 | 1,290 |
Hammond, LA |
49,080 | 970 |
Hanford-Corcoran, CA |
81,310 | 1,150 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA |
60,920 | 2,560 |
Harrisonburg, VA |
48,090 | 770 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT |
75,850 | 4,870 |
Hattiesburg, MS |
41,840 | 710 |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC |
45,710 | 1,070 |
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC |
67,020 | 790 |
Hinesville, GA |
54,910 | 410 |
Hot Springs, AR |
48,430 | 320 |
Houma-Thibodaux, LA |
48,550 | 1,340 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
58,170 | 30,650 |
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH |
47,930 | 1,520 |
Huntsville, AL |
51,980 | 2,300 |
Idaho Falls, ID |
39,100 | 800 |
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN |
52,150 | 8,190 |
Iowa City, IA |
58,280 | 480 |
Ithaca, NY |
55,300 | 420 |
Jackson, MI |
- | 750 |
Jackson, MS |
41,430 | 2,620 |
Jackson, TN |
47,030 | 530 |
Jacksonville, FL |
57,740 | 6,240 |
Janesville-Beloit, WI |
65,040 | 800 |
Jefferson City, MO |
45,870 | 490 |
Johnson City, TN |
46,780 | 590 |
Johnstown, PA |
56,190 | 740 |
Jonesboro, AR |
45,460 | 620 |
Joplin, MO |
44,800 | 670 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI |
59,010 | 530 |
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI |
62,170 | 1,220 |
Kankakee, IL |
48,490 | 420 |
Kansas City, MO-KS |
50,950 | 10,770 |
Kennewick-Richland, WA |
61,010 | 1,320 |
Killeen-Temple, TX |
48,010 | 2,600 |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA |
48,280 | 1,290 |
Kingston, NY |
93,990 | 680 |
Knoxville, TN |
49,490 | 3,550 |
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN |
56,150 | 660 |
Lafayette, LA |
47,580 | 2,420 |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN |
47,100 | 610 |
Lake Charles, LA |
48,520 | 1,200 |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ |
39,860 | 490 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL |
47,870 | 2,710 |
Lancaster, PA |
63,070 | 1,910 |
Lansing-East Lansing, MI |
58,480 | 1,640 |
Laredo, TX |
61,870 | 1,550 |
Las Cruces, NM |
74,190 | 730 |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV |
54,650 | 7,470 |
Lawrence, KS |
47,650 | 530 |
Lawton, OK |
38,570 | 490 |
Lebanon, PA |
63,230 | 590 |
Leominster-Gardner, MA |
88,750 | 510 |
Lewiston, ID-WA |
51,160 | 340 |
Lewiston-Auburn, ME |
46,980 | 330 |
Lexington-Fayette, KY |
56,090 | 2,170 |
Lima, OH |
58,060 | 770 |
Lincoln, NE |
53,600 | 1,500 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR |
51,890 | 2,690 |
Logan, UT-ID |
45,940 | 910 |
Longview, TX |
47,010 | 970 |
Longview, WA |
65,420 | 470 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
85,710 | 46,870 |
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN |
58,260 | 5,100 |
Lubbock, TX |
46,010 | 1,600 |
Lynchburg, VA |
49,250 | 870 |
Macon, GA |
51,450 | 1,300 |
Madera, CA |
82,950 | 1,010 |
Madison, WI |
56,030 | 3,280 |
Manchester, NH |
56,750 | 920 |
Manhattan, KS |
55,170 | 390 |
Mankato-North Mankato, MN |
46,520 | 360 |
Mansfield, OH |
56,540 | - |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX |
54,510 | 5,860 |
Medford, OR |
65,190 | 860 |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR |
56,360 | 5,690 |
Merced, CA |
76,450 | 1,640 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
44,920 | 19,840 |
Michigan City-La Porte, IN |
47,240 | 420 |
Midland, MI |
54,930 | 220 |
Midland, TX |
50,360 | - |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
57,550 | 7,950 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
67,690 | 14,490 |
Missoula, MT |
51,200 | 420 |
Mobile, AL |
47,100 | - |
Modesto, CA |
86,460 | 2,460 |
Monroe, LA |
49,230 | 1,010 |
Monroe, MI |
59,740 | 490 |
Montgomery, AL |
50,310 | 1,420 |
Morristown, TN |
49,870 | 290 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA |
66,570 | 360 |
Muncie, IN |
45,570 | 340 |
Muskegon, MI |
64,130 | 670 |
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC |
48,090 | 1,000 |
Napa, CA |
76,330 | 460 |
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL |
51,410 | 1,220 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN |
51,150 | 8,340 |
New Bedford, MA |
88,510 | 580 |
New Bern, NC |
45,520 | 310 |
New Haven, CT |
75,750 | 2,800 |
New Orleans-Metairie, LA |
49,320 | 5,310 |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
80,130 | 86,140 |
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI |
52,110 | 610 |
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL |
49,290 | 2,260 |
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI |
71,000 | 1,110 |
Ocean City, NJ |
69,360 | 330 |
Odessa, TX |
52,800 | 570 |
Ogden-Clearfield, UT |
62,140 | 2,450 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
39,780 | 5,880 |
Olympia-Tumwater, WA |
63,850 | 780 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA |
58,240 | 4,380 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL |
47,060 | 10,820 |
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI |
53,530 | 860 |
Owensboro, KY |
53,290 | 510 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA |
71,260 | 3,640 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL |
42,370 | 2,410 |
Panama City, FL |
40,670 | 750 |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL |
48,610 | 2,230 |
Peoria, IL |
46,430 | 2,450 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
67,000 | 27,560 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
44,800 | 15,360 |
Pine Bluff, AR |
46,560 | 320 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
59,870 | 8,870 |
Pittsfield, MA |
76,950 | 490 |
Pocatello, ID |
41,560 | - |
Port St. Lucie, FL |
54,990 | 1,400 |
Portland-South Portland, ME |
60,930 | 1,240 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
68,990 | 9,030 |
Portsmouth, NH-ME |
64,100 | 500 |
Prescott, AZ |
42,360 | 560 |
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA |
73,470 | 4,570 |
Provo-Orem, UT |
66,070 | 2,590 |
Pueblo, CO |
46,840 | 730 |
Racine, WI |
58,080 | 830 |
Raleigh, NC |
46,240 | 5,890 |
Rapid City, SD |
43,390 | 550 |
Reading, PA |
63,520 | 1,840 |
Redding, CA |
64,970 | 760 |
Reno, NV |
59,370 | 1,750 |
Richmond, VA |
56,600 | 5,330 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
89,500 | 22,000 |
Roanoke, VA |
49,870 | 1,460 |
Rochester, MN |
53,580 | 800 |
Rochester, NY |
62,820 | 4,770 |
Rockford, IL |
59,270 | 1,690 |
Rocky Mount, NC |
38,410 | 520 |
Rome, GA |
58,420 | 610 |
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA |
69,400 | 8,760 |
Saginaw, MI |
62,810 | 960 |
Salem, OR |
66,590 | 1,960 |
Salinas, CA |
64,400 | 2,320 |
Salisbury, MD-DE |
66,690 | 1,050 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
55,930 | 4,250 |
San Angelo, TX |
46,880 | 660 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX |
57,630 | 11,570 |
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
68,000 | 11,880 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
80,890 | 17,260 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
76,880 | 9,970 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA |
71,680 | 610 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA |
79,010 | - |
Santa Fe, NM |
63,100 | 830 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA |
76,030 | 2,940 |
Santa Rosa, CA |
73,910 | 2,030 |
Savannah, GA |
52,260 | 1,450 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA |
57,580 | 2,820 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
67,400 | 13,450 |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL |
58,500 | 610 |
Sebring, FL |
44,720 | 580 |
Sheboygan, WI |
59,860 | - |
Sherman-Denison, TX |
64,700 | 790 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA |
51,350 | 2,450 |
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ |
36,540 | 520 |
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD |
57,790 | 990 |
Sioux Falls, SD |
45,420 | 1,150 |
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI |
49,030 | 1,300 |
Spartanburg, SC |
53,450 | 1,420 |
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA |
65,940 | 1,930 |
Springfield, IL |
52,990 | 880 |
Springfield, MA-CT |
74,360 | 3,620 |
Springfield, MO |
46,690 | 2,460 |
Springfield, OH |
66,660 | - |
St. Cloud, MN |
58,130 | 860 |
St. Joseph, MO-KS |
41,680 | 540 |
St. Louis, MO-IL |
50,730 | 11,560 |
State College, PA |
60,460 | 570 |
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA |
48,590 | 480 |
Stockton-Lodi, CA |
73,510 | 2,840 |
Sumter, SC |
50,870 | - |
Syracuse, NY |
64,470 | 2,730 |
Tallahassee, FL |
45,470 | 1,360 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
58,430 | 12,800 |
Terre Haute, IN |
46,180 | 610 |
Texarkana, TX-AR |
46,770 | 770 |
Toledo, OH |
61,050 | 2,600 |
Topeka, KS |
46,470 | 1,140 |
Trenton, NJ |
68,430 | 1,810 |
Tucson, AZ |
40,180 | 2,880 |
Tulsa, OK |
38,690 | 4,240 |
Tuscaloosa, AL |
48,180 | 1,360 |
Tyler, TX |
48,200 | 1,070 |
Urban Honolulu, HI |
61,520 | 4,660 |
Utica-Rome, NY |
62,410 | 1,210 |
Valdosta, GA |
49,300 | - |
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA |
68,330 | 2,160 |
Victoria, TX |
47,740 | 510 |
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ |
64,580 | 700 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC |
69,710 | 6,840 |
Visalia-Porterville, CA |
74,010 | 2,160 |
Waco, TX |
48,520 | 1,140 |
Walla Walla, WA |
65,830 | 220 |
Warner Robins, GA |
54,570 | - |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
74,660 | 28,490 |
Waterbury, CT |
64,640 | 890 |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA |
57,260 | 1,210 |
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY |
59,540 | 340 |
Wausau, WI |
57,060 | 670 |
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH |
56,000 | 610 |
Wenatchee, WA |
65,140 | 290 |
Wheeling, WV-OH |
56,730 | 600 |
Wichita Falls, TX |
48,220 | 890 |
Wichita, KS |
49,730 | 3,850 |
Williamsport, PA |
66,920 | - |
Wilmington, NC |
44,570 | 1,240 |
Winchester, VA-WV |
51,500 | - |
Winston-Salem, NC |
46,750 | 2,590 |
Worcester, MA-CT |
73,830 | 2,260 |
Yakima, WA |
62,380 | 1,380 |
York-Hanover, PA |
69,740 | 2,870 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA |
56,300 | 2,890 |
Yuba City, CA |
78,400 | 960 |
Yuma, AZ |
37,900 | 690 |
Note: Dash indicates data not available. |
These data are from the Occupational Employment Statistics program. See "Occupational Employment and Wages — May 2018" to learn more. The median wage, or the 50th percentile wage, is the midpoint of a wage distribution from lowest to highest; half of the employees in a given occupation earn less, and half earn more, than the median wage. Similarly, 25 percent of employees earn less, and the remaining 75 percent earn more, than the 25th percentile wage.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Elementary school teachers had median annual wage of $58,230 in 2018 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2019/elementary-school-teachers-had-median-annual-wage-of-58230-in-2018.htm (visited October 31, 2024).