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Pay · 25-2023

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School earn $65,030 a year at the midpoint

Starting pay is close to the middle here: the 25th percentile is $58,690 against a median of $65,030, so the first years are not a long climb.

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$65,030median a year · United States
—an hour $71,590average 16,870people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$58,69025th $65,030median $79,99075th
$49,20010th percentile $101,89090th percentile
$58,690a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$103,290best-paying state · Washington
$46,530lowest-paying state · North Dakota
+59%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

Paid by the yearThe survey publishes no hourly figure for this occupation — it is typically salaried, often on a school or contract year.
A short climbThe 25th percentile, $58,690, is within 10% of the median.
State matters a lotThe same job pays $103,290 in Washington and $46,530 in North Dakota — a gap of $56,760 a year.

Middle school career/technical education teacher earnings, from starting pay to the highest 10%

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$65,021a year

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Middle school career/technical education teacher wages in each state

The 25 states where the most people do this work, of 34 with a published figure: their medians range by 2.22 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
Washington $103,290 $74,590 $74,590 — $127,540 720
Connecticut $95,680 $61,990 $61,990 — $120,580 120
Ohio $86,560 $49,780 $49,780 — $114,610 590
New York $86,450 $60,090 $60,090 — $135,400 1,930
Maryland $84,160 $36,870 $36,870 — $102,020 210
Minnesota $81,460 $45,720 $45,720 — $88,770 160
Illinois $80,700 $53,890 $53,890 — $113,320 240
Pennsylvania $77,980 $52,780 $52,780 — $107,640 690
Wisconsin $76,860 $50,450 $50,450 — $100,290 570
Georgia $73,020 $44,990 $44,990 — $96,680 560
Virginia $67,460 $50,340 $50,340 — $103,990 640
Colorado $66,310 $49,610 $49,610 — $100,890 470
Texas $63,330 $51,840 $51,840 — $74,970 5,230
Wyoming $62,710 $51,050 $51,050 — $70,920 100
Nebraska $62,580 $50,210 $50,210 — $83,080 370
South Carolina $62,160 $51,760 $51,760 — $77,170 170
Tennessee $61,950 $50,420 $50,420 — $76,850 110
Florida $58,760 $50,250 $50,250 — $81,130 610
Alabama $58,410 $44,140 $44,140 — $105,190 640
Louisiana $56,440 $19,070 $19,070 — $77,890 120
Mississippi $55,210 $44,270 $44,270 — $63,000 270
Oklahoma $54,090 $40,700 $40,700 — $77,960 110
Missouri $52,630 $41,040 $41,040 — $100,120 240
North Carolina $52,270 $40,030 $40,030 — $68,840 760
North Dakota $46,530 $46,530 $46,530 — $73,970 220

Adjacent work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School$65,030
Secondary school teachers$72,040+$7,010 Special Education Teachers, Middle School$66,810+$1,780 Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$65,120+$90 Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$64,370−$660 Elementary school teachers$63,970−$1,060 Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$62,680−$2,350

Ranked 333 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 58% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 331 Hearing Aid Specialists $65,160
  2. 332 Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School $65,120
  3. 333 Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School $65,030
  4. 334 Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians $64,950
  5. 335 Designers, All Other $64,950

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  • Instructed students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
  • Prepared materials and classrooms for class activities.
  • Established and enforced rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.

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Questions people ask

What is a middle school career/technical education teacher’s yearly income?

A middle school career/technical education teacher makes a median of $65,030 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $58,690 and $79,990.

What is the starting pay for a middle school career/technical education teacher?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $58,690 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $49,200.

Which state pays career/technical education teachers, middle school the most?

Washington, with a median of $103,290 a year.

How many people work as career/technical education teachers, middle school?

About 16,870 in the United States — number 333 of 788 occupations by median pay.

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Median pay within $510 of what career/technical education teachers, middle school earn — $65,030 a year — but not always the same spread.

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