Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School · SOC 25-2023

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle Schools

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for career/technical education teachers, middle school. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 79 metro areas

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$107,960	70	0.3
2	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$107,620	40	0.3
3	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$105,240	40	0.0
4	Columbus, OH	$103,580	Not published	Not published
5	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$103,490	300	0.1
6	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	$100,450	30	0.7
7	Pittsburgh, PA	$100,030	180	0.2
8	Yakima, WA	$99,550	50	0.5
9	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$99,040	40	0.1
10	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$98,950	1,010	0.1
11	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$98,430	30	0.2
12	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$97,240	50	0.1
13	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$96,950	30	0.1
14	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$96,880	140	0.5
15	Cleveland, OH	$94,990	Not published	Not published
16	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$94,870	90	0.1
17	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$88,000	140	0.1
18	St. Louis, MO-IL	$87,860	Not published	Not published
19	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$86,890	Not published	Not published
20	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$83,050	130	0.3
21	Utica-Rome, NY	$82,900	40	0.3
22	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$80,860	170	0.0
23	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$79,690	250	0.1
24	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$79,320	Not published	Not published
25	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$79,020	90	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.