Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School · SOC 25-2032

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

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for career/technical education teachers, secondary 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 247 metro areas

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$126,160	Not published	Not published
2	Fresno, CA	$105,570	260	0.6
3	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$103,580	130	1.0
4	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$103,240	120	1.3
5	New Haven, CT	$102,990	300	1.1
6	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$102,420	190	1.5
7	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$102,180	1,430	0.7
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$101,800	Not published	Not published
9	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$101,620	510	0.9
10	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$101,250	1,730	0.6
11	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$100,720	270	2.1
12	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$100,690	60	1.0
13	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	$100,560	100	1.9
14	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$100,290	260	1.6
15	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$99,950	90	1.6
16	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$99,940	250	1.0
17	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$99,830	5,030	0.5
18	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$99,730	400	1.0
19	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$99,730	80	0.7
20	Yakima, WA	$99,720	200	2.1
21	Walla Walla, WA	$99,420	30	1.3
22	Bellingham, WA	$98,380	100	1.1
23	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$98,260	570	0.8
24	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$98,170	1,640	0.4
25	Barnstable Town, MA	$97,100	120	1.2

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