Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education · SOC 25-2022

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Educations

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education. 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 357 metro areas

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$106,920	160	3.0
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$105,030	3,330	2.9
3	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$104,410	420	3.2
4	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$104,320	300	3.1
5	Fresno, CA	$104,250	850	1.8
6	El Centro, CA	$104,140	250	3.9
7	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$103,880	530	1.6
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$102,560	5,230	2.5
9	Merced, CA	$101,770	180	2.2
10	Walla Walla, WA	$101,540	80	3.3
11	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$101,390	600	4.7
12	Modesto, CA	$101,250	740	3.8
13	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	$100,900	180	3.5
14	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$100,810	4,860	2.8
15	Bellingham, WA	$100,430	330	3.6
16	Barnstable Town, MA	$99,600	480	5.1
17	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$99,360	2,340	5.8
18	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$99,360	1,570	1.4
19	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$98,880	1,860	2.3
20	Yakima, WA	$98,760	470	4.8
21	Kingston, NY	$98,660	360	6.1
22	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$98,370	12,780	2.0
23	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$98,020	380	1.9
24	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$97,900	2,390	8.9
25	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$97,850	920	3.6

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