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Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors · SOC 25-3011

Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors Salary in the Seattle Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area

Figures describe the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Seattle city limits.

Median annual wage$71,630
Median hourly wage$34.44

Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area earned a median of $71,630 per year ($34.44 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $56,870 at the 10th percentile to $99,650 at the 90th. BLS estimates 730 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors in the Seattle metro area earn more than $71,630 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $63,520 and $79,540.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$56,870$63,520$71,630$79,540$99,650
Hourly$27.34$30.54$34.44$38.24$47.91

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Seattle metro areathis metro area
    $71,630
  • Washingtonstate (WA)
    $69,990
  • United Statesnational
    $61,540

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +2% vs Washington overall and +16% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$35,420$66,640$97,860$129,080Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $35,420McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $35,670Grand Junction, CO — $36,960Akron, OH — $37,440Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $39,110Cedar Rapids, IA — $40,310Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $41,600Wilmington, NC — $41,960Urban Honolulu, HI — $44,110Green Bay, WI — $44,250Port St. Lucie, FL — $44,590Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $45,330Goldsboro, NC — $45,380Lexington-Fayette, KY — $46,120Montgomery, AL — $46,430Huntsville, AL — $46,550El Paso, TX — $46,850Columbus, OH — $47,190Lancaster, PA — $47,430Jacksonville, NC — $47,690Peoria, IL — $47,900Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $47,920Joplin, MO-KS — $48,050Jackson, MS — $48,390Cleveland, OH — $48,530Burlington, NC — $48,750San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $49,010Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $49,080Rocky Mount, NC — $49,140Albuquerque, NM — $49,160Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $49,250Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $49,330Richmond, VA — $49,440Laredo, TX — $49,550Tulsa, OK — $49,650Killeen-Temple, TX — $49,700Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $49,980Greenville, NC — $50,000Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $50,450Omaha, NE-IA — $50,580Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $50,590Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $50,590Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $51,290Asheville, NC — $51,330Kansas City, MO-KS — $51,770Corpus Christi, TX — $51,790Oklahoma City, OK — $51,840Yakima, WA — $51,950Lubbock, TX — $52,000Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $52,290Pittsburgh, PA — $52,470Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $52,610Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $52,680Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $52,850Greensboro-High Point, NC — $53,930Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $54,860Winston-Salem, NC — $55,020Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $55,120Reading, PA — $55,340Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $56,020Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $56,680Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $57,300Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $57,510South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $57,890Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $57,910Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $58,540Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $58,860Jacksonville, FL — $58,920Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $60,070Portland-South Portland, ME — $60,100Fargo, ND-MN — $60,130Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $60,420Boise City, ID — $60,820Mankato, MN — $60,820Rochester, NY — $60,920Tallahassee, FL — $61,480Madison, WI — $61,550Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $61,760Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $61,830Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $62,020Cheyenne, WY — $62,050Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $62,340Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $62,370Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $62,600Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $62,830Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $62,940Eau Claire, WI — $62,960Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $63,010Columbia, SC — $63,020Roanoke, VA — $63,080Raleigh-Cary, NC — $63,240Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $63,520Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $63,530Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $63,650Syracuse, NY — $63,740Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $63,780Charleston, WV — $64,280Kingston, NY — $64,460Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $64,490Toledo, OH — $64,560Colorado Springs, CO — $64,890Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $64,980Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $66,420New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $66,870Springfield, MA — $66,870Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $70,130Kennewick-Richland, WA — $70,520New Haven, CT — $70,780Springfield, IL — $71,180Rochester, MN — $71,620Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $71,630St. Louis, MO-IL — $71,810Greeley, CO — $72,530Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $73,430Tucson, AZ — $73,480Duluth, MN-WI — $74,320Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $74,460St. Cloud, MN — $76,400Spartanburg, SC — $76,430Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $78,010La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $78,110Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $78,120Bismarck, ND — $78,140Bellingham, WA — $78,250Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $79,210Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $79,810Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $81,110Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $83,090Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $83,500New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $83,980Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $84,870Vineland, NJ — $87,810Worcester, MA — $90,550San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $96,280Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $98,860Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $102,920San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $105,820San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $107,420Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $119,590Modesto, CA — $129,080

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Seattle metro area has the 30th-highest published median for this occupation among the 140 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Washington

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Seattle metro areathis page
    $71,630
  • Bremerton metro area
    $84,870
  • Bellingham metro area
    $78,250
  • Kennewick metro area
    $70,520
  • Olympia metro area
    $56,680
  • Spokane metro area
    $56,020
  • Yakima metro area
    $51,950

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$53,950Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$102,920Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$46,380Self-Enrichment Teachers$48,530Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$102,670Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$60,070

Highest-paying metro areas for adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructorss · Highest-paying occupations in Seattle Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.