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

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 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$102,180

BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area earned a median of $102,180 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $77,670 at the 10th percentile to $130,400 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,430 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School in the Seattle metro area earn more than $102,180 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $81,940 and $125,660.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$77,670$81,940$102,180$125,660$130,400

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
    $102,180
  • Washingtonstate (WA)
    $101,180
  • United Statesnational
    $66,270

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

The median here is +1% vs Washington overall and +54% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$44,020$71,400$98,780$126,160South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $44,020Joplin, MO-KS — $48,420Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $49,030Evansville, IN — $49,680Springfield, MO — $49,960Hattiesburg, MS — $50,900Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $51,910San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $52,450Rocky Mount, NC — $54,390Fayetteville, NC — $55,230Jefferson City, MO — $55,570Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $56,070Wilmington, NC — $56,130Columbia, MO — $56,230Ponce, PR — $56,230Winston-Salem, NC — $56,260Tulsa, OK — $57,040Champaign-Urbana, IL — $57,120Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $57,390Topeka, KS — $57,550Aguadilla, PR — $57,840Victoria, TX — $58,050Wichita Falls, TX — $58,180Charleston, WV — $58,490Pittsburgh, PA — $58,510Monroe, LA — $58,580Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $58,610Lafayette, LA — $58,700Guayama, PR — $58,720Jackson, TN — $59,120Mayaguez, PR — $59,140Beckley, WV — $59,170Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $59,220Colorado Springs, CO — $59,310Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $59,340Raleigh-Cary, NC — $59,650Rapid City, SD — $59,800Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $60,000Jackson, MS — $60,110Logan, UT-ID — $60,130Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $60,140Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $60,370Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $60,470Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $60,570Johnson City, TN — $60,600Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $60,700Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $60,730Boise City, ID — $60,750Lubbock, TX — $60,850Longview, TX — $60,890Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $60,910Abilene, TX — $60,930Tyler, TX — $60,930Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $60,940Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $60,980Macon-Bibb County, GA — $61,000San Angelo, TX — $61,050Waco, TX — $61,150Texarkana, TX-AR — $61,210Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $61,300Baton Rouge, LA — $61,490Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $61,610Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $61,740Wichita, KS — $61,740Clarksville, TN-KY — $61,780Billings, MT — $61,820Amarillo, TX — $61,840College Station-Bryan, TX — $61,850Grand Forks, ND-MN — $61,930Kansas City, MO-KS — $61,950Lincoln, NE — $62,040Cedar Rapids, IA — $62,100Sherman-Denison, TX — $62,110Jonesboro, AR — $62,120Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $62,140Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $62,260Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $62,360San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $62,390Fargo, ND-MN — $62,440Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $62,450Cleveland, TN — $62,560Ogden, UT — $62,580New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $62,730Elmira, NY — $62,770Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $62,780McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $62,830Corpus Christi, TX — $62,840Fort Wayne, IN — $62,860Greeley, CO — $62,860Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $62,910Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $63,320Lake Charles, LA — $63,420Knoxville, TN — $63,530Minot, ND — $63,530Omaha, NE-IA — $63,530Johnstown, PA — $63,540Richmond, VA — $63,620Peoria, IL — $63,700Oklahoma City, OK — $63,760El Paso, TX — $63,780Killeen-Temple, TX — $63,970Chattanooga, TN-GA — $64,270Wheeling, WV-OH — $64,400Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $64,510Laredo, TX — $64,580Bloomington, IL — $64,620Columbia, SC — $65,010Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $65,070Monroe, MI — $65,260Elizabethtown, KY — $65,420Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $65,500Roanoke, VA — $65,520Grand Island, NE — $66,050Rochester, NY — $66,140Fort Smith, AR-OK — $66,310Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $66,450Binghamton, NY — $66,480North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $66,670Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $67,200Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $67,750Duluth, MN-WI — $68,910Flint, MI — $69,710Sheboygan, WI — $69,900Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $70,250St. Cloud, MN — $70,310Traverse City, MI — $70,850Appleton, WI — $71,180Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $71,290Spartanburg, SC — $71,490Erie, PA — $72,190Mansfield, OH — $72,540Ann Arbor, MI — $73,310Green Bay, WI — $73,440Rockford, IL — $73,830Charlottesville, VA — $74,190Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $74,580Mankato, MN — $74,620Youngstown-Warren, OH — $74,620Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $74,630Bismarck, ND — $74,930Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $75,030Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $75,440Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $75,460Chambersburg, PA — $75,610Eugene-Springfield, OR — $75,820Jacksonville, FL — $76,190Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $76,390Saginaw, MI — $76,440Springfield, IL — $76,450Pueblo, CO — $76,490Springfield, OH — $76,590Florence, SC — $76,600Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $76,640Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $76,730Naples-Marco Island, FL — $76,800Dover, DE — $76,880Glens Falls, NY — $76,910Kenosha, WI — $77,100Madison, WI — $77,160Toledo, OH — $77,380Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $77,410Syracuse, NY — $77,590Niles, MI — $77,630Janesville-Beloit, WI — $77,640Reading, PA — $77,740Manchester-Nashua, NH — $77,760Lancaster, PA — $77,800Visalia, CA — $77,920Salem, OR — $77,940Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $77,940Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $77,950Vineland, NJ — $78,100St. Louis, MO-IL — $78,130Midland, TX — $78,250Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $78,420Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $78,700Portland-South Portland, ME — $78,810Ithaca, NY — $79,080Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $79,100Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $79,120Boulder, CO — $79,140Utica-Rome, NY — $79,230Springfield, MA — $79,350Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $79,400Stockton-Lodi, CA — $79,470Valdosta, GA — $79,490Tucson, AZ — $79,530Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $79,710Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $80,060Lebanon, PA — $80,060Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $80,060Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $80,070Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $80,100Bend, OR — $80,150San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $80,210Cleveland, OH — $80,350Longview-Kelso, WA — $80,690Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $80,790Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $80,810Pittsfield, MA — $80,840Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $81,090Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $81,120Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $81,200Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $81,630Akron, OH — $81,640Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $81,730Jackson, MI — $81,860Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $81,950Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $82,310Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $82,520Lexington-Fayette, KY — $83,320York-Hanover, PA — $84,300Columbus, OH — $84,820Kingston, NY — $85,500El Centro, CA — $85,680Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $86,420Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $90,990Merced, CA — $93,780Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $93,830Worcester, MA — $95,780San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $96,250Modesto, CA — $96,940Barnstable Town, MA — $97,100Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $98,170Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $98,260Bellingham, WA — $98,380Walla Walla, WA — $99,420Yakima, WA — $99,720Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $99,730Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $99,730New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $99,830Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $99,940Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $99,950Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $100,290Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $100,560Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $100,690Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $100,720Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $101,250Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $101,620San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $101,800Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $102,180Kennewick-Richland, WA — $102,420New Haven, CT — $102,990Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $103,240Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $103,580Fresno, CA — $105,570Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $126,160

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 7th-highest published median for this occupation among the 247 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 career/technical education teachers, secondary school, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Seattle metro areathis page
    $102,180
  • Olympia metro area
    $103,580
  • Bremerton metro area
    $103,240
  • Kennewick metro area
    $102,420
  • Wenatchee metro area
    $100,560
  • Mount Vernon metro area
    $99,950
  • Spokane metro area
    $99,940

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 career/technical education teachers, secondary schools · 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.