Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · SOC 25-2021
Elementary School Teacher Salary in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $49,570 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $40,110 at the 10th percentile to $60,450 at the 90th. BLS estimates 2,410 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area earn more than $49,570 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $47,670 and $58,330.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $40,110 | $47,670 | $49,570 | $58,330 | $60,450 |
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.
How this area compares
- Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$49,570 median for Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $47,670 to $58,330
- North Carolinastate$54,930 median for North Carolina; middle half earns $47,470 to $59,730
- United Statesnational$63,970 median for United States; middle half earns $57,710 to $81,450
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −10% vs North Carolina overall and −23% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in North Carolina
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for elementary school teachers, except special education, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan areathis page$49,570 median for Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $47,670 to $58,330
- $60,170 median for Raleigh metro area; middle half earns $50,050 to $62,590
- $59,730 median for Greensboro metro area; middle half earns $49,450 to $62,020
- $58,680 median for Charlotte metro area; middle half earns $48,440 to $61,130
- $56,740 median for Burlington metro area; middle half earns $47,210 to $59,490
- $56,510 median for Winston-Salem metro area; middle half earns $47,820 to $58,970
- $55,490 median for Greenville metro area; middle half earns $46,730 to $58,690
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:
Highest-paying metro areas for elementary school teachers · Highest-paying occupations in Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
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.