Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · SOC 25-2021
Elementary School Teacher Salary in the Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southern West Virginia 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 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $51,990 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $47,450 at the 10th percentile to $59,330 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,080 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in the Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area earn more than $51,990 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $49,730 and $57,060.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $47,450 | $49,730 | $51,990 | $57,060 | $59,330 |
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
- Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$51,990 median for Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $49,730 to $57,060
- West Virginiastate$55,630 median for West Virginia; middle half earns $50,170 to $58,340
- 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 −7% vs West Virginia overall and −19% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in West Virginia
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.
- Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan areathis page$51,990 median for Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $49,730 to $57,060
- $60,670 median for Weirton metro area; middle half earns $51,310 to $78,740
- $58,830 median for Wheeling metro area; middle half earns $51,770 to $72,850
- $57,450 median for Huntington metro area; middle half earns $48,690 to $61,810
- $57,020 median for Charleston metro area; middle half earns $50,910 to $57,750
- $55,140 median for Parkersburg metro area; middle half earns $50,960 to $59,270
- $51,910 median for Beckley metro area; middle half earns $49,490 to $55,900
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 Southern West Virginia 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.