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

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education Salary in the Chicago Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area

Figures describe the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Chicago city limits.

Median annual wage$78,000

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

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area earned a median of $78,000 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $50,530 at the 10th percentile to $120,620 at the 90th. BLS estimates 17,300 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in the Chicago metro area earn more than $78,000 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $61,630 and $100,610.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$50,530$61,630$78,000$100,610$120,620

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

  • Chicago metro areathis metro area
    $78,000
  • Illinoisstate (IL)
    $76,110
  • United Statesnational
    $64,370

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

The median here is +2% vs Illinois overall and +21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$46,460$66,613$86,767$106,920Enid, OK — $46,460Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $47,230Alexandria, LA — $47,280Hammond, LA — $47,480Goldsboro, NC — $47,560Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $47,590Rocky Mount, NC — $47,830Jefferson City, MO — $47,960Oklahoma City, OK — $48,440Columbia, MO — $48,590Yuma, AZ — $48,770Tulsa, OK — $48,850Springfield, MO — $48,990Fayetteville, NC — $49,080Joplin, MO-KS — $49,110Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $49,400Monroe, LA — $49,660Gainesville, FL — $50,040Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $50,160Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $50,180Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $50,280Hattiesburg, MS — $50,290Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $50,340Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $50,360St. Joseph, MO-KS — $50,600Jackson, MS — $50,820Texarkana, TX-AR — $51,230Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $51,340San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $51,430Grand Junction, CO — $51,740San Angelo, TX — $51,750Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $51,860Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $51,970Lake Charles, LA — $52,220Wilmington, NC — $52,310Tallahassee, FL — $53,930Guayama, PR — $54,420Greenville, NC — $54,590Winston-Salem, NC — $54,720Manhattan, KS — $54,980Beckley, WV — $55,640Jackson, TN — $55,860Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $56,090Morgantown, WV — $56,740Greensboro-High Point, NC — $56,800Charleston, WV — $56,970South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $57,080Raleigh-Cary, NC — $57,330Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $57,390Sumter, SC — $57,430Tucson, AZ — $57,460Asheville, NC — $57,510College Station-Bryan, TX — $57,550Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $57,900Flagstaff, AZ — $58,020Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $58,070Appleton, WI — $58,340Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $58,360Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $58,380Victoria, TX — $58,420Evansville, IN — $58,560Port St. Lucie, FL — $58,660Dothan, AL — $58,750Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $58,760Amarillo, TX — $58,870Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $58,940Fort Smith, AR-OK — $58,960Terre Haute, IN — $59,000Aguadilla, PR — $59,040Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $59,110Wausau, WI — $59,130Mayaguez, PR — $59,150Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $59,220Great Falls, MT — $59,290Waco, TX — $59,340Columbia, SC — $59,400Lawrence, KS — $59,400Jonesboro, AR — $59,430Abilene, TX — $59,510Clarksville, TN-KY — $59,520Topeka, KS — $59,520Champaign-Urbana, IL — $59,630Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $59,640Decatur, IL — $59,690Muncie, IN — $59,690Kankakee, IL — $59,800Baton Rouge, LA — $59,900Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $59,950Rapid City, SD — $60,020Valdosta, GA — $60,020Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $60,050Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $60,060Idaho Falls, ID — $60,080Macon-Bibb County, GA — $60,090Fond du Lac, WI — $60,120Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $60,120Morristown, TN — $60,180Lubbock, TX — $60,210Longview, TX — $60,240Florence, SC — $60,250Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $60,290Lynchburg, VA — $60,310Wheeling, WV-OH — $60,360Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $60,370Columbus, GA-AL — $60,380Naples-Marco Island, FL — $60,410Greeley, CO — $60,430Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $60,460Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $60,460Tuscaloosa, AL — $60,480Gainesville, GA — $60,500Cheyenne, WY — $60,550Arecibo, PR — $60,560Kenosha, WI — $60,560Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $60,600Bismarck, ND — $60,680Colorado Springs, CO — $60,680Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $60,700Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $60,780Tyler, TX — $60,800New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $60,830Auburn-Opelika, AL — $60,850Hot Springs, AR — $60,880Sherman-Denison, TX — $60,920Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $60,950Kokomo, IN — $60,960Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $60,980Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $60,980Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $61,030Ponce, PR — $61,080Fargo, ND-MN — $61,090Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $61,090Dover, DE — $61,100Grand Forks, ND-MN — $61,150Medford, OR — $61,210Elizabethtown, KY — $61,220Peoria, IL — $61,220Lawton, OK — $61,240Wichita Falls, TX — $61,250Wichita, KS — $61,300Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $61,330Janesville-Beloit, WI — $61,350Richmond, VA — $61,350Corpus Christi, TX — $61,370Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $61,380Iowa City, IA — $61,380Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $61,430Roanoke, VA — $61,530Bowling Green, KY — $61,600Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $61,610Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $61,660Rome, GA — $61,700Cleveland, TN — $61,760Sheboygan, WI — $61,810Mankato, MN — $61,850Decatur, AL — $61,950Lincoln, NE — $61,960Fort Wayne, IN — $61,970Montgomery, AL — $61,980Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $62,000Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $62,020Missoula, MT — $62,030San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $62,050Mobile, AL — $62,060Bangor, ME — $62,090Huntsville, AL — $62,140Albany, GA — $62,160St. Louis, MO-IL — $62,180Pueblo, CO — $62,190La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $62,210Spartanburg, SC — $62,270Erie, PA — $62,330Laredo, TX — $62,340Duluth, MN-WI — $62,420Paducah, KY-IL — $62,470Ann Arbor, MI — $62,520Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $62,520Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $62,530McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $62,560Kansas City, MO-KS — $62,570Birmingham, AL — $62,580Jacksonville, FL — $62,630Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $62,700Minot, ND — $62,750Charlottesville, VA — $62,800Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $62,800Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $62,800Savannah, GA — $62,970Johnson City, TN — $63,010Chattanooga, TN-GA — $63,030Cedar Rapids, IA — $63,040Owensboro, KY — $63,070Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $63,090Battle Creek, MI — $63,100Bloomington, IL — $63,110Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $63,190Ames, IA — $63,200Killeen-Temple, TX — $63,250Madison, WI — $63,320Flint, MI — $63,360North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $63,380Odessa, TX — $63,390Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $63,390Knoxville, TN — $63,410Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $63,420Boise City, ID — $63,620Green Bay, WI — $63,620Omaha, NE-IA — $63,750Reno, NV — $63,770Casper, WY — $63,830Albany, OR — $63,910Billings, MT — $64,130Hinesville, GA — $64,170Midland, TX — $64,300Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $64,360Rochester, MN — $64,390Columbus, OH — $64,410El Paso, TX — $64,480Saginaw, MI — $64,550Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $64,560Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $64,600Eau Claire, WI — $64,660Monroe, MI — $64,670Helena, MT — $64,760Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $65,140Lexington-Fayette, KY — $65,150Bozeman, MT — $65,160Athens-Clarke County, GA — $65,210Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $65,300Grand Island, NE — $65,480Jackson, MI — $65,580Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $65,660Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $65,830Niles, MI — $65,850Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $66,300Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $67,010Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $67,180Dalton, GA — $67,380Portland-South Portland, ME — $67,630Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $68,930Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $69,460Urban Honolulu, HI — $71,000Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $71,790Las Cruces, NM — $72,170Youngstown-Warren, OH — $72,850Manchester-Nashua, NH — $72,880Lima, OH — $73,060Mansfield, OH — $73,710St. Cloud, MN — $73,750Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $74,420Altoona, PA — $74,730Corvallis, OR — $75,100Toledo, OH — $75,130Springfield, OH — $75,230Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $75,490Springfield, IL — $75,570Albuquerque, NM — $75,640Chambersburg, PA — $75,840Canton-Massillon, OH — $76,000Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $76,140Rochester, NY — $76,160Binghamton, NY — $76,290Logan, UT-ID — $76,340Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $76,400Akron, OH — $76,460Traverse City, MI — $76,580Vineland, NJ — $76,690Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $76,730Farmington, NM — $76,820Harrisonburg, VA — $76,830Rockford, IL — $76,920Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $77,340Salem, OR — $77,340Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $77,350St. George, UT — $77,550Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $77,740Pittsfield, MA — $77,780Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $78,000Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $78,130Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $78,240State College, PA — $78,280San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $78,460Syracuse, NY — $78,500Glens Falls, NY — $78,580Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $78,600Fairbanks-College, AK — $78,660Salisbury, MD — $78,690Yuba City, CA — $78,760Bend, OR — $78,780Anchorage, AK — $78,940Utica-Rome, NY — $79,120Chico, CA — $79,300Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $79,360Ogden, UT — $79,360Lewiston, ID-WA — $79,430Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $79,490Ithaca, NY — $79,520Eugene-Springfield, OR — $79,580Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $79,620Visalia, CA — $79,740Boulder, CO — $79,830Springfield, MA — $79,920Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $80,030Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $80,100Cleveland, OH — $80,580Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $80,750Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $80,760Lexington Park, MD — $80,760Lancaster, PA — $80,960Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $80,960San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $81,100Reading, PA — $81,120Williamsport, PA — $81,760York-Hanover, PA — $81,830Stockton-Lodi, CA — $82,030Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $82,160Worcester, MA — $82,380Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $82,760Pittsburgh, PA — $84,800New Haven, CT — $89,100Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $89,450Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $89,590Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $89,950San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $90,870Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $92,040Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $93,480Vallejo, CA — $93,680Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $94,170Longview-Kelso, WA — $94,190Napa, CA — $95,590Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $96,030New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $96,500Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $97,850Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $97,900Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $98,020Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $98,370Kingston, NY — $98,660Yakima, WA — $98,760Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $98,880Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $99,360Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $99,360Barnstable Town, MA — $99,600Bellingham, WA — $100,430Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $100,810Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $100,900Modesto, CA — $101,250Kennewick-Richland, WA — $101,390Walla Walla, WA — $101,540Merced, CA — $101,770Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $102,560Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $103,880El Centro, CA — $104,140Fresno, CA — $104,250Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $104,320Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $104,410San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $105,030Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $106,920

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 Chicago metro area has the 80th-highest published median for this occupation among the 357 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 Illinois

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Chicago metro areathis page
    $78,000
  • Rockford metro area
    $76,920
  • Springfield metro area
    $75,570
  • Bloomington metro area
    $63,110
  • Peoria metro area
    $61,220
  • Kankakee metro area
    $59,800
  • Decatur metro area
    $59,690

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:

Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$37,840Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$78,390Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$98,970Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$43,050Self-Enrichment Teachers$45,020Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$79,690

Highest-paying metro areas for middle school teachers, except special and career/technical educations · Highest-paying occupations in Chicago 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.