Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education · SOC 25-2022
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education Salary in the Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northwest Illinois 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).
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in the Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $60,540 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $47,050 at the 10th percentile to $81,590 at the 90th. BLS estimates 720 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in the Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area earn more than $60,540 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $49,040 and $77,790.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $47,050 | $49,040 | $60,540 | $77,790 | $81,590 |
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
- Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$60,540 median for Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $49,040 to $77,790
- Illinoisstate$76,110 median for Illinois; middle half earns $59,440 to $94,520
- United Statesnational$64,370 median for United States; middle half earns $58,530 to $80,490
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −20% vs Illinois overall and −6% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
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.
- Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan areathis page$60,540 median for Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $49,040 to $77,790
- $78,000 median for Chicago metro area; middle half earns $61,630 to $100,610
- $76,920 median for Rockford metro area; middle half earns $59,410 to $87,670
- $75,570 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $60,100 to $79,360
- $63,110 median for Bloomington metro area; middle half earns $48,880 to $84,950
- $61,220 median for Peoria metro area; middle half earns $47,930 to $76,270
- $59,800 median for Kankakee metro area; middle half earns $47,960 to $73,840
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 middle school teachers, except special and career/technical educations · Highest-paying occupations in Northwest Illinois 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.