Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education · SOC 25-2022
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education Salary in the Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southwest Colorado 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 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $59,500 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $44,650 at the 10th percentile to $74,650 at the 90th. BLS estimates 600 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in the Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area earn more than $59,500 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $48,530 and $62,500.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $44,650 | $48,530 | $59,500 | $62,500 | $74,650 |
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
- Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$59,500 median for Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $48,530 to $62,500
- Coloradostate$63,760 median for Colorado; middle half earns $59,760 to $79,560
- 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 −7% vs Colorado overall and −8% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Colorado
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.
- Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan areathis page$59,500 median for Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $48,530 to $62,500
- $79,830 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $74,820 to $104,180
- $77,340 median for Denver metro area; middle half earns $62,100 to $82,850
- $68,930 median for Fort Collins metro area; middle half earns $61,670 to $78,330
- $62,190 median for Pueblo metro area; middle half earns $50,710 to $74,770
- $60,680 median for Colorado Springs metro area; middle half earns $50,290 to $63,120
- $60,430 median for Greeley metro area; middle half earns $51,530 to $75,480
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 Southwest Colorado 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.