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 Iowa nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southwest Iowa 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 Iowa nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $60,450 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $45,610 at the 10th percentile to $77,550 at the 90th. BLS estimates 390 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in the Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area earn more than $60,450 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $47,850 and $72,790.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $45,610 | $47,850 | $60,450 | $72,790 | $77,550 |
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 Iowa nonmetropolitan area$60,450 median for Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $47,850 to $72,790
- Iowastate$60,450 median for Iowa; middle half earns $47,780 to $73,900
- 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 about the same vs Iowa overall and −6% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Iowa
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 Iowa nonmetropolitan areathis page$60,450 median for Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $47,850 to $72,790
- $63,200 median for Ames metro area; middle half earns $50,360 to $77,620
- $63,040 median for Cedar Rapids metro area; middle half earns $48,140 to $80,230
- $62,800 median for Davenport metro area; middle half earns $50,830 to $77,230
- $61,380 median for Iowa City metro area; middle half earns $48,950 to $76,800
- $60,980 median for Des Moines metro area; middle half earns $45,750 to $64,910
- $60,460 median for Waterloo metro area; middle half earns $48,710 to $77,240
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 Iowa 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.