Pay distribution $28,690 10th $29,550 25th $35,410 75th $43,630 90th
Half of Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education in the Ocala metro area earn more than $33,520 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $29,550 and $35,410.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $28,690 $29,550 $33,520 $35,410 $43,630 Hourly $13.80 $14.21 $16.12 $17.02 $20.98
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 Ocala metro areathis metro area
$33,520 median for Ocala metro area; middle half earns $29,550 to $35,410
$35,860 median for Florida; middle half earns $30,520 to $37,610
$38,140 median for United States; middle half earns $34,530 to $47,550
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −7% vs Florida overall and −12% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $25,290 $37,973 $50,657 $63,340 Gadsden, AL — $25,290 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $27,660 Dothan, AL — $27,700 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $27,780 Enid, OK — $27,910 Paducah, KY-IL — $28,010 Bowling Green, KY — $28,040 Owensboro, KY — $28,110 Cleveland, TN — $28,130 Cheyenne, WY — $28,290 Clarksville, TN-KY — $28,320 Lawton, OK — $28,390 Aguadilla, PR — $28,430 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $28,480 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $28,490 Birmingham, AL — $28,540 Montgomery, AL — $28,540 Mansfield, OH — $28,620 Tuscaloosa, AL — $28,630 Huntsville, AL — $28,760 Hattiesburg, MS — $28,830 Lubbock, TX — $28,860 Victoria, TX — $28,950 College Station-Bryan, TX — $28,990 Jackson, MS — $29,000 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $29,010 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $29,070 Mobile, AL — $29,090 Abilene, TX — $29,190 Texarkana, TX-AR — $29,210 Casper, WY — $29,250 Laredo, TX — $29,310 Johnson City, TN — $29,370 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $29,370 Sherman-Denison, TX — $29,390 Tyler, TX — $29,410 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $29,450 Longview, TX — $29,480 Corpus Christi, TX — $29,490 Knoxville, TN — $29,500 Canton-Massillon, OH — $29,530 Waco, TX — $29,660 Amarillo, TX — $29,700 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $29,700 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $29,790 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $29,830 El Paso, TX — $30,030 Goldsboro, NC — $30,050 Twin Falls, ID — $30,060 Lynchburg, VA — $30,070 Odessa, TX — $30,250 Rocky Mount, NC — $30,280 Johnstown, PA — $30,380 Springfield, MO — $30,410 Morgantown, WV — $30,420 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $30,420 Wichita Falls, TX — $30,480 Idaho Falls, ID — $30,550 Ames, IA — $30,590 Muncie, IN — $30,700 Iowa City, IA — $30,720 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $30,850 Minot, ND — $31,000 Dubuque, IA — $31,130 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $31,200 Killeen-Temple, TX — $31,280 Oklahoma City, OK — $31,300 Jacksonville, NC — $31,320 Joplin, MO-KS — $31,330 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $31,450 Columbia, SC — $31,510 Florence, SC — $31,600 Flint, MI — $31,760 Ponce, PR — $31,790 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $32,120 Tulsa, OK — $32,130 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $32,270 Charleston, WV — $32,450 Wausau, WI — $32,520 Boise City, ID — $32,660 Wheeling, WV-OH — $32,700 Arecibo, PR — $32,740 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $32,970 Sebring, FL — $33,000 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $33,100 Homosassa Springs, FL — $33,110 Greenville, NC — $33,130 Jefferson City, MO — $33,190 Fayetteville, NC — $33,260 Logan, UT-ID — $33,270 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $33,340 Chambersburg, PA — $33,350 Springfield, OH — $33,410 Lima, OH — $33,480 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $33,500 Ocala, FL — $33,520 Erie, PA — $33,580 Toledo, OH — $33,580 Tallahassee, FL — $33,600 Sandusky, OH — $33,630 Burlington, NC — $33,680 Gettysburg, PA — $33,720 Beckley, WV — $33,800 St. George, UT — $33,810 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $33,850 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $33,860 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $33,930 Terre Haute, IN — $33,980 Columbia, MO — $33,990 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $34,000 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $34,080 Altoona, PA — $34,180 Winston-Salem, NC — $34,180 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $34,210 Williamsport, PA — $34,210 Elizabethtown, KY — $34,290 Spartanburg, SC — $34,290 Jonesboro, AR — $34,340 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $34,360 Ogden, UT — $34,400 State College, PA — $34,440 Akron, OH — $34,490 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $34,490 Appleton, WI — $34,500 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $34,510 Lebanon, PA — $34,530 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $34,600 Dover, DE — $34,620 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $34,620 Lewiston, ID-WA — $34,680 Harrisonburg, VA — $34,740 Kenosha, WI — $34,740 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $34,780 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $34,810 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $34,840 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $34,860 Reading, PA — $34,870 Cedar Rapids, IA — $34,880 Wilmington, NC — $34,880 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $34,890 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $34,950 Yuma, AZ — $34,950 Columbus, GA-AL — $35,030 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $35,030 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $35,050 Niles, MI — $35,050 York-Hanover, PA — $35,050 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $35,060 Midland, TX — $35,100 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $35,130 Gainesville, FL — $35,150 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $35,150 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $35,190 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $35,210 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $35,230 Lancaster, PA — $35,240 Eau Claire, WI — $35,270 Great Falls, MT — $35,270 Evansville, IN — $35,280 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $35,320 Punta Gorda, FL — $35,340 Columbus, OH — $35,370 Bloomington, IN — $35,400 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $35,430 Helena, MT — $35,440 Monroe, LA — $35,450 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $35,470 Tucson, AZ — $35,470 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $35,490 Cleveland, OH — $35,520 Lawrence, KS — $35,530 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $35,540 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $35,590 Guayama, PR — $35,600 Hot Springs, AR — $35,600 Port St. Lucie, FL — $35,600 Fort Wayne, IN — $35,610 Mayaguez, PR — $35,620 Fond du Lac, WI — $35,630 Pittsburgh, PA — $35,650 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $35,680 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $35,710 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $35,710 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $35,780 Lafayette, LA — $35,820 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $35,840 Asheville, NC — $35,890 Roanoke, VA — $35,900 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $35,920 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $35,920 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $35,960 Valdosta, GA — $35,970 Jackson, TN — $35,980 Richmond, VA — $35,980 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $36,030 Missoula, MT — $36,040 Green Bay, WI — $36,070 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $36,150 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $36,160 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $36,230 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $36,240 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $36,250 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $36,270 Battle Creek, MI — $36,310 Flagstaff, AZ — $36,330 Jacksonville, FL — $36,330 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $36,330 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $36,380 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $36,380 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $36,410 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $36,480 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $36,500 Sheboygan, WI — $36,540 Saginaw, MI — $36,550 Bay City, MI — $36,570 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $36,570 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $36,600 Hammond, LA — $36,600 Midland, MI — $36,600 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $36,610 Columbus, IN — $36,640 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $36,750 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $36,830 Alexandria, LA — $36,840 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $36,840 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $36,890 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $36,990 St. Louis, MO-IL — $37,020 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $37,030 Ann Arbor, MI — $37,070 Billings, MT — $37,090 Monroe, MI — $37,090 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $37,200 Farmington, NM — $37,230 Charlottesville, VA — $37,250 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $37,350 Kansas City, MO-KS — $37,400 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $37,500 Winchester, VA-WV — $37,660 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $37,710 Bloomington, IL — $37,720 Lincoln, NE — $37,800 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $37,840 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $37,840 Peoria, IL — $37,850 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $37,880 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $37,900 Duluth, MN-WI — $37,920 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $37,990 Kankakee, IL — $38,030 Anchorage, AK — $38,040 Traverse City, MI — $38,070 Madison, WI — $38,090 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $38,100 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $38,290 Springfield, IL — $38,300 St. Cloud, MN — $38,420 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $38,530 Jackson, MI — $38,570 Bangor, ME — $38,780 Syracuse, NY — $38,800 Baton Rouge, LA — $38,840 Pueblo, CO — $38,880 Rochester, NY — $38,890 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $39,110 Grand Junction, CO — $39,140 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $39,280 Bellingham, WA — $39,350 Portland-South Portland, ME — $39,350 Kokomo, IN — $39,400 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $39,430 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $39,510 Bismarck, ND — $39,720 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $39,870 Reno, NV — $39,940 Utica-Rome, NY — $39,950 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $39,990 Albany, OR — $40,010 Bozeman, MT — $40,150 Corvallis, OR — $40,300 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $40,710 Colorado Springs, CO — $40,850 Fargo, ND-MN — $41,170 Rome, GA — $41,360 Yakima, WA — $41,670 Mankato, MN — $41,820 Walla Walla, WA — $41,960 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $42,270 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $42,570 Greeley, CO — $42,640 Decatur, IL — $42,740 Rochester, MN — $42,750 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $43,030 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $43,050 Binghamton, NY — $43,080 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $43,290 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $43,440 Lexington Park, MD — $43,510 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $43,790 Springfield, MA — $43,890 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $43,900 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $43,960 Albuquerque, NM — $44,050 Salem, OR — $44,060 Chico, CA — $44,080 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $44,180 Medford, OR — $44,200 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $44,250 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $44,260 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $44,300 Longview-Kelso, WA — $44,350 El Centro, CA — $44,370 Las Cruces, NM — $44,430 Omaha, NE-IA — $44,440 Glens Falls, NY — $44,460 Worcester, MA — $44,460 Warner Robins, GA — $44,500 Pittsfield, MA — $44,540 Salisbury, MD — $44,570 Redding, CA — $44,580 Bend, OR — $44,610 New Haven, CT — $44,610 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $44,660 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $44,670 Fresno, CA — $44,740 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $44,880 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $44,940 Savannah, GA — $44,980 Grants Pass, OR — $45,020 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $45,040 Kingston, NY — $45,080 Gainesville, GA — $45,140 Yuba City, CA — $45,240 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $45,310 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $45,430 Lake Charles, LA — $45,480 Napa, CA — $45,660 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $45,680 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $45,880 Topeka, KS — $45,950 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $45,960 Ithaca, NY — $45,980 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $46,010 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $46,030 Dalton, GA — $46,090 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $46,120 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $46,200 Elmira, NY — $46,320 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $46,370 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $46,380 Santa Fe, NM — $46,400 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $46,470 Boulder, CO — $46,530 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $46,600 Rapid City, SD — $46,620 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $46,690 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $46,710 Rockford, IL — $46,730 Vallejo, CA — $46,960 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $47,010 Barnstable Town, MA — $47,190 Salinas, CA — $47,280 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $47,780 Wichita, KS — $47,920 Merced, CA — $48,120 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $48,130 Urban Honolulu, HI — $48,410 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $48,510 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $48,820 Manhattan, KS — $49,160 Modesto, CA — $49,500 Hinesville, GA — $49,690 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $50,230 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $51,190 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $51,310 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $53,810 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $55,340 Visalia, CA — $56,930 Fairbanks-College, AK — $57,680 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $58,000 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $59,320 Albany, GA — $62,680 Vineland, NJ — $63,340 Ocala metro area 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 Ocala metro area has the 288th-highest published median for this occupation among the 383 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 Florida Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for preschool teachers, except special education, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Ocala metro areathis page
$33,520 median for Ocala metro area; middle half earns $29,550 to $35,410
$38,530 median for Naples metro area; middle half earns $35,990 to $47,830
$36,380 median for Miami metro area; middle half earns $30,660 to $37,880
$36,330 median for Jacksonville metro area; middle half earns $31,470 to $36,880
$36,270 median for Tampa metro area; middle half earns $30,200 to $38,280
$35,920 median for North Port metro area; middle half earns $33,640 to $39,020
$35,920 median for Palm Bay metro area; middle half earns $30,360 to $37,700
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:
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education $57,540 Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary $34,550 Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education $59,140 Substitute Teachers, Short-Term $36,540 Instructional Coordinators $59,050 Self-Enrichment Teachers $36,080 Highest-paying metro areas for preschool teachers, except special educations · Highest-paying occupations in Ocala 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 .