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Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education · SOC 25-2031

Secondary 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$98,970

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

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area earned a median of $98,970 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $60,380 at the 10th percentile to $140,600 at the 90th. BLS estimates 32,790 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in the Chicago metro area earn more than $98,970 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $76,440 and $126,420.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$60,380$76,440$98,970$126,420$140,600

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
    $98,970
  • Illinoisstate (IL)
    $79,990
  • United Statesnational
    $72,040

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

The median here is +24% vs Illinois overall and +37% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$47,430$72,017$96,603$121,190Enid, OK — $47,430Lafayette, LA — $47,750Rocky Mount, NC — $47,770Tulsa, OK — $48,410Kankakee, IL — $48,500Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $48,570Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $48,590Alexandria, LA — $48,740Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $49,350Sebring, FL — $49,450Fayetteville, NC — $49,580Hattiesburg, MS — $49,590Yuma, AZ — $49,670Burlington, NC — $49,680St. Joseph, MO-KS — $49,790Oklahoma City, OK — $50,650Joplin, MO-KS — $50,690Tucson, AZ — $50,940Jefferson City, MO — $50,950Jackson, MS — $50,980Lawton, OK — $51,000Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $51,630Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $52,070Lake Charles, LA — $52,140Goldsboro, NC — $52,180Mayaguez, PR — $52,220Port St. Lucie, FL — $53,600Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $53,960Beckley, WV — $54,960Charleston, WV — $55,800Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $56,280Greenville, NC — $57,230Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $57,240Tallahassee, FL — $57,250Flagstaff, AZ — $57,450Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $57,550Manhattan, KS — $57,620Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $57,790Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $57,870Winston-Salem, NC — $57,930Wilmington, NC — $57,980Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $58,000Lynchburg, VA — $58,290San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $58,400Hammond, LA — $58,410Victoria, TX — $58,430Monroe, LA — $58,590Bloomington, IN — $58,630Bay City, MI — $58,690Columbia, MO — $58,720Gainesville, FL — $58,730College Station-Bryan, TX — $58,750Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $58,840Gadsden, AL — $58,960Greensboro-High Point, NC — $58,990Ocala, FL — $59,140Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $59,150Aguadilla, PR — $59,190Amarillo, TX — $59,240Guayama, PR — $59,290Asheville, NC — $59,320San Angelo, TX — $59,470Rapid City, SD — $59,540Wausau, WI — $59,560Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $59,570Jackson, TN — $59,700Texarkana, TX-AR — $59,770Evansville, IN — $59,850Abilene, TX — $59,990Springfield, MO — $60,060Arecibo, PR — $60,110Sumter, SC — $60,110Topeka, KS — $60,130Johnson City, TN — $60,180Dubuque, IA — $60,200Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $60,270Columbia, SC — $60,280South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $60,280Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $60,300Kokomo, IN — $60,320Ponce, PR — $60,320Raleigh-Cary, NC — $60,380Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $60,410Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $60,420Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $60,430Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $60,440Fargo, ND-MN — $60,460Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $60,480Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $60,510Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $60,520Helena, MT — $60,520Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $60,540Winchester, VA-WV — $60,590Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $60,600Baton Rouge, LA — $60,690Clarksville, TN-KY — $60,720New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $60,750Altoona, PA — $60,770Great Falls, MT — $60,850Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $60,880Muncie, IN — $60,890Jonesboro, AR — $60,920Florence, SC — $60,950Longview, TX — $60,950Fort Smith, AR-OK — $60,960Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $61,030Tyler, TX — $61,060Idaho Falls, ID — $61,090Boise City, ID — $61,140Eau Claire, WI — $61,180Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $61,180Dothan, AL — $61,190Kansas City, MO-KS — $61,200Bismarck, ND — $61,210Waco, TX — $61,210Wheeling, WV-OH — $61,210Auburn-Opelika, AL — $61,250Lubbock, TX — $61,270Bangor, ME — $61,290Fort Wayne, IN — $61,290Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $61,300Morristown, TN — $61,300Missoula, MT — $61,320Grand Forks, ND-MN — $61,430Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $61,460Sheboygan, WI — $61,460Champaign-Urbana, IL — $61,480Pueblo, CO — $61,480Bowling Green, KY — $61,520Paducah, KY-IL — $61,540Mobile, AL — $61,550Elizabethtown, KY — $61,560Appleton, WI — $61,600Peoria, IL — $61,620Tuscaloosa, AL — $61,630Terre Haute, IN — $61,650Fond du Lac, WI — $61,680Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $61,690Colorado Springs, CO — $61,710Montgomery, AL — $61,720Roanoke, VA — $61,760Cedar Rapids, IA — $61,780San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $61,840Wichita, KS — $61,840Hot Springs, AR — $61,850Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $61,960Wichita Falls, TX — $61,970Cheyenne, WY — $61,980Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $61,990Decatur, IL — $62,000Richmond, VA — $62,000Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $62,040Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $62,080Lawrence, KS — $62,080Iowa City, IA — $62,100Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $62,110Naples-Marco Island, FL — $62,110St. Louis, MO-IL — $62,130Owensboro, KY — $62,150Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $62,180Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $62,230Greeley, CO — $62,310Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $62,320Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $62,320Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $62,400Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $62,480Minot, ND — $62,480McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $62,500Sherman-Denison, TX — $62,530Columbus, GA-AL — $62,540Kenosha, WI — $62,540El Paso, TX — $62,570Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $62,570Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $62,580Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $62,590Birmingham, AL — $62,650Jacksonville, FL — $62,650La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $62,740Valdosta, GA — $62,780Green Bay, WI — $62,890Spartanburg, SC — $62,910Lincoln, NE — $62,920Gainesville, GA — $62,950Corpus Christi, TX — $63,020Springfield, OH — $63,030Anniston-Oxford, AL — $63,110Knoxville, TN — $63,130Charlottesville, VA — $63,200Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $63,210Mankato, MN — $63,220Bozeman, MT — $63,330Decatur, AL — $63,350Cleveland, TN — $63,380Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $63,420Ames, IA — $63,450Rome, GA — $63,450Twin Falls, ID — $63,540Billings, MT — $63,550Jackson, MI — $63,590Battle Creek, MI — $63,640Killeen-Temple, TX — $63,650Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $63,650Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $63,730Ann Arbor, MI — $63,780Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $63,900North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $63,900Omaha, NE-IA — $63,900Savannah, GA — $63,960Grand Junction, CO — $64,060Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $64,060Madison, WI — $64,080Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $64,110Huntsville, AL — $64,220Monroe, MI — $64,390Midland, MI — $64,420Niles, MI — $64,420Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $64,710Macon-Bibb County, GA — $64,800Lexington-Fayette, KY — $64,850Grand Island, NE — $64,910Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $64,970Laredo, TX — $64,970Chattanooga, TN-GA — $65,100Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $65,280Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $65,290Dalton, GA — $65,500Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $65,520Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $65,540Midland, TX — $65,540Erie, PA — $65,870Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $65,890Flint, MI — $65,920Janesville-Beloit, WI — $66,180Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $66,190Traverse City, MI — $66,200Bloomington, IL — $66,280Saginaw, MI — $66,300Odessa, TX — $66,620Salisbury, MD — $71,400Elmira, NY — $71,640St. George, UT — $72,020Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $72,410Springfield, IL — $72,510Johnstown, PA — $72,780Rochester, MN — $72,790Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $72,860Logan, UT-ID — $72,870Reno, NV — $72,960Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $72,990State College, PA — $73,250Mansfield, OH — $73,490Ogden, UT — $73,770Ithaca, NY — $73,960Duluth, MN-WI — $74,030Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $74,040Urban Honolulu, HI — $74,310Albany, OR — $74,450Youngstown-Warren, OH — $74,720Binghamton, NY — $74,970Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $75,050Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $75,230Las Cruces, NM — $75,250Athens-Clarke County, GA — $75,350Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $75,370Lewiston, ID-WA — $75,550Corvallis, OR — $75,730Lima, OH — $75,760Warner Robins, GA — $75,990St. Cloud, MN — $76,170Rochester, NY — $76,190Dover, DE — $76,710Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $76,750Farmington, NM — $76,770Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $76,790Albuquerque, NM — $76,960Gettysburg, PA — $77,150Sandusky, OH — $77,160Manchester-Nashua, NH — $77,180Medford, OR — $77,180Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $77,180Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $77,210Santa Fe, NM — $77,260Portland-South Portland, ME — $77,470Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $77,490Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $77,520Canton-Massillon, OH — $77,690Chambersburg, PA — $77,700Salem, OR — $77,810Syracuse, NY — $77,900Toledo, OH — $77,930Harrisonburg, VA — $78,300Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $78,350Rockford, IL — $78,500Glens Falls, NY — $78,670Fairbanks-College, AK — $78,740Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $78,760Utica-Rome, NY — $78,950Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $78,970Pittsfield, MA — $78,980Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $79,010Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $79,100Lebanon, PA — $79,170Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $79,230Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $79,280Cleveland, OH — $79,610Anchorage, AK — $79,650Springfield, MA — $79,760New Haven, CT — $79,800Eugene-Springfield, OR — $79,900Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $79,990Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $80,100Reading, PA — $80,250Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $80,300Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $80,560Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $80,620Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $80,710Lancaster, PA — $80,820York-Hanover, PA — $80,870Bend, OR — $81,040Lexington Park, MD — $81,050Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $81,070Pittsburgh, PA — $81,350Columbus, OH — $81,400Boulder, CO — $81,450Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $81,660Akron, OH — $81,820Grants Pass, OR — $82,490Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $82,960Vineland, NJ — $83,680Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $84,120Worcester, MA — $87,050Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $89,320Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $90,070Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $92,110Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $94,950Visalia, CA — $97,610Chico, CA — $98,210Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $98,810Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $98,850Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $98,970Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $99,150Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $99,410El Centro, CA — $99,440San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $99,560Merced, CA — $99,600Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $100,130Yuba City, CA — $100,170Yakima, WA — $100,560Stockton-Lodi, CA — $100,590Fresno, CA — $100,750New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $100,800Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $100,960Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $101,010Barnstable Town, MA — $101,120Kingston, NY — $101,300Salinas, CA — $101,590Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $101,730Modesto, CA — $101,890Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $102,010Bellingham, WA — $102,160Napa, CA — $102,510Vallejo, CA — $102,590Kennewick-Richland, WA — $102,600Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $102,670San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $102,810Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $102,840San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $102,880Longview-Kelso, WA — $104,110Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $104,180Walla Walla, WA — $104,940Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $105,060Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $105,200San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $108,230Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $108,850Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $121,190

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 36th-highest published median for this occupation among the 375 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 secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Chicago metro areathis page
    $98,970
  • Rockford metro area
    $78,500
  • Springfield metro area
    $72,510
  • Bloomington metro area
    $66,280
  • Decatur metro area
    $62,000
  • Peoria metro area
    $61,620
  • Champaign metro area
    $61,480

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:

Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$37,840Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$78,390Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$78,000Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$43,050Self-Enrichment Teachers$45,020Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$79,690

Highest-paying metro areas for secondary 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.