Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education · SOC 25-2031
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education Salary in the Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southwest Missouri 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).
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in the Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $48,200 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $39,760 at the 10th percentile to $59,820 at the 90th. BLS estimates 980 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in the Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area earn more than $48,200 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $47,050 and $58,200.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $39,760 | $47,050 | $48,200 | $58,200 | $59,820 |
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 Missouri nonmetropolitan area$48,200 median for Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $47,050 to $58,200
- Missouristate$59,240 median for Missouri; middle half earns $47,680 to $71,000
- United Statesnational$72,040 median for United States; middle half earns $59,980 to $92,570
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −19% vs Missouri overall and −33% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Missouri
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.
- Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan areathis page$48,200 median for Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $47,050 to $58,200
- $62,130 median for St. Louis metro area; middle half earns $50,640 to $78,970
- $61,200 median for Kansas City metro area; middle half earns $50,370 to $72,100
- $60,060 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $48,170 to $63,000
- $58,720 median for Columbia metro area; middle half earns $47,300 to $71,370
- $50,950 median for Jefferson City metro area; middle half earns $46,920 to $60,960
- $50,690 median for Joplin metro area; middle half earns $47,260 to $58,960
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 secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical educations · Highest-paying occupations in Southwest Missouri 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.