Pay distribution $21,680 10th $22,520 25th $26,000 75th $30,820 90th
Half of Substitute Teachers, Short-Term in the Lubbock metro area earn more than $23,770 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $22,520 and $26,000.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $21,680 $22,520 $23,770 $26,000 $30,820 Hourly $10.42 $10.83 $11.43 $12.50 $14.82
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 Lubbock metro areathis metro area
$23,770 median for Lubbock metro area; middle half earns $22,520 to $26,000
$32,040 median for Texas; middle half earns $26,700 to $34,580
$41,670 median for United States; middle half earns $34,170 to $54,890
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −26% vs Texas overall and −43% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $17,680 $38,067 $58,453 $78,840 Decatur, AL — $17,680 Lawton, OK — $19,490 Enid, OK — $20,980 Knoxville, TN — $21,520 Hattiesburg, MS — $21,730 Hinesville, GA — $22,030 Sumter, SC — $22,050 Valdosta, GA — $22,340 College Station-Bryan, TX — $22,620 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $22,950 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $23,060 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $23,350 Jackson, TN — $23,400 Columbus, GA-AL — $23,670 Killeen-Temple, TX — $23,710 Lubbock, TX — $23,770 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $24,690 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $24,800 Longview, TX — $24,820 Montgomery, AL — $24,950 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $24,960 El Paso, TX — $24,980 Amarillo, TX — $25,280 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $25,340 Gadsden, AL — $25,340 Huntsville, AL — $25,340 Tuscaloosa, AL — $25,340 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $25,510 Johnson City, TN — $25,520 Mobile, AL — $25,720 Cleveland, TN — $26,590 Waco, TX — $26,690 Great Falls, MT — $26,730 Monroe, LA — $26,770 Baton Rouge, LA — $26,890 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $26,890 Tulsa, OK — $26,890 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $27,260 Sherman-Denison, TX — $27,300 Lynchburg, VA — $27,360 Albany, GA — $27,410 Helena, MT — $27,700 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $27,720 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $27,830 Oklahoma City, OK — $27,970 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $28,220 Dothan, AL — $28,410 Odessa, TX — $28,410 Rapid City, SD — $28,550 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $28,750 Wichita Falls, TX — $28,980 Tyler, TX — $29,010 Abilene, TX — $29,120 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $29,230 Harrisonburg, VA — $29,240 Tallahassee, FL — $29,280 Missoula, MT — $29,310 Mansfield, OH — $29,370 Jackson, MS — $29,470 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $29,500 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $29,510 Bozeman, MT — $29,880 Gainesville, FL — $29,890 Corpus Christi, TX — $29,970 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $30,000 Greenville, NC — $30,240 Billings, MT — $30,250 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $30,310 Rocky Mount, NC — $30,590 Columbia, MO — $30,740 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $30,760 Joplin, MO-KS — $30,780 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $30,820 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $31,050 Jacksonville, NC — $31,130 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $31,200 Peoria, IL — $31,200 Laredo, TX — $31,220 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $31,370 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $31,470 Winston-Salem, NC — $31,470 Twin Falls, ID — $31,490 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $31,530 Yuma, AZ — $31,740 Jefferson City, MO — $31,750 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $31,930 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $31,960 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $32,010 Springfield, MO — $32,190 Niles, MI — $32,270 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $32,350 Toledo, OH — $32,350 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $32,550 Midland, TX — $32,810 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $32,990 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $33,220 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $33,480 Akron, OH — $33,610 Wichita, KS — $33,700 Lima, OH — $33,730 Wilmington, NC — $33,780 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $33,840 Midland, MI — $33,860 Asheville, NC — $34,060 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $34,070 Cleveland, OH — $34,080 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $34,080 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $34,130 Lincoln, NE — $34,140 Terre Haute, IN — $34,150 Savannah, GA — $34,170 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $34,200 Springfield, OH — $34,230 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $34,270 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $34,280 Clarksville, TN-KY — $34,280 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $34,310 Port St. Lucie, FL — $34,410 Canton-Massillon, OH — $34,420 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $34,440 Sandusky, OH — $34,440 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $34,480 Manhattan, KS — $34,510 Salisbury, MD — $34,620 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $34,700 Muncie, IN — $34,730 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $34,850 Gettysburg, PA — $34,880 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $34,930 Boise City, ID — $34,960 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $34,980 Bangor, ME — $35,030 Bloomington, IN — $35,030 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $35,190 Richmond, VA — $35,230 Saginaw, MI — $35,260 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $35,300 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $35,490 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $35,510 Springfield, IL — $35,620 Albuquerque, NM — $35,750 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $35,760 St. Louis, MO-IL — $35,900 Winchester, VA-WV — $35,900 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $35,980 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $36,030 Jacksonville, FL — $36,040 Topeka, KS — $36,040 Fort Wayne, IN — $36,060 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $36,100 Farmington, NM — $36,170 Ames, IA — $36,330 Bloomington, IL — $36,330 Logan, UT-ID — $36,330 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $36,360 St. George, UT — $36,380 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $36,420 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $36,440 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $36,450 Ocala, FL — $36,540 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $36,560 Roanoke, VA — $36,670 Kankakee, IL — $36,700 Cedar Rapids, IA — $36,710 Wausau, WI — $36,720 Sebring, FL — $36,750 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $36,850 Iowa City, IA — $36,850 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $36,890 Lawrence, KS — $36,940 Evansville, IN — $36,950 Fargo, ND-MN — $36,990 Rockford, IL — $37,000 Dover, DE — $37,070 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $37,090 Gainesville, GA — $37,110 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $37,150 Kokomo, IN — $37,220 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $37,260 Vineland, NJ — $37,360 Barnstable Town, MA — $37,390 New Haven, CT — $37,450 Ogden, UT — $37,480 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $37,650 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $37,690 Santa Fe, NM — $37,730 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $37,750 Elmira, NY — $37,810 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $37,810 Ithaca, NY — $37,820 Charlottesville, VA — $37,870 Tucson, AZ — $37,890 Columbus, OH — $37,940 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $38,060 Lancaster, PA — $38,420 Worcester, MA — $38,460 Las Cruces, NM — $38,520 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $38,540 Flint, MI — $38,600 Cheyenne, WY — $38,830 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $38,830 Ann Arbor, MI — $38,920 Decatur, IL — $39,000 Utica-Rome, NY — $39,000 Appleton, WI — $39,010 Flagstaff, AZ — $39,010 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $39,040 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $39,050 Columbia, SC — $39,250 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $39,340 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $39,340 Binghamton, NY — $39,860 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $39,870 Sheboygan, WI — $39,980 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $40,000 Kansas City, MO-KS — $40,440 Springfield, MA — $41,350 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $41,590 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $41,600 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $41,600 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $41,620 Pittsburgh, PA — $41,820 Portland-South Portland, ME — $41,930 Altoona, PA — $42,060 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $42,080 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $42,270 Rochester, NY — $42,280 Glens Falls, NY — $42,470 Fond du Lac, WI — $42,580 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $42,640 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $42,740 Warner Robins, GA — $43,030 Syracuse, NY — $43,070 York-Hanover, PA — $43,110 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $43,140 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $43,180 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $43,350 Omaha, NE-IA — $43,440 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $43,460 Kingston, NY — $43,490 Pittsfield, MA — $43,900 Lexington Park, MD — $43,940 Madison, WI — $43,960 Kenosha, WI — $44,240 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $44,370 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $44,420 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $44,550 Fayetteville, NC — $44,680 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $44,690 Wheeling, WV-OH — $44,880 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $45,050 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $45,050 Charleston, WV — $45,080 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $45,220 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $45,510 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $45,680 Lebanon, PA — $45,760 Duluth, MN-WI — $45,790 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $45,800 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $46,190 Reading, PA — $46,310 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $46,470 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $46,530 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $46,610 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $46,680 Morgantown, WV — $46,760 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $47,880 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $48,060 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $48,270 Erie, PA — $49,580 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $49,630 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $50,390 Jackson, MI — $51,390 Yakima, WA — $51,490 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $52,000 Traverse City, MI — $52,450 Green Bay, WI — $52,680 Walla Walla, WA — $53,610 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $53,850 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $54,050 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $54,350 El Centro, CA — $54,420 Fresno, CA — $54,890 Medford, OR — $55,580 Albany, OR — $55,740 Bellingham, WA — $55,740 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $55,950 Visalia, CA — $56,040 Bend, OR — $56,600 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $57,210 Redding, CA — $57,460 Beckley, WV — $58,250 Urban Honolulu, HI — $58,520 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $58,620 Corvallis, OR — $59,030 Rochester, MN — $59,510 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $59,780 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $59,860 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $59,900 St. Cloud, MN — $59,980 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $60,070 Merced, CA — $60,770 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $60,780 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $60,790 Chico, CA — $61,030 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $61,190 Longview-Kelso, WA — $61,260 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $61,290 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $61,590 Yuba City, CA — $61,710 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $62,260 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $62,280 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $62,310 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $62,400 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $62,660 Modesto, CA — $63,440 Salinas, CA — $63,970 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $65,190 Vallejo, CA — $66,000 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $66,480 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $72,330 Napa, CA — $76,520 Anchorage, AK — $78,840 Lubbock 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 Lubbock metro area has the 308th-highest published median for this occupation among the 323 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 Texas Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for substitute teachers, short-term, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Lubbock metro areathis page
$23,770 median for Lubbock metro area; middle half earns $22,520 to $26,000
$34,280 median for Austin metro area; middle half earns $31,210 to $38,320
$34,270 median for Dallas metro area; middle half earns $30,810 to $38,520
$32,810 median for Midland metro area; middle half earns $32,810 to $32,810
$32,550 median for Houston metro area; middle half earns $26,700 to $32,740
$31,220 median for Laredo metro area; middle half earns $24,240 to $39,090
$29,970 median for Corpus Christi metro area; middle half earns $23,930 to $38,510
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 $59,220 Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary $64,160 Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education $61,270 Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary $27,290 Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education $60,210 Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School $58,820 Highest-paying metro areas for substitute teachers, short-terms · Highest-paying occupations in Lubbock 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 .