High School Trade Teacher Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

There were about 96,000 jobs for high school trade teachers in the US in 2008. Compared to other occupations, unemployment for workers was ranked very low. The percentage of employees without jobs in 2008 was 2%.

Area Job Conditions

The cities with the most jobs for employees are Mansfield (Ohio), St. Joseph (Missouri), and Hanford (California), and cities with the least jobs are Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Honolulu (Hawaii), and Santa Ana (California).

The highest salaries for high school trade teachers are found in Nassau (New York), Visalia (California), and New Haven (Connecticut), and the lowest-paying areas are in Sioux Falls (South Dakota), Sioux City (Iowa), and Tallahassee (Florida).

Training and Education

People who want to work as workers should consider getting a bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience. More than 96% of employees have a four year degree. About 4% of high school trade teachers have attended college, but not earned a bachelor's degree. For 1% of workers a high school diploma was all that was required. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

About 8% of high school trade teachers work part of the time.

High School Trade Teachers Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of high school trade teachers compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for high school trade teachers.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Birmingham	$52,000	610
Anniston	$48,000	70
Decatur	$51,000	60
Florence	$46,000	40
Dothan	$47,000	40
Auburn	$55,000	30

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Phoenix	$44,000	550
Tucson	$42,000	200
Flagstaff	$41,000	80

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Fayetteville	$49,000	170
Little Rock	$52,000	160
Fort Smith	$47,000	140
Pine Bluff	$47,000	50
Jonesboro	$49,000	50

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Oakland	$64,000	390
Riverside	$66,000	360
Sacramento	$61,000	290
San Jose	$60,000	240
San Diego	$61,000	240
Stockton	$69,000	240
San Francisco	$54,000	230
Modesto	$59,000	200
Fresno	$63,000	170
Santa Ana	$54,000	150
Visalia	$71,000	130
Vallejo	$64,000	100
Santa Barbara		100
Hanford	$65,000	100
Oxnard	$55,000	80
San Luis Obispo	$62,000	80
Merced		60
Santa Rosa	$61,000	60
El Centro	$68,000	50

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Denver	$57,000	370
Colorado Springs	$48,000	50
Greeley	$46,000	40

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Hartford	$64,000	630
Bridgeport	$64,000	390
New Haven	$69,000	180

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$59,000	390

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$66,000	1,770

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Tampa	$57,000	630
Orlando	$55,000	410
Jacksonville	$51,000	320
Tallahassee	$36,000	240

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Atlanta	$53,000	2,140
Augusta	$49,000	400
Columbus	$54,000	170
Valdosta	$53,000	120
Albany	$54,000	60
Brunswick	$56,000	50
Macon	$51,000	40

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$43,000	60

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Chicago	$64,000	740
Peoria	$50,000	170
Champaign	$40,000	50

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Indianapolis	$59,000	330
Gary	$57,000	170
Terre Haute	$56,000	100
Evansville	$55,000	70
South Bend	$59,000	50
Elkhart	$52,000	30

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Cedar Rapids	$42,000	140
Davenport	$48,000	110
Des Moines	$41,000	100
Waterloo	$38,000	40
Sioux City	$37,000	40

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Wichita	$48,000	170
Topeka	$48,000	80
Lawrence	$43,000	40

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$57,000	230

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Baton Rouge	$48,000	200
New Orleans	$48,000	170
Shreveport	$48,000	100
Monroe	$42,000	40

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$49,000	90

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Bethesda	$53,000	280
Hagerstown	$45,000	180

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Boston	$64,000	920
Worcester	$60,000	320
Framingham	$65,000	240
Springfield	$56,000	180
Lowell	$65,000	160

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Detroit	$52,000	470
Warren	$59,000	340
Grand Rapids	$55,000	200
Flint	$51,000	170
Kalamazoo	$50,000	140
Lansing	$61,000	130
Battle Creek	$58,000	60
Muskegon	$58,000	50
Jackson	$46,000	50
Ann Arbor		40
Holland	$60,000	40

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Minneapolis	$56,000	480
Duluth	$45,000	50
St Cloud	$49,000	30

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Jackson	$45,000	170
Gulfport	$54,000	80
Pascagoula	$48,000	40
Hattiesburg	$45,000	40

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers
St Louis	$52,000	1,170
Kansas City	$48,000	630
St Joseph	$44,000	190
Jefferson City	$43,000	180
Springfield	$41,000	160
Columbia	$46,000	150
Joplin	$40,000	70

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Billings	$43,000	40

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$44,000	140
Lincoln	$49,000	70

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Rochester	$53,000	60
Nashua	$58,000	40

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Edison	$58,000	760
Camden	$61,000	260

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers
New York	$74,000	2,350
Nassau	$85,000	750
Buffalo	$59,000	600
Rochester	$60,000	460
Syracuse	$62,000	420
Utica	$54,000	170
Poughkeepsie	$72,000	170
Albany	$55,000	150
Ithaca	$55,000	60
Kingston	$72,000	60
Glens Falls	$57,000	30

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Charlotte	$46,000	890
Greensboro	$45,000	470
Winston Salem	$44,000	450
Raleigh	$48,000	410
Asheville	$50,000	270
Durham	$49,000	170
Hickory	$45,000	160
Wilmington	$46,000	60

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Fargo	$57,000	80
Grand Forks	$49,000	70
Bismarck	$49,000	40

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Columbus	$64,000	1,110
Cleveland	$65,000	950
Cincinnati	$62,000	860
Akron	$62,000	410
Dayton	$64,000	230
Toledo	$59,000	210
Canton	$58,000	200
Mansfield	$54,000	200
Youngstown	$57,000	110
Lima	$54,000	90

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$52,000	310
Tulsa	$48,000	190

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Portland	$57,000	310
Salem	$57,000	40
Eugene	$45,000	40

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Pittsburgh	$53,000	370
Harrisburg	$54,000	270
Allentown	$53,000	130
Reading	$61,000	120
Scranton	$49,000	110
York	$55,000	100
Lebanon	$52,000	60

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Charleston	$51,000	130
Columbia	$50,000	120
Florence	$44,000	110
Spartanburg	$51,000	60

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Rapid City	$45,000	80
Sioux Falls	$37,000	60

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Nashville	$44,000	580
Knoxville	$45,000	350
Memphis	$48,000	280
Chattanooga	$45,000	210
Kingsport	$45,000	160
Morristown	$42,000	140
Johnson City	$45,000	120
Jackson	$47,000	70
Cleveland	$42,000	70
Clarksville	$53,000	50

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Houston	$53,000	2,120
Dallas	$52,000	1,140
San Antonio	$50,000	860
Fort Worth	$53,000	610
Austin	$47,000	530
Mcallen	$51,000	500
El Paso	$51,000	390
Corpus Christi	$46,000	230
Killeen	$47,000	190
Brownsville	$51,000	190
Beaumont	$46,000	160
Amarillo	$47,000	150
Lubbock	$47,000	140
Tyler	$45,000	100
College Station	$45,000	100
Wichita Falls	$50,000	90
Waco	$45,000	90
Longview	$44,000	90
Abilene	$48,000	80
Sherman	$46,000	50
San Angelo	$44,000	50
Texarkana	$42,000	40

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$50,000	280
Provo	$44,000	50

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Virginia Beach	$45,000	420
Richmond	$59,000	370
Roanoke	$56,000	120
Lynchburg	$47,000	100
Blacksburg	$55,000	90
Charlottesville	$60,000	70
Winchester	$45,000	50

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Seattle	$59,000	820
Tacoma	$56,000	310
Spokane	$58,000	170
Kennewick	$56,000	130
Yakima	$58,000	120
Bremerton	$57,000	110
Olympia	$60,000	110
Wenatchee	$60,000	80
Bellingham	$59,000	70
Mount Vernon	$60,000	60
Longview	$58,000	50

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Charleston	$47,000	370
Huntington	$49,000	160
Weirton	$47,000	100
Wheeling	$49,000	100
Parkersburg	$42,000	100

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Madison	$48,000	180
Milwaukee	$52,000	150
Green Bay	$57,000	90
Sheboygan	$50,000	50
Appleton	$50,000	40
Janesville	$46,000	30

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