Secondary School Teacher Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

Government estimates of jobs for secondary school teachers total about 1,038,000. This career is ranked very low for jobless rates in comparison to other careers. The unemployment rate for employees was about 2% in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

Relative to population, you will find the most employees in Kankakee (Illinois), Vallejo (California), and Sandusky (Ohio), and the least in Springfield (Illinois), Mobile (Alabama), and Redding (California).

Statistics show that you can earn the most in this career in Nassau (New York), Yuba City (California), and Chicago (Illinois), and will have the lowest earnings in St. Joseph (Missouri), Sioux Falls (South Dakota), and Fayetteville (North Carolina).

Training and Education

People often have a bachelor's degree before landing a job in this field. Four year degrees are held by 96% of employees. About 4% of secondary school teachers started college but did not get a 4 year degree. A high school education is the highest level achieved by 1% of workers. 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

Part-time workers represent 8% of all secondary school teachers.

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Secondary School Teachers Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of secondary school 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 secondary school teachers.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$48,000	3,710
Montgomery	$44,000	1,180
Huntsville	$50,000	760
Dothan	$46,000	710
Tuscaloosa	$48,000	560
Decatur	$48,000	520
Anniston	$43,000	510
Mobile	$42,000	490
Gadsden	$47,000	490
Florence	$43,000	470
Auburn	$43,000	290

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Tucson	$38,000	3,870
Yuma	$42,000	640
Prescott	$43,000	480
Flagstaff	$40,000	360
Kingman	$41,000	190

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$48,000	2,670
Fayetteville	$50,000	1,620
Fort Smith	$45,000	1,150
Jonesboro	$42,000	470
Pine Bluff	$42,000	350
Hot Springs	$47,000	330

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Riverside	$62,000	13,300
San Diego	$66,000	11,980
Santa Ana	$71,000	11,030
Oakland	$63,000	9,860
Sacramento	$60,000	7,690
San Jose	$68,000	5,820
San Francisco	$63,000	4,870
Fresno	$64,000	3,580
Oxnard	$62,000	3,270
Vallejo	$63,000	2,640
Modesto	$69,000	2,270
Santa Barbara	$63,000	2,250
Stockton	$62,000	2,150
Bakersfield	$57,000	1,740
Visalia	$64,000	1,650
Santa Cruz	$63,000	1,210
Santa Rosa	$62,000	1,140
El Centro	$65,000	780
San Luis Obispo	$57,000	710
Merced	$62,000	650
Napa	$72,000	440
Yuba City	$81,000	430
Redding	$52,000	80

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$52,000	8,390
Colorado Springs	$45,000	2,280
Boulder	$52,000	940
Fort Collins	$48,000	730
Greeley	$44,000	600

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Hartford	$67,000	4,320
Bridgeport	$70,000	4,190
New Haven	$59,000	2,480
Norwich	$63,000	950
Waterbury	$66,000	850
Danbury	$64,000	540

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$65,000	15,850

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Tampa	$56,000	5,840
Orlando	$49,000	5,560
Miami	$51,000	5,070
Jacksonville	$48,000	3,560
West Palm Beach	$50,000	3,530
Lakeland	$55,000	1,380
Sarasota	$52,000	1,360
Cape Coral	$64,000	1,030
Tallahassee	$47,000	780
Sebastian	$56,000	320

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$54,000	21,830
Augusta	$50,000	2,080
Gainesville	$55,000	640
Valdosta	$51,000	530
Albany	$52,000	510
Athens	$56,000	500
Macon	$53,000	440

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$47,000	6,310

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boise	$51,000	2,750
Idaho Falls	$48,000	730
Pocatello	$47,000	480
Lewiston	$54,000	260

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$77,000	36,260
Rockford	$66,000	1,710
Peoria	$52,000	1,470
Bloomington	$52,000	920
Champaign	$51,000	910
Kankakee	$49,000	900
Springfield	$45,000	330
Decatur	$52,000	330

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$50,000	5,320
Gary	$48,000	2,020
Fort Wayne	$50,000	1,530
South Bend	$48,000	1,080
Evansville	$47,000	1,060
Terre Haute	$52,000	860
Elkhart	$42,000	800
Lafayette	$52,000	470
Anderson	$47,000	430
Michigan City	$45,000	370
Muncie	$46,000	340
Bloomington	$49,000	330
Kokomo	$44,000	230

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Des Moines	$41,000	2,290
Davenport	$43,000	1,480
Cedar Rapids	$39,000	1,250
Dubuque	$43,000	730
Sioux City	$39,000	580
Waterloo	$40,000	500
Iowa City	$42,000	500

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$46,000	2,680
Topeka	$45,000	1,280
Lawrence	$41,000	270

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$50,000	4,000
Lexington	$48,000	1,080
Bowling Green	$47,000	350
Owensboro	$50,000	340
Elizabethtown	$50,000	310

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New Orleans	$45,000	2,760
Baton Rouge	$45,000	2,050
Shreveport	$46,000	1,230
Houma	$42,000	760
Lafayette	$45,000	580
Monroe	$43,000	570

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$48,000	1,430
Lewiston	$44,000	420
Bangor	$44,000	410

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$59,000	12,280
Bethesda	$59,000	6,900
Hagerstown	$45,000	990
Salisbury	$55,000	510

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$62,000	11,930
Springfield	$55,000	2,960
Worcester	$56,000	2,320
Haverhill	$52,000	1,380
Framingham	$64,000	1,330
Brockton	$59,000	1,250
Barnstable Town	$56,000	1,050
Lowell	$59,000	910
New Bedford	$57,000	900
Lawrence		570
Leominster	$53,000	540
Taunton	$57,000	350
Pittsfield	$56,000	350

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Warren	$61,000	5,320
Detroit	$51,000	3,870
Grand Rapids	$51,000	1,650
Flint	$58,000	1,250
Kalamazoo	$47,000	910
Lansing	$58,000	810
Holland	$50,000	790
Ann Arbor	$78,000	730
Saginaw	$59,000	550
Jackson	$45,000	450
Muskegon	$58,000	440
Niles	$50,000	340
Battle Creek	$58,000	330
Monroe	$59,000	270

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$51,000	11,400
Duluth	$48,000	970
Rochester	$46,000	860
St Cloud	$48,000	720

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$42,000	2,330
Gulfport	$51,000	810
Hattiesburg	$44,000	540
Pascagoula	$45,000	470

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
St Louis	$51,000	9,400
Kansas City	$44,000	7,510
Springfield	$42,000	1,190
Jefferson City	$40,000	560
Columbia	$38,000	560
Joplin	$39,000	530
St Joseph	$37,000	510

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Billings	$45,000	520
Missoula	$44,000	500
Great Falls	$40,000	360

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$43,000	2,650
Lincoln	$46,000	1,130

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashua	$51,000	1,240
Manchester	$50,000	580
Portsmouth	$51,000	350
Rochester	$51,000	330

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Edison	$62,000	9,730
Newark	$65,000	8,910
Camden	$62,000	5,330
Trenton	$63,000	1,590
Atlantic City	$60,000	1,270
Ocean City	$59,000	520

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$60,000	1,730
Las Cruces	$60,000	780
Farmington	$47,000	410

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$69,000	40,020
Nassau	$83,000	12,480
Rochester	$58,000	5,200
Albany	$57,000	4,280
Buffalo	$57,000	3,590
Poughkeepsie	$65,000	2,710
Syracuse	$56,000	2,470
Utica	$57,000	1,280
Binghamton	$56,000	1,170
Glens Falls	$56,000	740
Kingston	$69,000	580
Ithaca	$55,000	550
Elmira	$52,000	370

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charlotte	$45,000	4,110
Raleigh	$45,000	2,310
Winston Salem	$42,000	1,700
Greensboro	$44,000	1,460
Durham	$47,000	1,410
Asheville	$44,000	1,180
Fayetteville	$38,000	940
Wilmington	$41,000	870
Hickory	$41,000	680
Rocky Mount	$41,000	290

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Fargo	$44,000	670
Bismarck	$45,000	400
Grand Forks	$46,000	360

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cleveland	$62,000	13,170
Cincinnati	$55,000	11,450
Columbus	$57,000	8,610
Dayton	$54,000	4,850
Akron	$58,000	3,570
Youngstown	$51,000	3,420
Toledo	$53,000	2,970
Canton	$53,000	2,340
Mansfield	$50,000	890
Sandusky	$55,000	590
Springfield	$50,000	500
Lima	$50,000	450

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$43,000	3,710
Tulsa	$42,000	2,680

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$52,000	6,820
Salem	$49,000	1,350
Eugene	$50,000	800
Medford	$52,000	690
Bend	$46,000	490
Corvallis	$46,000	200

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Pittsburgh	$55,000	6,880
Allentown	$52,000	2,770
Harrisburg	$50,000	2,180
Scranton	$52,000	2,130
Reading	$55,000	1,570
Lancaster	$56,000	1,440
York	$54,000	1,100
Lebanon	$52,000	450
Altoona	$45,000	430
Williamsport	$44,000	370
State College	$52,000	340
Johnstown	$53,000	320

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$61,000	5,020

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Columbia	$49,000	2,600
Charleston	$47,000	2,140
Greenville	$45,000	1,100
Florence	$46,000	540
Spartanburg	$50,000	520
Anderson	$46,000	330
Sumter	$37,000	230

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$38,000	690
Rapid City	$44,000	390

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Memphis	$44,000	5,740
Nashville	$45,000	3,630
Knoxville	$45,000	1,590
Chattanooga	$48,000	1,480
Kingsport	$44,000	890
Clarksville	$54,000	690
Johnson City	$43,000	530
Morristown	$42,000	420
Jackson	$46,000	340
Cleveland	$45,000	300

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Houston	$50,000	20,990
Dallas	$46,000	17,310
San Antonio	$51,000	7,610
Fort Worth	$51,000	7,260
Austin	$46,000	5,730
El Paso	$49,000	3,670
Mcallen	$49,000	3,570
Brownsville	$51,000	1,580
Corpus Christi	$45,000	1,490
Killeen	$46,000	1,370
Beaumont	$45,000	1,290
Longview	$44,000	1,000
Waco	$44,000	890
Amarillo	$44,000	830
Lubbock	$44,000	820
Tyler	$45,000	750
Wichita Falls	$45,000	660
College Station	$43,000	650
Abilene	$43,000	560
Texarkana	$43,000	550
San Angelo	$45,000	510
Midland	$45,000	470
Sherman	$45,000	460
Victoria	$46,000	430

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$54,000	3,900
Ogden	$48,000	1,010
Logan	$45,000	330

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$52,000	750

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Virginia Beach	$52,000	5,600
Richmond	$55,000	3,710
Roanoke	$53,000	990
Lynchburg	$43,000	880
Charlottesville	$58,000	780
Danville		520
Winchester	$47,000	390
Blacksburg	$49,000	380

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$58,000	5,450
Tacoma	$57,000	1,800
Spokane	$55,000	1,010
Kennewick	$58,000	660
Yakima	$55,000	560
Bremerton	$57,000	530
Olympia	$56,000	530
Bellingham	$56,000	510
Wenatchee	$57,000	290
Mount Vernon	$55,000	230
Longview	$56,000	230

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charleston	$42,000	1,190
Huntington	$44,000	1,110
Wheeling	$44,000	680
Parkersburg	$48,000	570
Weirton	$48,000	350

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$55,000	3,700
Madison	$49,000	1,750
Appleton	$51,000	1,230
Green Bay	$52,000	990
Racine	$49,000	980
La Crosse	$46,000	840
Eau Claire	$48,000	810
Oshkosh	$49,000	620
Janesville	$48,000	530
Sheboygan	$48,000	460

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