Occupational employment / Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 13,860 Not available $66,540
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 39,040 Not available $68,560
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 23,710 Not available $63,430
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 19,990 Not available $68,880
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 19,200 Not available $65,040
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 18,000 Not available $48,380
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 16,550 Not available $48,780
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 16,490 Not available $57,470
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 15,090 Not available $63,140
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 13,360 Not available $59,110
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 11,690 Not available $52,040
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 10,690 Not available $48,860
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 10,600 Not available $56,680
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 9,850 Not available $63,820
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 9,260 Not available $59,120
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 9,050 Not available $52,950
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 7,920 Not available $62,180
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 7,820 Not available $46,390
Baltimore-Towson, MD 7,660 Not available $52,870
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 7,540 Not available $60,400
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 7,530 Not available $59,730
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 7,410 Not available $55,790
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 7,220 Not available $80,330
Pittsburgh, PA 6,850 Not available $52,750
St. Louis, MO-IL 6,370 Not available $47,950
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 6,310 Not available $66,750
Denver-Aurora, CO 6,290 Not available $50,950
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 6,170 Not available $62,680
San Antonio, TX 6,130 Not available $49,000
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 5,950 Not available $60,530
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 5,860 Not available $48,640
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 5,830 Not available $69,530
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 5,670 Not available $58,860
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 5,570 Not available $54,980
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 5,520 Not available $58,990
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 5,470 Not available $65,240
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 4,880 Not available $53,840
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 4,790 Not available $47,340
Kansas City, MO-KS 4,790 Not available $43,970
Austin-Round Rock, TX 4,750 Not available $45,160
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 4,630 Not available $52,940
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 4,270 Not available $53,950
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 4,170 Not available $54,850
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 4,020 Not available $59,990
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 4,000 Not available $73,250
Fresno, CA 3,770 Not available $62,510
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 3,540 Not available $42,480
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 3,480 Not available $67,680
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 3,440 Not available $58,810
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 3,290 Not available $58,920
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 3,290 Not available $66,410
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 3,270 Not available $46,760
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 3,230 Not available $52,210
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 3,220 Not available $68,290
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 3,200 Not available $51,050
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 3,130 Not available $60,810
Rochester, NY 3,110 Not available $55,980
Jacksonville, FL 2,950 Not available $44,490
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 2,920 Not available $56,040
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 2,900 Not available $40,970
El Paso, TX 2,890 Not available $47,790
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 2,860 Not available $46,600
Richmond, VA 2,850 Not available $53,850
Salt Lake City, UT 2,840 Not available $50,290
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 2,710 Not available $44,460
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 2,620 Not available $54,230
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 2,510 Not available $62,890
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 2,470 Not available $47,500
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 2,450 Not available $55,350
Albuquerque, NM 2,390 Not available $48,850
Oklahoma City, OK 2,300 Not available $38,370
Springfield, MA-CT 2,220 Not available $54,590
Columbus, OH 2,200 Not available $59,030
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 2,200 Not available $50,990
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 2,170 Not available $56,290
Tucson, AZ 2,080 Not available $43,220
Greensboro-High Point, NC 2,070 Not available $41,450
Tulsa, OK 2,010 Not available $41,960
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 1,980 Not available $55,190
Wichita, KS 1,870 Not available $46,630
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 1,870 Not available $56,530
Colorado Springs, CO 1,850 Not available $44,060
Dayton, OH 1,850 Not available $50,150
Syracuse, NY 1,810 Not available $56,790
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 1,720 Not available $52,000
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 1,710 Not available $67,330
Raleigh-Cary, NC 1,680 Not available $43,010
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 1,670 Not available $55,290
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 1,640 Not available $65,580
Akron, OH 1,610 Not available $56,320
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 1,610 Not available $49,620
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 1,560 Not available $43,550
New Haven, CT 1,530 Not available $61,530
Toledo, OH 1,490 Not available $50,730
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 1,470 Not available $43,650
Stockton, CA 1,450 Not available $61,660
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 1,400 Not available $55,370
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 1,390 Not available $56,190
Peoria, IL 1,370 Not available $44,930
Worcester, MA-CT 1,360 Not available $56,630
Chattanooga, TN-GA 1,360 Not available $45,910
Bakersfield, CA 1,340 Not available $59,380
Madison, WI 1,320 Not available $48,490
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 1,310 Not available $40,430
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 1,300 Not available $43,620
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 1,270 Not available $45,750
Provo-Orem, UT 1,260 Not available $51,360
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 1,260 Not available $43,850
Knoxville, TN 1,240 Not available $45,600
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 1,240 Not available $51,000
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 1,220 Not available $48,340
Mobile, AL 1,220 Not available $43,090
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 1,220 Not available $50,400
Fort Wayne, IN 1,220 Not available $48,960
Jackson, MS 1,220 Not available $40,850
Corpus Christi, TX 1,180 Not available $44,130
Columbia, SC 1,150 Not available $47,180
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 1,150 Not available $54,820
Honolulu, HI 1,130 Not available $38,730
Green Bay, WI 1,130 Not available $55,630
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 1,120 Not available $50,240
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 1,090 Not available $41,600
New Bedford, MA 1,080 Not available $57,620
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 1,060 Not available $48,870
Spokane, WA 1,060 Not available $55,820
Lancaster, PA 1,020 Not available $55,840
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 1,020 Not available $61,610
Lexington-Fayette, KY 1,010 Not available $47,410
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 1,000 Not available $58,650
Salem, OR 1,000 Not available $44,830
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 960 Not available $49,370
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 910 Not available $68,130
Reading, PA 910 Not available $52,930
Modesto, CA 900 Not available $71,150
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 880 Not available $47,640
Topeka, KS 880 Not available $44,260
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 870 Not available $30,020
Evansville, IN-KY 870 Not available $47,260
Anderson, SC 860 Not available $46,400
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 850 Not available $48,350
Utica-Rome, NY 850 Not available $57,690
Atlantic City, NJ 840 Not available $58,320
Wilmington, NC 820 Not available $40,560
Longview, TX 810 Not available $41,940
Lubbock, TX 810 Not available $41,930
Lincoln, NE 810 Not available $47,110
Winston-Salem, NC 800 Not available $41,340
Amarillo, TX 790 Not available $43,490
Durham, NC 780 Not available $43,510
Greenville, SC 770 Not available $45,800
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 760 Not available $62,820
Boulder, CO 760 Not available Not available
Asheville, NC 760 Not available $42,470
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 740 Not available $51,830
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 720 Not available $61,520
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 710 Not available $40,470
Eugene-Springfield, OR 710 Not available $50,330
Yakima, WA 710 Not available $54,080
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 710 Not available $48,700
Rochester, MN 710 Not available $40,690
York-Hanover, PA 710 Not available $54,430
Binghamton, NY 710 Not available $58,250
Springfield, MO 700 Not available $37,810
Duluth, MN-WI 700 Not available $45,840
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 690 Not available $43,410
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 690 Not available $44,060
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 690 Not available $57,820
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 680 Not available $42,430
Tallahassee, FL 680 Not available $45,500
Barnstable Town, MA 660 Not available $55,880
Tyler, TX 650 Not available $43,670
Canton-Massillon, OH 650 Not available $53,210
Tuscaloosa, AL 640 Not available $43,850
Waco, TX 630 Not available $42,220
Waterbury, CT 620 Not available $66,300
Janesville, WI 610 Not available $50,450
Cedar Rapids, IA 610 Not available $42,290
Greeley, CO 600 Not available $42,510
Lynchburg, VA 600 Not available $41,980
Florence, SC 600 Not available $44,060
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 590 Not available $44,560
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 580 Not available $61,900
Flint, MI 580 Not available $56,290
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 580 Not available $45,050
Merced, CA 580 Not available $60,810
Pascagoula, MS 580 Not available $38,220
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 580 Not available $59,480
Erie, PA 570 Not available $56,460
La Crosse, WI-MN 570 Not available $49,940
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 570 Not available $52,770
Clarksville, TN-KY 560 Not available $52,600
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 550 Not available $58,920
Medford, OR 540 Not available $54,400
Rockford, IL 540 Not available $48,910
Salisbury, MD 530 Not available $42,660
Fort Smith, AR-OK 530 Not available $41,940
Roanoke, VA 530 Not available $52,350
Spartanburg, SC 530 Not available $47,550
Montgomery, AL 530 Not available $43,360
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 510 Not available $40,340
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 510 Not available $53,440
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 510 Not available $43,080
Kingston, NY 510 Not available $68,040
Manchester, NH 500 Not available $48,670
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 500 Not available $47,950
Charlottesville, VA 500 Not available $59,310
Redding, CA 490 Not available $54,240
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 490 Not available $59,270
College Station-Bryan, TX 490 Not available $41,410
Wichita Falls, TX 490 Not available $43,620
Napa, CA 490 Not available $72,630
Sioux Falls, SD 490 Not available $38,960
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 480 Not available $55,310
Glens Falls, NY 480 Not available $57,670
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 480 Not available $54,450
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 480 Not available $55,900
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 480 Not available $54,560
Bend, OR 470 Not available $49,270
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 470 Not available $54,010
Olympia, WA 470 Not available $52,980
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 460 Not available $58,170
Corvallis, OR 460 Not available $50,270
Danbury, CT 450 Not available $65,790
Champaign-Urbana, IL 440 Not available $44,350
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 430 Not available $44,880
St. Joseph, MO-KS 430 Not available $37,580
Charleston, WV 420 Not available $42,050
Abilene, TX 420 Not available $44,290
Albany, GA 410 Not available $54,630
Dalton, GA 410 Not available $51,650
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 410 Not available $41,070
Yuba City, CA 400 Not available $70,250
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 400 Not available $51,650
Springfield, IL 390 Not available $52,090
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 390 Not available $55,070
Johnson City, TN 380 Not available $42,190
St. Cloud, MN 380 Not available $47,360
Racine, WI 370 Not available $46,850
Lafayette, IN 370 Not available $49,330
Sherman-Denison, TX 370 Not available $44,020
Billings, MT 370 Not available $37,390
San Angelo, TX 370 Not available $41,540
Brunswick, GA 360 Not available $48,720
Sheboygan, WI 360 Not available $44,710
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 360 Not available $42,020
Farmington, NM 350 Not available $46,830
Bellingham, WA 340 Not available $54,470
Auburn-Opelika, AL 340 Not available $41,890
Dothan, AL 340 Not available $45,700
Rapid City, SD 330 Not available $47,800
Cumberland, MD-WV 330 Not available $53,800
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 330 Not available $51,370
Decatur, AL 320 Not available $45,910
Bangor, ME 320 Not available $46,320
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 320 Not available $47,630
Greenville, NC 320 Not available $41,470
Ann Arbor, MI 320 Not available $63,850
Morristown, TN 310 Not available $39,590
Sumter, SC 310 Not available $41,100
Rocky Mount, NC 300 Not available $43,580
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 290 Not available $43,710
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 290 Not available $50,930
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 290 Not available $42,280
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 290 Not available $51,000
Flagstaff, AZ 290 Not available $35,910
Gadsden, AL 290 Not available $42,150
Ocean City, NJ 280 Not available $60,120
Battle Creek, MI 280 Not available $50,740
Columbia, MO 280 Not available $47,810
Springfield, OH 280 Not available $47,420
Mansfield, OH 280 Not available $48,000
Portsmouth, NH-ME 280 Not available $50,820
Valdosta, GA 280 Not available $47,620
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 280 Not available $56,510
Danville, VA 280 Not available Not available
Kokomo, IN 280 Not available $42,770
Midland, TX 280 Not available $42,300
Pine Bluff, AR 280 Not available $43,470
Prescott, AZ 280 Not available $39,690
Williamsport, PA 270 Not available $51,280
Great Falls, MT 270 Not available $33,390
Danville, IL 270 Not available $42,640
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 270 Not available $48,950
Monroe, MI 270 Not available $55,960
Altoona, PA 270 Not available $47,260
Victoria, TX 270 Not available $43,080
Lima, OH 260 Not available $48,220
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 260 Not available $41,500
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 260 Not available $55,550
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 260 Not available $64,370
Pittsfield, MA 260 Not available $59,600
Joplin, MO 250 Not available $36,640
Jackson, TN 250 Not available $44,600
State College, PA 250 Not available $55,110
Lawrence, KS 240 Not available $40,300
Wenatchee, WA 240 Not available $52,820
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 240 Not available $59,180
Eau Claire, WI 240 Not available $51,780
Hot Springs, AR 240 Not available $44,730
Appleton, WI 240 Not available $51,030
Jackson, MI 230 Not available $52,610
Owensboro, KY 230 Not available $48,190
Cleveland, TN 230 Not available $43,640
Elizabethtown, KY 230 Not available $48,290
Longview, WA 230 Not available $54,550
Anniston-Oxford, AL 230 Not available $43,340
Bloomington-Normal, IL 220 Not available $49,730
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 220 Not available $53,830
Jefferson City, MO 210 Not available $39,610
Bowling Green, KY 200 Not available $45,620
Hattiesburg, MS 200 Not available $40,600
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 190 Not available $38,020
Elmira, NY 180 Not available $51,120
Lebanon, PA 180 Not available $53,320
Iowa City, IA 180 Not available $43,300
Terre Haute, IN 170 Not available $61,300
Wheeling, WV-OH 170 Not available $41,930
Jonesboro, AR 170 Not available $37,630
Muncie, IN 160 Not available $45,590
Wausau, WI 160 Not available $49,990
Chico, CA 160 Not available $59,810
Decatur, IL 150 Not available Not available
Sandusky, OH 140 Not available $55,530
Anderson, IN 130 Not available $49,770
Morgantown, WV 130 Not available $41,480
Bloomington, IN 130 Not available $50,070
Lawton, OK 120 Not available $38,470
Fargo, ND-MN 120 Not available $48,570
Johnstown, PA 110 Not available $45,460
Baton Rouge, LA 100 Not available $36,670
Grand Forks, ND-MN 90 Not available $42,730
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR 90 Not available Not available
Ithaca, NY 90 Not available $53,760
San German-Cabo Rojo, PR 60 Not available $30,990
Ames, IA Not available Not available $40,400
Savannah, GA Not available Not available $48,510
Idaho Falls, ID Not available Not available $42,260
Salinas, CA Not available Not available $56,690
Missoula, MT Not available Not available $43,000
Hanford-Corcoran, CA Not available Not available $45,960
Huntsville, AL Not available Not available $48,420
Burlington, NC Not available Not available $34,840
Rome, GA Not available Not available $49,810
Macon, GA Not available Not available $49,900
Fond du Lac, WI Not available Not available $50,970
Visalia-Porterville, CA Not available Not available $68,550
Gainesville, GA Not available Not available $50,390
Columbus, GA-AL Not available Not available $39,040
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