Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education Salary - How Much Does a Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education Make?

DOL Median Salary

$46,600

From 12,993 DOL filings

BLS Median Salary

$64,580

BLS OEWS 2024 survey

Total Employers

2,526

Companies with DOL filings

Total Employment

1,072,540

Estimated US workers (BLS)

DOL Filings vs BLS Survey

What Employers File with DOL

$46,600

DOL-Filed Salary Range

$15,704$41,018$46,600$55,363$712,515

This figure comes from 12,993 employer filings with the US Department of Labor under legal obligation. Employers file this salary when sponsoring workers for PERM green cards or H-1B visas.

What BLS Says the Market Pays

$64,580

BLS Survey Salary Range

$47,330$57,800$64,580$83,010$104,670

This figure comes from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey of 1,072,540 establishments. This is an independent survey-based estimate of what all workers in this occupation earn.

DOL-filed salaries are 27.8% lower than BLS survey data, which may reflect that sponsored positions concentrate in high-cost locations or experience-intensive roles.

Salary Distribution

Top Paying Employers for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

Ranked by median salary from DOL filings

Rank	Employer	Median Salary	Filings	vs Market
1	MUSIC INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO	$156,000	5	+141.6%
2	FREEHOLD REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT	$109,574	5	+69.7%
3	Napa Valley Unified School District	$88,754	5	+37.4%
4	Alhambra Unified School District	$87,670	6	+35.8%
5	Educational Testing Service	$85,228	168	+32%
6	Cambridge Public Schools	$85,048	7	+31.7%
7	Glendale Unified School District	$84,970	5	+31.6%
8	The Nueva School	$84,000	7	+30.1%
9	KEIO ACADEMY OF NEW YORK	$82,500	26	+27.8%
10	PINNACLE EDUCATION SERVICES DBA PINNACLE ACADEMY	$81,910	6	+26.8%
11	LE LYCÉE FRANÇAIS DE LOS ANGELES	$81,245	10	+25.8%
12	Our Lady of Good Counsel High School Inc.	$80,949	5	+25.4%
13	The Shipley School	$80,930	7	+25.3%
14	Baltimore City Public Schools	$78,910	292	+22.2%
15	BEAVERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT	$78,562	7	+21.7%
16	SHASTA UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT	$77,260	8	+19.6%
17	Oakwood School	$77,190	6	+19.5%
18	Saint Ann's School	$77,000	8	+19.2%
19	THE SEED SCHOOL OF MARYLAND	$76,862	6	+19%
20	Leadership Public Schools	$75,890	7	+17.5%
21	French-American International School	$75,837	6	+17.4%
22	Avenues New York LLC	$75,000	13	+16.1%
23	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	$74,428	75	+15.3%
24	North Shore Central School District	$74,119	6	+14.8%
25	Urban Dove Charter School	$74,000	5	+14.6%
26	The Pingry Corporation	$73,770	5	+14.2%
27	WILLIAMSBURG COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL	$73,759	6	+14.2%
28	ECOLE BILINGUE DE BERKELEY	$73,349	5	+13.6%
29	Northside Charter High School	$73,028	8	+13.1%
30	Brooklyn Friends School	$73,000	13	+13%
31	CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF NEW ROCHELLE	$73,000	6	+13%
32	Lycee Francais De San Francisco	$72,915	24	+12.9%
33	Prestige Institute, LLC	$72,800	6	+12.7%
34	DR. RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL	$71,770	6	+11.1%
35	ETHICAL CULTURE FIELDSTON SCHOOL	$71,120	6	+10.1%
36	HOLTON ARMS SCHOOL	$71,025	6	+10%
37	RUTGERS PREPARATORY SCHOOL	$71,019	5	+10%
38	Friendship Public Charter School	$70,000	5	+8.4%
39	Princeton International School of Mathematics and	$70,000	14	+8.4%
40	Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science, Inc.	$70,000	25	+8.4%
41	FRENCH-AMERICAN SCHOOL OF NEW YORK	$69,069	27	+7%
42	Stockton Unified School District	$68,634	30	+6.3%
43	LYCEE FRANCAIS LA PEROUSE	$68,540	8	+6.1%
44	TOWN OF WESTLAKE	$68,476	6	+6%
45	Hackley School	$67,674	5	+4.8%
46	Michelin North America, Inc.	$67,258	6	+4.2%
47	GRACE CHURCH SCHOOL	$66,884	6	+3.6%
48	Lycee Francais de Chicago	$66,778	22	+3.4%
49	LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO	$66,000	5	+2.2%
50	THE KING'S ACADEMY INC.	$65,770	8	+1.8%

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Salary by Metro Area

Metro Area	Median	vs National	Filings	Employers
Kansas City, MO	$85,228	+82.9%	56	7
Cincinnati, OH	$85,228	+82.9%	61	7
Salt Lake City, UT	$85,228	+82.9%	33	2
Tampa, FL	$85,228	+82.9%	14	4
Purchase, NY	$82,500	+77%	16	1
Baltimore, MD	$78,749	+69%	244	8
Annapolis, MD	$77,887	+67.1%	14	1
New York, NE	$72,610	+55.8%	13	9
Palo Alto, CA	$72,314	+55.2%	10	4
Princeton, NJ	$70,000	+50.2%	25	3
Mamaroneck, NY	$69,069	+48.2%	23	4
Bethesda, MD	$68,633	+47.3%	20	4
Stockton, CA	$68,159	+46.3%	20	5
Portland, OR	$68,057	+46%	10	4
San Francisco, CA	$66,879	+43.5%	38	12
San Jose, CA	$65,000	+39.5%	15	10
New York, NY	$65,000	+39.5%	80	37
Cambridge, MA	$63,190	+35.6%	20	7
Tarrytown, NY	$60,798	+30.5%	10	2
Boston, MA	$60,207	+29.2%	15	7
Bronx, NY	$60,000	+28.8%	25	12
Greenville, SC	$58,793	+26.2%	14	4
Washington, DC	$58,775	+26.1%	45	18
Minneapolis, MN	$58,635	+25.8%	17	3
Virginia Beach, VA	$57,965	+24.4%	15	1
BROOKLYN, NE	$57,845	+24.1%	51	7
Wallingford, CT	$57,110	+22.6%	11	2
Wayne, NJ	$56,160	+20.5%	11	1
Chicago, IL	$56,110	+20.4%	46	13
Andover, MA	$55,850	+19.8%	10	3

Salary by State

State	Median	vs National	Filings
Maryland	$76,739	-0.4%	380
Utah	$64,992	-12.5%	64
Washington	$63,079	-36.7%	22
Nevada	$59,065	-6.1%	2
District of Columbia	$59,000	-25.1%	47
Alaska	$58,604	-24.6%	4
Nebraska	$57,845	-6.6%	208
Vermont	$57,762	-9.4%	10
New Jersey	$57,590	-28.4%	160
New York	$55,994	-43.1%	435
Alabama	$55,705	-8%	16
Illinois	$54,199	-29.6%	97
Massachusetts	$54,080	-39.2%	201
Connecticut	$53,060	-31.3%	92
California	$52,728	-46.6%	713
Missouri	$52,000	+2.4%	96
Kentucky	$51,608	-14.6%	44
Wyoming	$50,403	-20.5%	1
Pennsylvania	$50,190	-35.7%	33
South Carolina	$48,943	-20.2%	283
Minnesota	$48,196	-24.6%	55
Oregon	$47,809	-39.9%	29
Rhode Island	$46,833	-47.4%	7
West Virginia	$46,059	-18.5%	28
Kansas	$45,835	-22%	71
Tennessee	$45,797	-24.1%	33
Texas	$45,600	-26.4%	1,776
Virginia	$45,195	-29.1%	140
Iowa	$44,721	-24.1%	15
Louisiana	$44,270	-25.4%	174
Florida	$44,080	-25.8%	216
Michigan	$43,367	-32.2%	97
New Hampshire	$43,250	-37.6%	18
Ohio	$43,230	-43.7%	257
Hawaii	$42,139	-31.9%	4
Mississippi	$41,883	-15.1%	153
South Dakota	$41,495	-16.2%	4
North Carolina	$41,486	-24.4%	202
Idaho	$41,400	-32.1%	3
Wisconsin	$41,015	-33.4%	26
Georgia	$41,000	-44.1%	515
Arkansas	$40,665	-28.5%	182
Colorado	$40,494	-36.4%	161
Delaware	$40,238	-46.7%	13
North Dakota	$39,557	-33.4%	7
Indiana	$39,160	-35.2%	72
New Mexico	$38,147	-43%	183
Maine	$36,375	-41.6%	10
Arizona	$36,000	-39.9%	466
Montana	$35,000	-40.4%	1
Oklahoma	$33,870	-31.1%	98

Salary Trend - DOL Data

Education Requirements

From PERM filings

For Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education positions, 88% of PERM filings required a Bachelor's degree, 12% required a Master's degree, and 0% required no formal degree.

Education by Top Employer

Most common minimum education from PERM filings

Employer	Most Common Education	Median Salary
GLOBAL TEACHERS RESEARCH & RESOURCES INC	Not specified	$39,150
Dallas Independent School District	Bachelor's	$51,000
Baltimore City Public Schools	Not specified	$78,910
Los Angeles Unified School District	Bachelor's	$45,637
New York City Department of Education	Bachelor's	$48,445
Educational Testing Service	Not specified	$85,228
Houston Independent School District	Bachelor's	$52,530
Denver Public Schools District 1	Not specified	$40,289
Harmony Public Schools	Bachelor's	$53,000
GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT	Bachelor's	$48,428

Salary by Industry

Same occupation, different industries (NAICS)

The highest-paying industry for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education is Administrative and Support Services at $51,294. The lowest-paying industry with significant hiring is Other Services at $48,982.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education make?

Based on 12,993 DOL filings, the median salary for a Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education is $46,600, ranging from $41,018 to $55,363.

What is the highest salary for a Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education?

The 90th percentile salary is $104,670 according to BLS data.

Which city pays the most for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education?

Based on DOL filings, Kansas City, MO offers the highest median at $85,228.

Does this data include all Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education salaries or only visa-sponsored workers?

DOL filing data covers positions where the employer filed for PERM green card sponsorship or an H-1B visa. These filings represent a subset of all Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education positions. We compare this data against BLS OEWS data which covers all workers in this occupation.

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Source: US Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) public disclosure files (PERM Form ETA-9089 and LCA Form ETA-9035), and US Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Salary figures represent employer filings and government survey estimates, not individual worker pay.

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education Salary in the United States