SOC 25-2032 · Area 26420 · May 2025
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
Published pay and employment
| Measure | Annual pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $60,860 | Not released |
| 25th percentile | $62,500 | Not released |
| Median | $67,200 | Not released |
| 75th percentile | $76,190 | Not released |
| 90th percentile | $79,470 | Not released |
| Average | $69,630 | Not released |
A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.
Estimated employment: 6,070. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.
What these figures tell you
The middle half of annual wages runs from $62,500 to $76,190 in 2025, a span of $13,690.
The area median is $2,590 (4.0%) above Texas's $64,610 median for this occupation in 2025.
Compare with 29 other published areas
- This area's median is $9,150 (15.8%) above the $58,050 median in Victoria, TX.
- This area's median is $9,020 (15.5%) above the $58,180 median in Wichita Falls, TX.
- This area's median is $7,200 (12.0%) above the $60,000 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
- This area's median is $6,350 (10.4%) above the $60,850 median in Lubbock, TX.
- This area's median is $6,310 (10.4%) above the $60,890 median in Longview, TX.
- This area's median is $6,270 (10.3%) above the $60,930 median in Abilene, TX.
- This area's median is $6,270 (10.3%) above the $60,930 median in Tyler, TX.
- This area's median is $6,150 (10.1%) above the $61,050 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $6,150 (10.1%) above the $61,050 median in San Angelo, TX.
- This area's median is $6,050 (9.9%) above the $61,150 median in Waco, TX.
- This area's median is $5,990 (9.8%) above the $61,210 median in Texarkana, TX-AR.
- This area's median is $5,950 (9.7%) above the $61,250 median in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $5,880 (9.6%) above the $61,320 median in Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $5,630 (9.1%) above the $61,570 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $5,440 (8.8%) above the $61,760 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $5,360 (8.7%) above the $61,840 median in Amarillo, TX.
- This area's median is $5,350 (8.6%) above the $61,850 median in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $5,350 (8.6%) above the $61,850 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
- This area's median is $5,090 (8.2%) above the $62,110 median in Sherman-Denison, TX.
- This area's median is $4,940 (7.9%) above the $62,260 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
- This area's median is $4,810 (7.7%) above the $62,390 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
- This area's median is $4,420 (7.0%) above the $62,780 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
- This area's median is $4,370 (7.0%) above the $62,830 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
- This area's median is $4,360 (6.9%) above the $62,840 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
- This area's median is $3,420 (5.4%) above the $63,780 median in El Paso, TX.
- This area's median is $3,230 (5.0%) above the $63,970 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
- This area's median is $2,620 (4.1%) above the $64,580 median in Laredo, TX.
- This area's median is $750 (1.1%) above the $66,450 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
- This area's median is $11,050 (14.1%) below the $78,250 median in Midland, TX.
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