Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School Career, Salary and Skills
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $65,030 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 16,870. Wage data is published for 112 locations.
Occupation description
Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the middle, intermediate, or junior high school level.
O*NET code
25-2023.00
Job zone
4
Typical education
Not recorded
Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$65,030
Hourly median
Not published
Employment
16,870
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
$49,200
10th
$58,690
25th
$65,030
Median
$79,990
75th
$101,890
90th
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Speaking | 4.12 | 4.12 |
| Learning Strategies | 4.12 | 4.25 |
| Instructing | 4.12 | 4.00 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 4.00 | 4.12 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4.00 | 4.25 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Active Listening | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Monitoring | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Active Learning | 3.88 | 3.88 |
| Writing | 3.75 | 3.88 |
Typical tasks
- Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.
- Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
- Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
- Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.
- Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to students.
- Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
- Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
Technology
- Amazon DynamoDB
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2
- Amazon Simple Storage Service S3
- Amazon Web Services AWS CloudFormation
- Amazon Web Services AWS software
- Ansible software
- Apache Ant
- Apache Cassandra
- Apache Groovy
- Apache Hadoop
- Apache HTTP Server
- Apache JMeter
- Apache Kafka
- Apache Tomcat
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School Salary in TXMedian $63,330 · Employment 5,230
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School Salary in NYMedian $86,450 · Employment 1,930
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School Salary in Dallas, TXMedian $65,310 · Employment 1,250
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School Salary in New York, NYMedian $98,950 · Employment 1,010
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School Salary in Houston, TXMedian $67,290 · Employment 970
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School Salary in NCMedian $52,270 · Employment 760
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School Salary in WAMedian $103,290 · Employment 720
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School Salary in PAMedian $77,980 · Employment 690
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School Salary in VAMedian $67,460 · Employment 640
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School Salary in ALMedian $58,410 · Employment 640
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School Salary in FLMedian $58,760 · Employment 610
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School Salary in OHMedian $86,560 · Employment 590
Related careers
- Teaching Assistants, Special EducationNational median not published
- Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, PostsecondaryNational median $75,870
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryNational median $105,870
- Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsNational median $64,330
- Computer Science Teachers, PostsecondaryNational median $96,980
- Education Teachers, PostsecondaryNational median $75,350
- Special Education Teachers, Middle SchoolNational median $66,810
- TutorsNational median $43,350
Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.