Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary Career, Salary and Skills
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $63,820 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 114,110. Wage data is published for 322 locations.
Occupation description
Teach vocational courses intended to provide occupational training below the baccalaureate level in subjects such as construction, mechanics/repair, manufacturing, transportation, or cosmetology, primarily to students who have graduated from or left high school. Teaching takes place in public or private schools whose primary business is academic or vocational education.
O*NET code
25-1194.00
Job zone
3
Typical education
Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$63,820
Hourly median
$30.68
Employment
114,110
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Active Listening | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Instructing | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Learning Strategies | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.88 | 3.88 |
| Speaking | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Active Learning | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.75 | 3.75 |
| Monitoring | 3.62 | 4.00 |
| Writing | 3.62 | 4.00 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.25 | 3.25 |
Typical tasks
- Present lectures and conduct discussions to increase students' knowledge and competence using visual aids, such as graphs, charts, videotapes, and slides.
- Supervise and monitor students' use of tools and equipment.
- Administer oral, written, or performance tests to measure progress and to evaluate training effectiveness.
- Provide individualized instruction and tutorial or remedial instruction.
- Prepare reports and maintain records, such as student grades, attendance rolls, and training activity details.
- Develop curricula and plan course content and methods of instruction.
- Determine training needs of students or workers.
- Observe and evaluate students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement.
Technology
- Blackboard Learn
- Blackboard software
- Career management systems CMS
- Collaborative editing software
- Common Curriculum
- Course management system software
- Desire2Learn LMS software
- DOC Cop
- Edmodo
- Email software
- Google Classroom
- Google Docs
- GroupMe
- Image scanning software
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in TXMedian $65,180 · Employment 12,620
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in CAMedian $76,630 · Employment 11,040
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in FLMedian $59,990 · Employment 7,600
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in NCMedian $62,390 · Employment 6,510
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in NYMedian $75,170 · Employment 5,250
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in New York, NYMedian $78,540 · Employment 4,820
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in PAMedian $63,160 · Employment 4,780
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in ILMedian $62,480 · Employment 4,420
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in GAMedian $60,320 · Employment 3,920
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $75,450 · Employment 3,670
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in WAMedian $77,530 · Employment 3,610
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in MIMedian $63,440 · Employment 3,480
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- Business Teachers, PostsecondaryNational median $99,080
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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.