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Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in WA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary in WA have a median annual salary of $77,530, with 3,610 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $50,960 at the 10th percentile to $129,790 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$77,530

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$37.27

Employment

3,610

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$50,960
10th
$58,410
25th
$77,530
Median
$97,760
75th
$129,790
90th

Local compared with national

WA

$77,530

Median annual · 2025

United States

$63,820

Median annual · 2025

The WA median is 21.5% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $13,710).

Top skills

  1. 1.Active ListeningImportance 4.0
  2. 2.Learning StrategiesImportance 4.0
  3. 3.InstructingImportance 4.0
  4. 4.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.9
  5. 5.SpeakingImportance 3.9
  6. 6.Active LearningImportance 3.9
  7. 7.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.8
  8. 8.WritingImportance 3.6
  9. 9.MonitoringImportance 3.6
  10. 10.Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.3
  11. 11.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.3
  12. 12.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.3

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Job zone
3

Technology used

  • 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
  • iParadigms Turnitin

Common tasks

  • Observe and evaluate students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement.
  • 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.
  • Supervise independent or group projects, field placements, laboratory work, or other training.
  • Integrate academic and vocational curricula so that students can obtain a variety of skills.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary salary in other locations

Other occupations in WA