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High School Teachers

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

Approximately 1,038,000 people work as high school teachers. For this occupation, the unemployment is considered to be very low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Employees that work part-time represent 8% of the total in 2008.

Training and Education

A bachelor's degree is useful when pursuing this career. Among workers, 96% graduated from college with 4 year degrees. 4% of people working as employees went to college but did not obtain a degree. 1% of high school teachers completed high school but did not pursue a college education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Finding jobs for workers may be easier in Kankakee (Illinois), Vallejo (California), and Sandusky (Ohio), and the most challenging in Springfield (Illinois), Mobile (Alabama), and Redding (California).

The pay for these jobs is highest in Nassau (New York), Yuba City (California), and Chicago (Illinois) and lowest in St. Joseph (Missouri), Sioux Falls (South Dakota), and Fayetteville (North Carolina).

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High School Teachers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for High School Teachers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for High School Teachers are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for High School Teachers are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston510$43,3301.7
AlabamaAuburn290$42,9601
AlabamaBirmingham3,710$48,0701
AlabamaDecatur520$47,5401.5
AlabamaDothan710$45,6801.9
AlabamaFlorence470$43,4401.5
AlabamaGadsden490$46,760 2.4
AlabamaHuntsville760$50,0000.5
AlabamaMobile490$41,6300.4
AlabamaMontgomery1,180$44,4501
AlabamaTuscaloosa560$48,4200.9
ArizonaFlagstaff360$40,2301
ArizonaKingman190$40,8000.6
ArizonaPrescott480$43,2301.2
ArizonaTucson3,870$38,3401.5
ArizonaYuma640$41,5801.6
ArkansasFayetteville1,620$49,7501.2
ArkansasFort Smith1,150$44,8101.4
ArkansasHot Springs330$46,7501.5
ArkansasJonesboro470$41,9201.5
ArkansasLittle Rock2,670$48,0001.1
ArkansasPine Bluff350$42,4001.7
CaliforniaBakersfield1,740$56,9900.9
CaliforniaEl Centro780$65,300 2.4
CaliforniaFresno3,580$64,4501.5
CaliforniaMerced650$62,0001.8
CaliforniaModesto2,270$68,9702
CaliforniaNapa440$71,7001.1
CaliforniaOakland9,860$62,7001.3
CaliforniaOxnard3,270$61,9201.5
CaliforniaRedding80$51,8600.2
CaliforniaRiverside13,300$61,9601.4
CaliforniaSacramento7,690$60,1201.2
CaliforniaSan Diego11,980$65,9001.2
CaliforniaSan Francisco4,870$62,6400.7
CaliforniaSan Jose5,820$67,8700.9
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo710$57,2701.1
CaliforniaSanta Ana11,030$70,6801
CaliforniaSanta Barbara2,250$62,5201.9
CaliforniaSanta Cruz1,210$62,680 2.1
CaliforniaSanta Rosa1,140$62,0300.9
CaliforniaStockton2,150$61,8601.4
CaliforniaVallejo2,640$62,500 3.2
CaliforniaVisalia1,650$64,3701.8
CaliforniaYuba City430$80,5801.8
ColoradoBoulder940$52,2700.8
ColoradoColorado Springs2,280$44,8901.3
ColoradoDenver8,390$51,7700.9
ColoradoFort Collins730$47,6700.9
ColoradoGreeley600$43,8501.2
ConnecticutBridgeport4,190$70,0101.3
ConnecticutDanbury540$63,7801.2
ConnecticutHartford4,320$66,8501
ConnecticutNew Haven2,480$59,1501.3
ConnecticutNorwich950$62,5701.1
ConnecticutWaterbury850$66,4201.9
District of ColumbiaWashington15,850$65,1300.9
FloridaCape Coral1,030$64,3500.7
FloridaJacksonville3,560$47,6100.8
FloridaLakeland1,380$55,0701
FloridaMiami5,070$51,4500.7
FloridaOrlando5,560$48,6100.7
FloridaSarasota1,360$51,8100.7
FloridaSebastian320$55,5501.1
FloridaTallahassee780$47,3200.7
FloridaTampa5,840$56,0500.7
FloridaWest Palm Beach3,530$50,0700.9
GeorgiaAlbany510$52,0501.3
GeorgiaAthens500$55,9301
GeorgiaAtlanta21,830$53,9501.3
GeorgiaAugusta2,080$49,7301.5
GeorgiaGainesville640$54,7301.4
GeorgiaMacon440$53,0900.7
GeorgiaValdosta530$51,0601.5
HawaiiHonolulu6,310$47,460 2
IdahoBoise2,750$51,4501.4
IdahoIdaho Falls730$47,570 2.5
IdahoLewiston260$54,2302
IdahoPocatello480$46,830 2.7
IllinoisBloomington920$52,270 2
IllinoisChampaign910$51,3901.5
IllinoisChicago36,260$77,3401.3
IllinoisDecatur330$51,7201.1
IllinoisKankakee900$49,020 3.9
IllinoisPeoria1,470$51,5201.2
IllinoisRockford1,710$65,7401.6
IllinoisSpringfield330$45,3300.5
IndianaAnderson430$47,4701.8
IndianaBloomington330$49,1500.7
IndianaElkhart800$41,5700.9
IndianaEvansville1,060$47,1100.9
IndianaFort Wayne1,530$50,1901
IndianaGary2,020$47,7801
IndianaIndianapolis5,320$50,3200.8
IndianaKokomo230$44,1301.1
IndianaLafayette470$51,6000.9
IndianaMichigan City370$45,3001.4
IndianaMuncie340$45,9901.2
IndianaSouth Bend1,080$48,4301.2
IndianaTerre Haute860$52,0801.9
IowaCedar Rapids1,250$38,8901.4
IowaDavenport1,480$43,4201.2
IowaDes Moines2,290$40,9801
IowaDubuque730$42,520 2.3
IowaIowa City500$42,1801.1
IowaSioux City580$39,0501.3
IowaWaterloo500$40,4900.9
KansasLawrence270$41,0001
KansasTopeka1,280$44,5701.7
KansasWichita2,680$46,3701.2
KentuckyBowling Green350$47,0901
KentuckyElizabethtown310$49,7501.2
KentuckyLexington1,080$48,1600.6
KentuckyLouisville4,000$50,3200.9
KentuckyOwensboro340$50,2301.1
LouisianaBaton Rouge2,050$44,5000.8
LouisianaHouma760$42,3701.2
LouisianaLafayette580$44,7100.6
LouisianaMonroe570$43,2601.1
LouisianaNew Orleans2,760$45,3600.8
LouisianaShreveport1,230$46,1501
MaineBangor410$43,5701
MaineLewiston420$43,6901.4
MainePortland1,430$48,1501
MarylandBaltimore12,280$59,1501.3
MarylandBethesda6,900$59,4501.7
MarylandHagerstown990$44,8101.5
MarylandSalisbury510$55,2401.5
MassachusettsBarnstable Town1,050$56,3701.6
MassachusettsBoston11,930$62,1301
MassachusettsBrockton1,250$58,610 2.1
MassachusettsFramingham1,330$64,0701.2
MassachusettsHaverhill1,380$52,370 2.7
MassachusettsLawrence570 1.6
MassachusettsLeominster540$53,4001.7
MassachusettsLowell910$59,3501.1
MassachusettsNew Bedford900$56,780 2.2
MassachusettsPittsfield350$55,9901.8
MassachusettsSpringfield2,960$55,4401.4
MassachusettsTaunton350$56,5501.2
MassachusettsWorcester2,320$55,6701.3
MichiganAnn Arbor730$77,8000.6
MichiganBattle Creek330$57,6901.1
MichiganDetroit3,870$51,2700.8
MichiganFlint1,250$58,1401.3
MichiganGrand Rapids1,650$50,6400.6
MichiganHolland790$50,0101.2
MichiganJackson450$45,2201.4
MichiganKalamazoo910$46,7101
MichiganLansing810$58,2900.6
MichiganMonroe270$58,7801.1
MichiganMuskegon440$57,9601.1
MichiganNiles340$49,6700.9
MichiganSaginaw550$58,5701.1
MichiganWarren5,320$61,1900.6
MinnesotaDuluth970$47,6601.1
MinnesotaMinneapolis11,400$50,9500.9
MinnesotaRochester860$45,6001.4
MinnesotaSt Cloud720$48,4001.1
MississippiGulfport810$50,6401.1
MississippiHattiesburg540$44,0201.5
MississippiJackson2,330$42,3001.3
MississippiPascagoula470$45,3501.6
MissouriColumbia560$38,2901
MissouriJefferson City560$39,8301.3
MissouriJoplin530$39,4701
MissouriKansas City7,510$43,9601
MissouriSpringfield1,190$41,5100.9
MissouriSt Joseph510$37,2701.6
MissouriSt Louis9,400$50,5101
MontanaBillings520$44,7401
MontanaGreat Falls360$40,0601.7
MontanaMissoula500$43,8301.5
NebraskaLincoln1,130$46,2601
NebraskaOmaha2,650$43,1500.8
New HampshireManchester580$50,1400.8
New HampshireNashua1,240$51,0301.3
New HampshirePortsmouth350$51,3401
New HampshireRochester330$50,8000.9
New JerseyAtlantic City1,270$59,9001.2
New JerseyCamden5,330$62,3001.4
New JerseyEdison9,730$62,0201.3
New JerseyNewark8,910$65,1501.2
New JerseyOcean City520$59,440 2
New JerseyTrenton1,590$63,2301.1
New MexicoAlbuquerque1,730$60,4800.6
New MexicoFarmington410$47,3701.2
New MexicoLas Cruces780$59,5402
New YorkAlbany4,280$57,1401.4
New YorkBinghamton1,170$56,0801.6
New YorkBuffalo3,590$57,3100.9
New YorkElmira370$51,7701.7
New YorkGlens Falls740$56,460 2.2
New YorkIthaca550$55,220 2.1
New YorkKingston580$69,2601.5
New YorkNassau12,480$82,9001.4
New YorkNew York40,020$69,3701.1
New YorkPoughkeepsie2,710$65,1501.6
New YorkRochester5,200$57,6601.4
New YorkSyracuse2,470$55,8101.1
New YorkUtica1,280$56,5701.5
North CarolinaAsheville1,180$43,5001
North CarolinaCharlotte4,110$44,9800.6
North CarolinaDurham1,410$46,9100.7
North CarolinaFayetteville940$37,5801.1
North CarolinaGreensboro1,460$44,3600.6
North CarolinaHickory680$40,9800.6
North CarolinaRaleigh2,310$44,7800.6
North CarolinaRocky Mount290$41,4600.8
North CarolinaWilmington870$41,3300.9
North CarolinaWinston Salem1,700$41,7501.1
North DakotaBismarck400$44,5801.1
North DakotaFargo670$44,0400.9
North DakotaGrand Forks360$46,1101.2
OhioAkron3,570$57,9401.5
OhioCanton2,340$53,0901.9
OhioCincinnati11,450$55,4601.5
OhioCleveland13,170$62,0101.7
OhioColumbus8,610$56,7501.3
OhioDayton4,850$53,8301.7
OhioLima450$49,8201.4
OhioMansfield890$49,840 2.7
OhioSandusky590$55,160 2.8
OhioSpringfield500$49,9701.7
OhioToledo2,970$53,4601.3
OhioYoungstown3,420$51,340 2.1
OklahomaOklahoma City3,710$43,0000.9
OklahomaTulsa2,680$42,4400.9
OregonBend490$46,0501.1
OregonCorvallis200$46,4701.1
OregonEugene800$49,5300.8
OregonMedford690$52,4101.2
OregonPortland6,820$51,8900.9
OregonSalem1,350$49,3201.3
PennsylvaniaAllentown2,770$52,3801.1
PennsylvaniaAltoona430$45,2701.1
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg2,180$49,9901
PennsylvaniaJohnstown320$52,6600.9
PennsylvaniaLancaster1,440$55,9000.9
PennsylvaniaLebanon450$51,6601.6
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh6,880$54,6700.8
PennsylvaniaReading1,570$54,7801.4
PennsylvaniaScranton2,130$52,4901.2
PennsylvaniaState College340$51,5101
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport370$43,5201.2
PennsylvaniaYork1,100$54,0000.9
Rhode IslandProvidence5,020$61,3401.2
South CarolinaAnderson330$46,2100.9
South CarolinaCharleston2,140$46,9501
South CarolinaColumbia2,600$49,1401
South CarolinaFlorence540$46,4401
South CarolinaGreenville1,100$44,5400.5
South CarolinaSpartanburg520$50,0900.6
South CarolinaSumter230$36,7601.1
South DakotaRapid City390$44,0101
South DakotaSioux Falls690$38,1900.7
TennesseeChattanooga1,480$47,6500.9
TennesseeClarksville690$53,6301.4
TennesseeCleveland300$45,3401.4
TennesseeJackson340$46,4200.9
TennesseeJohnson City530$43,1001.1
TennesseeKingsport890$44,3301.2
TennesseeKnoxville1,590$45,4300.7
TennesseeMemphis5,740$43,9601.3
TennesseeMorristown420$42,4201.4
TennesseeNashville3,630$44,6900.7
TexasAbilene560$42,9301.4
TexasAmarillo830$44,2101.2
TexasAustin5,730$46,2401
TexasBeaumont1,290$44,6501.2
TexasBrownsville1,580$51,0301.9
TexasCollege Station650$43,1401.3
TexasCorpus Christi1,490$45,1201.2
TexasDallas17,310$46,0201.1
TexasEl Paso3,670$49,4302
TexasFort Worth7,260$50,9201.2
TexasHouston20,990$50,3801.1
TexasKilleen1,370$45,7901.7
TexasLongview1,000$43,5601.6
TexasLubbock820$43,6701
TexasMcallen3,570$48,550 2.3
TexasMidland470$45,1801.1
TexasSan Angelo510$44,850 2
TexasSan Antonio7,610$51,1401.2
TexasSherman460$45,2301.9
TexasTexarkana550$43,3301.6
TexasTyler750$45,2101.2
TexasVictoria430$45,9101.5
TexasWaco890$43,9301.4
TexasWichita Falls660$45,3201.8
UtahLogan330$45,0901.2
UtahOgden1,010$48,2000.7
UtahSalt Lake City3,900$54,4400.9
VermontBurlington750$51,8801
VirginiaBlacksburg380$48,6201
VirginiaCharlottesville780$58,3601.3
VirginiaDanville520  2.5
VirginiaLynchburg880$42,9801.3
VirginiaRichmond3,710$54,6100.9
VirginiaRoanoke990$52,7200.9
VirginiaVirginia Beach5,600$51,9901
VirginiaWinchester390$46,6001.2
WashingtonBellingham510$56,1501
WashingtonBremerton530$57,1601
WashingtonKennewick660$57,8601.1
WashingtonLongview230$56,2601.2
WashingtonMount Vernon230$54,7900.8
WashingtonOlympia530$55,9600.9
WashingtonSeattle5,450$57,5900.5
WashingtonSpokane1,010$54,8300.7
WashingtonTacoma1,800$56,9100.9
WashingtonWenatchee290$56,9701.2
WashingtonYakima560$54,5401.1
West VirginiaCharleston1,190$42,1001.2
West VirginiaHuntington1,110$44,0801.5
West VirginiaParkersburg570$47,6001.3
West VirginiaWeirton350$48,4201.4
West VirginiaWheeling680$44,3901.7
WisconsinAppleton1,230$51,2001.6
WisconsinEau Claire810$48,2501.6
WisconsinGreen Bay990$52,1000.9
WisconsinJanesville530$47,7701.3
WisconsinLa Crosse840$45,7901.9
WisconsinMadison1,750$49,1600.7
WisconsinMilwaukee3,700$55,2900.6
WisconsinOshkosh620$49,3701.1
WisconsinRacine980$49,3501.9
WisconsinSheboygan460$48,4701.3
 

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