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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 .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 510 $43,330 1.7 Alabama Auburn 290 $42,960 1 Alabama Birmingham 3,710 $48,070 1 Alabama Decatur 520 $47,540 1.5 Alabama Dothan 710 $45,680 1.9 Alabama Florence 470 $43,440 1.5 Alabama Gadsden 490 $46,760 2.4Alabama Huntsville 760 $50,000 0.5 Alabama Mobile 490 $41,630 0.4 Alabama Montgomery 1,180 $44,450 1 Alabama Tuscaloosa 560 $48,420 0.9 Arizona Flagstaff 360 $40,230 1 Arizona Kingman 190 $40,800 0.6 Arizona Prescott 480 $43,230 1.2 Arizona Tucson 3,870 $38,340 1.5 Arizona Yuma 640 $41,580 1.6 Arkansas Fayetteville 1,620 $49,750 1.2 Arkansas Fort Smith 1,150 $44,810 1.4 Arkansas Hot Springs 330 $46,750 1.5 Arkansas Jonesboro 470 $41,920 1.5 Arkansas Little Rock 2,670 $48,000 1.1 Arkansas Pine Bluff 350 $42,400 1.7 California Bakersfield 1,740 $56,990 0.9 California El Centro 780 $65,300 2.4California Fresno 3,580 $64,450 1.5 California Merced 650 $62,000 1.8 California Modesto 2,270 $68,970 2 California Napa 440 $71,700 1.1 California Oakland 9,860 $62,700 1.3 California Oxnard 3,270 $61,920 1.5 California Redding 80 $51,860 0.2 California Riverside 13,300 $61,960 1.4 California Sacramento 7,690 $60,120 1.2 California San Diego 11,980 $65,900 1.2 California San Francisco 4,870 $62,640 0.7 California San Jose 5,820 $67,870 0.9 California San Luis Obispo 710 $57,270 1.1 California Santa Ana 11,030 $70,680 1 California Santa Barbara 2,250 $62,520 1.9 California Santa Cruz 1,210 $62,680 2.1California Santa Rosa 1,140 $62,030 0.9 California Stockton 2,150 $61,860 1.4 California Vallejo 2,640 $62,500 3.2California Visalia 1,650 $64,370 1.8 California Yuba City 430 $80,580 1.8 Colorado Boulder 940 $52,270 0.8 Colorado Colorado Springs 2,280 $44,890 1.3 Colorado Denver 8,390 $51,770 0.9 Colorado Fort Collins 730 $47,670 0.9 Colorado Greeley 600 $43,850 1.2 Connecticut Bridgeport 4,190 $70,010 1.3 Connecticut Danbury 540 $63,780 1.2 Connecticut Hartford 4,320 $66,850 1 Connecticut New Haven 2,480 $59,150 1.3 Connecticut Norwich 950 $62,570 1.1 Connecticut Waterbury 850 $66,420 1.9 District of Columbia Washington 15,850 $65,130 0.9 Florida Cape Coral 1,030 $64,350 0.7 Florida Jacksonville 3,560 $47,610 0.8 Florida Lakeland 1,380 $55,070 1 Florida Miami 5,070 $51,450 0.7 Florida Orlando 5,560 $48,610 0.7 Florida Sarasota 1,360 $51,810 0.7 Florida Sebastian 320 $55,550 1.1 Florida Tallahassee 780 $47,320 0.7 Florida Tampa 5,840 $56,050 0.7 Florida West Palm Beach 3,530 $50,070 0.9 Georgia Albany 510 $52,050 1.3 Georgia Athens 500 $55,930 1 Georgia Atlanta 21,830 $53,950 1.3 Georgia Augusta 2,080 $49,730 1.5 Georgia Gainesville 640 $54,730 1.4 Georgia Macon 440 $53,090 0.7 Georgia Valdosta 530 $51,060 1.5 Hawaii Honolulu 6,310 $47,460 2Idaho Boise 2,750 $51,450 1.4 Idaho Idaho Falls 730 $47,570 2.5Idaho Lewiston 260 $54,230 2 Idaho Pocatello 480 $46,830 2.7Illinois Bloomington 920 $52,270 2Illinois Champaign 910 $51,390 1.5 Illinois Chicago 36,260 $77,340 1.3 Illinois Decatur 330 $51,720 1.1 Illinois Kankakee 900 $49,020 3.9Illinois Peoria 1,470 $51,520 1.2 Illinois Rockford 1,710 $65,740 1.6 Illinois Springfield 330 $45,330 0.5 Indiana Anderson 430 $47,470 1.8 Indiana Bloomington 330 $49,150 0.7 Indiana Elkhart 800 $41,570 0.9 Indiana Evansville 1,060 $47,110 0.9 Indiana Fort Wayne 1,530 $50,190 1 Indiana Gary 2,020 $47,780 1 Indiana Indianapolis 5,320 $50,320 0.8 Indiana Kokomo 230 $44,130 1.1 Indiana Lafayette 470 $51,600 0.9 Indiana Michigan City 370 $45,300 1.4 Indiana Muncie 340 $45,990 1.2 Indiana South Bend 1,080 $48,430 1.2 Indiana Terre Haute 860 $52,080 1.9 Iowa Cedar Rapids 1,250 $38,890 1.4 Iowa Davenport 1,480 $43,420 1.2 Iowa Des Moines 2,290 $40,980 1 Iowa Dubuque 730 $42,520 2.3Iowa Iowa City 500 $42,180 1.1 Iowa Sioux City 580 $39,050 1.3 Iowa Waterloo 500 $40,490 0.9 Kansas Lawrence 270 $41,000 1 Kansas Topeka 1,280 $44,570 1.7 Kansas Wichita 2,680 $46,370 1.2 Kentucky Bowling Green 350 $47,090 1 Kentucky Elizabethtown 310 $49,750 1.2 Kentucky Lexington 1,080 $48,160 0.6 Kentucky Louisville 4,000 $50,320 0.9 Kentucky Owensboro 340 $50,230 1.1 Louisiana Baton Rouge 2,050 $44,500 0.8 Louisiana Houma 760 $42,370 1.2 Louisiana Lafayette 580 $44,710 0.6 Louisiana Monroe 570 $43,260 1.1 Louisiana New Orleans 2,760 $45,360 0.8 Louisiana Shreveport 1,230 $46,150 1 Maine Bangor 410 $43,570 1 Maine Lewiston 420 $43,690 1.4 Maine Portland 1,430 $48,150 1 Maryland Baltimore 12,280 $59,150 1.3 Maryland Bethesda 6,900 $59,450 1.7 Maryland Hagerstown 990 $44,810 1.5 Maryland Salisbury 510 $55,240 1.5 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 1,050 $56,370 1.6 Massachusetts Boston 11,930 $62,130 1 Massachusetts Brockton 1,250 $58,610 2.1Massachusetts Framingham 1,330 $64,070 1.2 Massachusetts Haverhill 1,380 $52,370 2.7Massachusetts Lawrence 570 1.6 Massachusetts Leominster 540 $53,400 1.7 Massachusetts Lowell 910 $59,350 1.1 Massachusetts New Bedford 900 $56,780 2.2Massachusetts Pittsfield 350 $55,990 1.8 Massachusetts Springfield 2,960 $55,440 1.4 Massachusetts Taunton 350 $56,550 1.2 Massachusetts Worcester 2,320 $55,670 1.3 Michigan Ann Arbor 730 $77,800 0.6 Michigan Battle Creek 330 $57,690 1.1 Michigan Detroit 3,870 $51,270 0.8 Michigan Flint 1,250 $58,140 1.3 Michigan Grand Rapids 1,650 $50,640 0.6 Michigan Holland 790 $50,010 1.2 Michigan Jackson 450 $45,220 1.4 Michigan Kalamazoo 910 $46,710 1 Michigan Lansing 810 $58,290 0.6 Michigan Monroe 270 $58,780 1.1 Michigan Muskegon 440 $57,960 1.1 Michigan Niles 340 $49,670 0.9 Michigan Saginaw 550 $58,570 1.1 Michigan Warren 5,320 $61,190 0.6 Minnesota Duluth 970 $47,660 1.1 Minnesota Minneapolis 11,400 $50,950 0.9 Minnesota Rochester 860 $45,600 1.4 Minnesota St Cloud 720 $48,400 1.1 Mississippi Gulfport 810 $50,640 1.1 Mississippi Hattiesburg 540 $44,020 1.5 Mississippi Jackson 2,330 $42,300 1.3 Mississippi Pascagoula 470 $45,350 1.6 Missouri Columbia 560 $38,290 1 Missouri Jefferson City 560 $39,830 1.3 Missouri Joplin 530 $39,470 1 Missouri Kansas City 7,510 $43,960 1 Missouri Springfield 1,190 $41,510 0.9 Missouri St Joseph 510 $37,270 1.6 Missouri St Louis 9,400 $50,510 1 Montana Billings 520 $44,740 1 Montana Great Falls 360 $40,060 1.7 Montana Missoula 500 $43,830 1.5 Nebraska Lincoln 1,130 $46,260 1 Nebraska Omaha 2,650 $43,150 0.8 New Hampshire Manchester 580 $50,140 0.8 New Hampshire Nashua 1,240 $51,030 1.3 New Hampshire Portsmouth 350 $51,340 1 New Hampshire Rochester 330 $50,800 0.9 New Jersey Atlantic City 1,270 $59,900 1.2 New Jersey Camden 5,330 $62,300 1.4 New Jersey Edison 9,730 $62,020 1.3 New Jersey Newark 8,910 $65,150 1.2 New Jersey Ocean City 520 $59,440 2New Jersey Trenton 1,590 $63,230 1.1 New Mexico Albuquerque 1,730 $60,480 0.6 New Mexico Farmington 410 $47,370 1.2 New Mexico Las Cruces 780 $59,540 2 New York Albany 4,280 $57,140 1.4 New York Binghamton 1,170 $56,080 1.6 New York Buffalo 3,590 $57,310 0.9 New York Elmira 370 $51,770 1.7 New York Glens Falls 740 $56,460 2.2New York Ithaca 550 $55,220 2.1New York Kingston 580 $69,260 1.5 New York Nassau 12,480 $82,900 1.4 New York New York 40,020 $69,370 1.1 New York Poughkeepsie 2,710 $65,150 1.6 New York Rochester 5,200 $57,660 1.4 New York Syracuse 2,470 $55,810 1.1 New York Utica 1,280 $56,570 1.5 North Carolina Asheville 1,180 $43,500 1 North Carolina Charlotte 4,110 $44,980 0.6 North Carolina Durham 1,410 $46,910 0.7 North Carolina Fayetteville 940 $37,580 1.1 North Carolina Greensboro 1,460 $44,360 0.6 North Carolina Hickory 680 $40,980 0.6 North Carolina Raleigh 2,310 $44,780 0.6 North Carolina Rocky Mount 290 $41,460 0.8 North Carolina Wilmington 870 $41,330 0.9 North Carolina Winston Salem 1,700 $41,750 1.1 North Dakota Bismarck 400 $44,580 1.1 North Dakota Fargo 670 $44,040 0.9 North Dakota Grand Forks 360 $46,110 1.2 Ohio Akron 3,570 $57,940 1.5 Ohio Canton 2,340 $53,090 1.9 Ohio Cincinnati 11,450 $55,460 1.5 Ohio Cleveland 13,170 $62,010 1.7 Ohio Columbus 8,610 $56,750 1.3 Ohio Dayton 4,850 $53,830 1.7 Ohio Lima 450 $49,820 1.4 Ohio Mansfield 890 $49,840 2.7Ohio Sandusky 590 $55,160 2.8Ohio Springfield 500 $49,970 1.7 Ohio Toledo 2,970 $53,460 1.3 Ohio Youngstown 3,420 $51,340 2.1Oklahoma Oklahoma City 3,710 $43,000 0.9 Oklahoma Tulsa 2,680 $42,440 0.9 Oregon Bend 490 $46,050 1.1 Oregon Corvallis 200 $46,470 1.1 Oregon Eugene 800 $49,530 0.8 Oregon Medford 690 $52,410 1.2 Oregon Portland 6,820 $51,890 0.9 Oregon Salem 1,350 $49,320 1.3 Pennsylvania Allentown 2,770 $52,380 1.1 Pennsylvania Altoona 430 $45,270 1.1 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 2,180 $49,990 1 Pennsylvania Johnstown 320 $52,660 0.9 Pennsylvania Lancaster 1,440 $55,900 0.9 Pennsylvania Lebanon 450 $51,660 1.6 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 6,880 $54,670 0.8 Pennsylvania Reading 1,570 $54,780 1.4 Pennsylvania Scranton 2,130 $52,490 1.2 Pennsylvania State College 340 $51,510 1 Pennsylvania Williamsport 370 $43,520 1.2 Pennsylvania York 1,100 $54,000 0.9 Rhode Island Providence 5,020 $61,340 1.2 South Carolina Anderson 330 $46,210 0.9 South Carolina Charleston 2,140 $46,950 1 South Carolina Columbia 2,600 $49,140 1 South Carolina Florence 540 $46,440 1 South Carolina Greenville 1,100 $44,540 0.5 South Carolina Spartanburg 520 $50,090 0.6 South Carolina Sumter 230 $36,760 1.1 South Dakota Rapid City 390 $44,010 1 South Dakota Sioux Falls 690 $38,190 0.7 Tennessee Chattanooga 1,480 $47,650 0.9 Tennessee Clarksville 690 $53,630 1.4 Tennessee Cleveland 300 $45,340 1.4 Tennessee Jackson 340 $46,420 0.9 Tennessee Johnson City 530 $43,100 1.1 Tennessee Kingsport 890 $44,330 1.2 Tennessee Knoxville 1,590 $45,430 0.7 Tennessee Memphis 5,740 $43,960 1.3 Tennessee Morristown 420 $42,420 1.4 Tennessee Nashville 3,630 $44,690 0.7 Texas Abilene 560 $42,930 1.4 Texas Amarillo 830 $44,210 1.2 Texas Austin 5,730 $46,240 1 Texas Beaumont 1,290 $44,650 1.2 Texas Brownsville 1,580 $51,030 1.9 Texas College Station 650 $43,140 1.3 Texas Corpus Christi 1,490 $45,120 1.2 Texas Dallas 17,310 $46,020 1.1 Texas El Paso 3,670 $49,430 2 Texas Fort Worth 7,260 $50,920 1.2 Texas Houston 20,990 $50,380 1.1 Texas Killeen 1,370 $45,790 1.7 Texas Longview 1,000 $43,560 1.6 Texas Lubbock 820 $43,670 1 Texas Mcallen 3,570 $48,550 2.3Texas Midland 470 $45,180 1.1 Texas San Angelo 510 $44,850 2Texas San Antonio 7,610 $51,140 1.2 Texas Sherman 460 $45,230 1.9 Texas Texarkana 550 $43,330 1.6 Texas Tyler 750 $45,210 1.2 Texas Victoria 430 $45,910 1.5 Texas Waco 890 $43,930 1.4 Texas Wichita Falls 660 $45,320 1.8 Utah Logan 330 $45,090 1.2 Utah Ogden 1,010 $48,200 0.7 Utah Salt Lake City 3,900 $54,440 0.9 Vermont Burlington 750 $51,880 1 Virginia Blacksburg 380 $48,620 1 Virginia Charlottesville 780 $58,360 1.3 Virginia Danville 520 2.5Virginia Lynchburg 880 $42,980 1.3 Virginia Richmond 3,710 $54,610 0.9 Virginia Roanoke 990 $52,720 0.9 Virginia Virginia Beach 5,600 $51,990 1 Virginia Winchester 390 $46,600 1.2 Washington Bellingham 510 $56,150 1 Washington Bremerton 530 $57,160 1 Washington Kennewick 660 $57,860 1.1 Washington Longview 230 $56,260 1.2 Washington Mount Vernon 230 $54,790 0.8 Washington Olympia 530 $55,960 0.9 Washington Seattle 5,450 $57,590 0.5 Washington Spokane 1,010 $54,830 0.7 Washington Tacoma 1,800 $56,910 0.9 Washington Wenatchee 290 $56,970 1.2 Washington Yakima 560 $54,540 1.1 West Virginia Charleston 1,190 $42,100 1.2 West Virginia Huntington 1,110 $44,080 1.5 West Virginia Parkersburg 570 $47,600 1.3 West Virginia Weirton 350 $48,420 1.4 West Virginia Wheeling 680 $44,390 1.7 Wisconsin Appleton 1,230 $51,200 1.6 Wisconsin Eau Claire 810 $48,250 1.6 Wisconsin Green Bay 990 $52,100 0.9 Wisconsin Janesville 530 $47,770 1.3 Wisconsin La Crosse 840 $45,790 1.9 Wisconsin Madison 1,750 $49,160 0.7 Wisconsin Milwaukee 3,700 $55,290 0.6 Wisconsin Oshkosh 620 $49,370 1.1 Wisconsin Racine 980 $49,350 1.9 Wisconsin Sheboygan 460 $48,470 1.3
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