Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
SOC 25-2022 · 2024-2034
Teach one or more subjects to students at the middle, intermediate, or junior high school level.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
Shrinking -1.7%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $101,720per year
- Projected openings
- 23,240
- Projected change
- -1.7%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Instructing
- Learning Strategies
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Learning
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $107,956 | 410 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $107,843 | 3,530 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $106,374 | 300 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $104,351 | 3,200 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $104,187 | 120 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $103,416 | 170 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $102,749 | 590 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $102,163 | 1,260 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $97,780 | 2,430 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $96,767 | 10,030 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $86,067 | 700 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $84,116 | 290 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $83,684 | 250 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $83,476 | 3,080 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $83,376 | 150 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $82,946 | 1,500 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $82,575 | 150 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $82,369 | 230 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $80,972 | 140 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $80,562 | 90 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $80,294 | 1,120 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $79,596 | 1,670 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $79,247 | 210 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $79,206 | 170 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $79,154 | 190 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $79,093 | 230 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $78,795 | 130 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | Not reported | 380 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | $104,208 | 57,820 | -1.5% |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | $102,439 | 96,800 | -1.7% |
| Tutors | $46,362 | 91,790 | +6.8% |
| Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors | $104,886 | 1,700 | -11.8% |
| Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education | $84,861 | 7,710 | -2.8% |
| Special Education Teachers, Secondary School | $103,889 | 7,850 | -1.7% |
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