Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
SOC 25-2031 · 2024-2034
Teach one or more subjects to students at the secondary school level.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
Shrinking -1.5%
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
- $104,208per year
- Projected openings
- 57,820
- Projected change
- -1.5%
- 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
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $106,457 | 4,860 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $106,457 | 3,360 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $103,457 | 150 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $102,862 | 560 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $102,800 | 2,880 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $102,646 | 750 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $102,512 | 450 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $102,451 | 4,390 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $102,401 | 4,880 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $102,071 | 2,460 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $101,578 | 270 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $101,350 | 600 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $101,204 | 3,870 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $100,992 | 830 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $100,571 | 8,150 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $100,503 | 15,070 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $100,489 | 1,340 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $100,181 | 640 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $100,160 | 1,830 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $100,119 | 620 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $100,119 | 1,120 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $98,989 | 330 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $97,911 | 940 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $96,544 | 1,390 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $95,579 | 350 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $94,870 | 460 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $94,336 | 220 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $88,101 | 480 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $85,143 | 280 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $84,403 | 380 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $81,209 | 430 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | $101,720 | 23,240 | -1.7% |
| 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% |
| Special Education Teachers, Secondary School | $103,889 | 7,850 | -1.7% |
| Special Education Teachers, Middle School | $104,372 | 3,120 | -2.1% |
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