Secondary School Vocation Teachers: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

Job Numbers and Growth

The number of employed secondary school vocation teachers is about 96,000. This occupation has a very low unemployment rating.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Approximately 8% of employees work part time.

Training and Education

People with a bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience have an easier time finding a job in this career. The percentage of workers with at least a 4 year degree or higher is 96%. Approximately 4% of employees started in college but were able to get a job without a degree. Secondary school vocation teachers with a high school diploma but no further education represent 1% of the total. 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

Jobs for this occupation are more popular (on a per capita basis) in Mansfield (Ohio), St. Joseph (Missouri), and Hanford (California), and less popular in Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Honolulu (Hawaii), and Santa Ana (California).

Without adjusting for the cost of living, employees get paid the most in Nassau (New York), Visalia (California), and New Haven (Connecticut), and the least in Sioux Falls (South Dakota), Sioux City (Iowa), and Tallahassee (Florida).

Secondary School Vocation Teachers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Secondary School Vocation Teachers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Secondary School Vocation 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 Secondary School Vocation Teachers are starred .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Anniston	70	$47,650	3.3
Alabama	Auburn	30	$54,970	1.5
Alabama	Birmingham	610	$52,240	2.3
Alabama	Decatur	60	$50,780	2.4
Alabama	Dothan	40	$47,050	1.5
Alabama	Florence	40	$45,990	1.7
Arizona	Flagstaff	80	$40,530	3.2
Arizona	Phoenix	550	$43,880	0.6
Arizona	Tucson	200	$41,830	1.1
Arkansas	Fayetteville	170	$49,060	1.7
Arkansas	Fort Smith	140	$46,510	2.4
Arkansas	Jonesboro	50	$48,710	2.3
Arkansas	Little Rock	160	$51,980	0.9
Arkansas	Pine Bluff	50	$47,300	3.5
California	El Centro	50	$68,450	2.2
California	Fresno	170	$62,630	1
California	Hanford	100	$65,140	8.1
California	Merced	60		2.3
California	Modesto	200	$58,870	2.5
California	Oakland	390	$64,050	0.7
California	Oxnard	80	$54,920	0.5
California	Riverside	360	$65,610	0.5
California	Sacramento	290	$61,420	0.6
California	San Diego	240	$61,290	0.3
California	San Francisco	230	$54,000	0.4
California	San Jose	240	$59,710	0.5
California	San Luis Obispo	80	$61,940	1.7
California	Santa Ana	150	$53,940	0.2
California	Santa Barbara	100		1.2
California	Santa Rosa	60	$60,640	0.7
California	Stockton	240	$68,640	2.2
California	Vallejo	100	$63,770	1.7
California	Visalia	130	$70,560	2
Colorado	Colorado Springs	50	$47,640	0.4
Colorado	Denver	370	$57,320	0.6
Colorado	Greeley	40	$45,750	1.1
Connecticut	Bridgeport	390	$63,880	1.7
Connecticut	Hartford	630	$64,480	2.1
Connecticut	New Haven	180	$69,360	1.3
Delaware	Wilmington	390	$59,340	2.3
District of Columbia	Washington	1,770	$66,260	1.5
Florida	Jacksonville	320	$50,810	1
Florida	Orlando	410	$54,640	0.8
Florida	Tallahassee	240	$35,540	3
Florida	Tampa	630	$57,340	1
Georgia	Albany	60	$53,740	2.1
Georgia	Atlanta	2,140	$52,980	1.7
Georgia	Augusta	400	$48,970	3.9
Georgia	Brunswick	50	$56,150	2.7
Georgia	Columbus	170	$54,190	3.2
Georgia	Macon	40	$51,440	0.8
Georgia	Valdosta	120	$53,350	4.7
Hawaii	Honolulu	60	$43,440	0.3
Illinois	Champaign	50	$40,490	1.1
Illinois	Chicago	740	$64,430	0.4
Illinois	Peoria	170	$49,660	2
Indiana	Elkhart	30	$51,770	0.5
Indiana	Evansville	70	$54,910	0.8
Indiana	Gary	170	$57,160	1.2
Indiana	Indianapolis	330	$58,540	0.7
Indiana	South Bend	50	$58,850	0.7
Indiana	Terre Haute	100	$55,580	3.1
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	140	$41,710	2.1
Iowa	Davenport	110	$47,760	1.2
Iowa	Des Moines	100	$40,820	0.6
Iowa	Sioux City	40	$37,320	1.2
Iowa	Waterloo	40	$38,150	1
Kansas	Lawrence	40	$42,660	2
Kansas	Topeka	80	$48,490	1.5
Kansas	Wichita	170	$47,500	1.1
Kentucky	Louisville	230	$57,450	0.7
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	200	$48,340	1.1
Louisiana	Monroe	40	$41,760	1.1
Louisiana	New Orleans	170	$47,920	0.6
Louisiana	Shreveport	100	$48,400	1.1
Maine	Portland	90	$48,670	0.9
Maryland	Bethesda	280	$53,160	0.9
Maryland	Hagerstown	180	$44,580	3.8
Massachusetts	Boston	920	$63,570	1
Massachusetts	Framingham	240	$64,580	3
Massachusetts	Lowell	160	$65,440	2.7
Massachusetts	Springfield	180	$55,960	1.2
Massachusetts	Worcester	320	$60,250	2.6
Michigan	Ann Arbor	40		0.5
Michigan	Battle Creek	60	$58,120	2.7
Michigan	Detroit	470	$51,830	1.3
Michigan	Flint	170	$51,380	2.5
Michigan	Grand Rapids	200	$54,530	1
Michigan	Holland	40	$59,580	0.8
Michigan	Jackson	50	$46,290	2.1
Michigan	Kalamazoo	140	$50,400	2.1
Michigan	Lansing	130	$60,950	1.3
Michigan	Muskegon	50	$57,610	1.8
Michigan	Warren	340	$58,820	0.6
Minnesota	Duluth	50	$45,010	0.8
Minnesota	Minneapolis	480	$56,000	0.5
Minnesota	St Cloud	30	$48,500	0.6
Mississippi	Gulfport	80	$54,160	1.5
Mississippi	Hattiesburg	40	$45,000	1.5
Mississippi	Jackson	170	$44,880	1.3
Mississippi	Pascagoula	40	$47,630	1.9
Missouri	Columbia	150	$45,850	3.9
Missouri	Jefferson City	180	$42,530	5.6
Missouri	Joplin	70	$40,470	1.9
Missouri	Kansas City	630	$48,040	1.2
Missouri	Springfield	160	$41,210	1.6
Missouri	St Joseph	190	$43,500	8.4
Missouri	St Louis	1,170	$51,900	1.7
Montana	Billings	40	$42,830	1
Nebraska	Lincoln	70	$48,900	0.9
Nebraska	Omaha	140	$43,790	0.6
New Hampshire	Nashua	40	$57,670	0.6
New Hampshire	Rochester	60	$53,170	2.3
New Jersey	Camden	260	$61,060	1
New Jersey	Edison	760	$58,250	1.4
New York	Albany	150	$55,490	0.7
New York	Buffalo	600	$58,760	2.2
New York	Glens Falls	30	$57,420	1.3
New York	Ithaca	60	$55,210	3.2
New York	Kingston	60	$72,480	2.2
New York	Nassau	750	$84,690	1.1
New York	New York	2,350	$73,510	0.9
New York	Poughkeepsie	170	$72,230	1.4
New York	Rochester	460	$59,830	1.8
New York	Syracuse	420	$61,900	2.7
New York	Utica	170	$53,810	2.7
North Carolina	Asheville	270	$49,860	3
North Carolina	Charlotte	890	$45,550	1.9
North Carolina	Durham	170	$49,270	1.2
North Carolina	Greensboro	470	$44,710	2.5
North Carolina	Hickory	160	$44,730	2
North Carolina	Raleigh	410	$48,100	1.6
North Carolina	Wilmington	60	$45,680	0.8
North Carolina	Winston Salem	450	$44,350	4.2
North Dakota	Bismarck	40	$49,480	1.6
North Dakota	Fargo	80	$56,550	1.4
North Dakota	Grand Forks	70	$48,850	3.2
Ohio	Akron	410	$61,830	2.4
Ohio	Canton	200	$58,370	2.3
Ohio	Cincinnati	860	$62,080	1.6
Ohio	Cleveland	950	$64,540	1.7
Ohio	Columbus	1,110	$63,810	2.3
Ohio	Dayton	230	$64,340	1.1
Ohio	Lima	90	$54,430	3.8
Ohio	Mansfield	200	$53,820	8.5
Ohio	Toledo	210	$59,380	1.3
Ohio	Youngstown	110	$57,470	0.9
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	310	$51,750	1.1
Oklahoma	Tulsa	190	$47,620	0.8
Oregon	Eugene	40	$44,510	0.5
Oregon	Portland	310	$56,930	0.6
Oregon	Salem	40	$56,500	0.5
Pennsylvania	Allentown	130	$53,170	0.8
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	270	$53,810	1.7
Pennsylvania	Lebanon	60	$51,870	2.9
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	370	$52,740	0.6
Pennsylvania	Reading	120	$61,110	1.5
Pennsylvania	Scranton	110	$48,620	0.8
Pennsylvania	York	100	$55,140	1.1
South Carolina	Charleston	130	$50,530	0.9
South Carolina	Columbia	120	$50,160	0.7
South Carolina	Florence	110	$43,900	2.8
South Carolina	Spartanburg	60	$50,510	1
South Dakota	Rapid City	80	$44,960	2.8
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	60	$37,440	0.9
Tennessee	Chattanooga	210	$44,500	1.8
Tennessee	Clarksville	50	$52,890	1.4
Tennessee	Cleveland	70	$41,900	4.6
Tennessee	Jackson	70	$46,950	2.7
Tennessee	Johnson City	120	$45,180	3.4
Tennessee	Kingsport	160	$44,620	2.9
Tennessee	Knoxville	350	$45,480	2
Tennessee	Memphis	280	$47,540	0.9
Tennessee	Morristown	140	$42,130	6.7
Tennessee	Nashville	580	$44,030	1.5
Texas	Abilene	80	$48,330	2.8
Texas	Amarillo	150	$47,360	3.1
Texas	Austin	530	$47,040	1.3
Texas	Beaumont	160	$46,250	2.1
Texas	Brownsville	190	$50,810	3.2
Texas	College Station	100	$45,170	2.8
Texas	Corpus Christi	230	$45,670	2.6
Texas	Dallas	1,140	$52,050	1
Texas	El Paso	390	$51,150	2.9
Texas	Fort Worth	610	$53,010	1.4
Texas	Houston	2,120	$52,930	1.6
Texas	Killeen	190	$46,990	3.3
Texas	Longview	90	$43,960	2
Texas	Lubbock	140	$47,300	2.4
Texas	Mcallen	500	$51,200	4.5
Texas	San Angelo	50	$43,950	2.8
Texas	San Antonio	860	$50,100	2
Texas	Sherman	50	$46,420	2.9
Texas	Texarkana	40	$42,340	1.6
Texas	Tyler	100	$45,170	2.3
Texas	Waco	90	$44,520	2
Texas	Wichita Falls	90	$49,740	3.4
Utah	Provo	50	$43,930	0.6
Utah	Salt Lake City	280	$49,990	0.9
Virginia	Blacksburg	90	$54,840	3.2
Virginia	Charlottesville	70	$59,750	1.6
Virginia	Lynchburg	100	$47,210	2.1
Virginia	Richmond	370	$58,520	1.2
Virginia	Roanoke	120	$55,760	1.5
Virginia	Virginia Beach	420	$44,790	1.1
Virginia	Winchester	50	$45,470	2.1
Washington	Bellingham	70	$59,210	1.9
Washington	Bremerton	110	$57,480	2.8
Washington	Kennewick	130	$56,090	3.1
Washington	Longview	50	$58,280	3.6
Washington	Mount Vernon	60	$59,640	3
Washington	Olympia	110	$59,520	2.5
Washington	Seattle	820	$58,850	1.1
Washington	Spokane	170	$57,950	1.6
Washington	Tacoma	310	$56,340	2.3
Washington	Wenatchee	80	$59,540	4.6
Washington	Yakima	120	$58,030	3.2
West Virginia	Charleston	370	$47,210	5.2
West Virginia	Huntington	160	$48,980	2.9
West Virginia	Parkersburg	100	$41,700	3.1
West Virginia	Weirton	100	$47,180	5.4
West Virginia	Wheeling	100	$49,040	3.4
Wisconsin	Appleton	40	$49,720	0.7
Wisconsin	Green Bay	90	$57,210	1.1
Wisconsin	Janesville	30	$45,690	1
Wisconsin	Madison	180	$48,440	1.1
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	150	$51,930	0.3
Wisconsin	Sheboygan	50	$50,420	1.9

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