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Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School

Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the middle, intermediate, or junior high school level.

Wages

Median annual wage, U.S.$65,030
Employment, U.S.16,870
Median hourly wageNot available
Annual wage percentiles, U.S., May 2025
10th25thMedian75th90th
$49,200$58,690$65,030$79,990$101,890
By state (34)
StateEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Alabama640$58,4102.80
Arkansas90$60,7600.62
Colorado470$66,3101.52
Connecticut120$95,6800.63
Florida610$58,7600.57
Georgia560$73,0201.05
Illinois240$80,7000.36
Indiana70$54,9600.21
Iowa$63,360
Kansas30$58,5600.22
Louisiana120$56,4400.60
Maryland210$84,1600.71
Massachusetts$93,260
Michigan$60,650
Minnesota160$81,4600.50
Mississippi270$55,2102.16
Missouri240$52,6300.75
Nebraska370$62,5803.31
New Jersey$68,280
New York1,930$86,4501.83
North Carolina760$52,2701.41
North Dakota220$46,5304.81
Ohio590$86,5600.98
Oklahoma110$54,0900.60
Pennsylvania690$77,9801.04
Rhode Island50$97,2400.84
South Carolina170$62,1600.67
Tennessee110$61,9500.31
Texas5,230$63,3303.42
Utah$86,890
Virginia640$67,4601.43
Washington720$103,2901.87
Wisconsin570$76,8601.80
Wyoming100$62,7103.42

Similar occupations

Similarity is our measure: the cosine of importance x level over all 120 O*NET skills, knowledge areas and abilities. It is not an O*NET finding. More.

#OccupationJob ZoneSimilarity
1Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School40.977
2Special Education Teachers, Secondary School40.974
3Special Education Teachers, Preschool40.973
4Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education40.972
5Special Education Teachers, Elementary School40.972
6Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education40.972
7Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary50.971
8Instructional Coordinators50.969
9Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education40.966
10Tutors30.965

One skill away

Among the 50 occupations most similar to Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School, those at the same Job Zone or lower, where exactly one skill rated at least 3 in importance needs a level more than 0.75 points higher (on O*NET's 0-7 level scale). Our definition. Change the thresholds.

OccupationSkill to buildLevel gapSimilarity
Special Education Teachers, Middle SchoolTime Management0.880.963
Health Education SpecialistsOperations Analysis3.000.962
Community Health WorkersService Orientation0.760.950
Fitness and Wellness CoordinatorsManagement of Personnel Resources0.760.949
Compliance ManagersJudgment and Decision Making0.760.942

Software to learn next

Software used by at least 3 of the 20 occupations most similar to Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School, excluding software Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School already lists and any you named. Ranked by how many of them use it, weighted by how much more common it is among them than across all occupations (lift). Our ranking.

SoftwareSimilar jobs using itLift
Blackboard software11 of 208.9x
Google Classroom8 of 2016.8x
Edpuzzle6 of 2039.6x
Common Curriculum7 of 2023.1x
Children's educational software6 of 2030.8x
Kahoot!6 of 2030.8x
Schoology7 of 2017.0x
Flipgrid7 of 2014.0x
Seesaw6 of 2019.8x
EasyCBM5 of 2028.8x

Skills

From O*NET data. Importance is rated 1 to 5 and level 0 to 7.

SkillTypeImportanceLevel
Learning StrategiesEssential skill 4.12 4.25
SpeakingEssential skill 4.12 4.12
InstructingTransferable skill 4.12 4.00
Reading ComprehensionEssential skill 4.00 4.25
Social PerceptivenessTransferable skill 4.00 4.12
Active ListeningEssential skill 4.00 4.00
Critical ThinkingEssential skill 4.00 4.00
MonitoringEssential skill 4.00 4.00
Active LearningEssential skill 3.88 3.88
WritingEssential skill 3.75 3.88
Judgment and Decision MakingTransferable skill 3.38 3.12
Service OrientationTransferable skill 3.38 3.12
CoordinationTransferable skill 3.25 3.12
Time ManagementTransferable skill 3.25 3.00
Complex Problem SolvingTransferable skill 3.12 3.12
PersuasionTransferable skill 3.00 3.00
Systems AnalysisTransferable skill 3.00 3.00
Systems EvaluationTransferable skill 3.00 3.00
NegotiationTransferable skill 2.88 3.00
MathematicsEssential skill 2.62 2.50
Management of Personnel ResourcesTransferable skill 2.50 2.62
Operations AnalysisTransferable skill 2.38not rated
Management of Material ResourcesTransferable skill 2.25 2.12
Operations MonitoringTransferable skill 1.75 1.38
Quality Control AnalysisTransferable skill 1.75 1.25
ScienceEssential skill 1.75 1.00
Technology DesignTransferable skill 1.75 0.75
Operation and ControlTransferable skill 1.62 1.00
Management of Financial ResourcesTransferable skill 1.50 0.62
ProgrammingTransferable skill 1.50 0.50
Equipment SelectionTransferable skill 1.25not rated
RepairingTransferable skill 1.12not rated
TroubleshootingTransferable skill 1.12not rated
Equipment MaintenanceTransferable skill 1.00not rated
InstallationTransferable skill 1.00not rated
Knowledge (33) and abilities (52)
Knowledge
NameImportanceLevel
Education and Training 4.57 5.92
English Language 4.31 4.92
Computers and Electronics 3.98 4.96
Administrative 3.73 5.26
Customer and Personal Service 3.71 5.43
Psychology 3.32 3.83
Mathematics 3.00 3.82
Administration and Management 3.00 3.29
Communications and Media 2.98 2.95
Sociology and Anthropology 2.94 3.32
Engineering and Technology 2.86 2.90
Design 2.78 2.56
Public Safety and Security 2.73 2.08
Therapy and Counseling 2.55 3.00
Sales and Marketing 2.35 2.61
Production and Processing 2.32 2.03
Philosophy and Theology 2.30 2.92
Personnel and Human Resources 2.28 2.19
Law and Government 2.27 1.70
Economics and Accounting 2.17 1.43
Transportation 2.09 1.56
Physics 2.06 1.66
Chemistry 2.04 1.76
Biology 1.99 1.44
Telecommunications 1.99 1.27
Geography 1.98 2.21
Medicine and Dentistry 1.97 2.05
Fine Arts 1.94 2.06
Mechanical 1.94 1.42
Foreign Language 1.80 1.14
History and Archeology 1.68 1.86
Food Production 1.68 1.18
Building and Construction 1.44not rated
Abilities
NameImportanceLevel
Oral Expression 4.12 4.50
Oral Comprehension 4.00 4.12
Speech Clarity 4.00 4.12
Deductive Reasoning 4.00 4.00
Written Comprehension 4.00 4.00
Written Expression 4.00 4.00
Near Vision 4.00 3.88
Problem Sensitivity 3.88 4.00
Inductive Reasoning 3.88 3.75
Speech Recognition 3.88 3.75
Fluency of Ideas 3.38 3.38
Originality 3.12 3.62
Far Vision 3.12 3.38
Category Flexibility 3.00 3.00
Information Ordering 3.00 3.00
Perceptual Speed 3.00 3.00
Selective Attention 3.00 3.00
Time Sharing 3.00 2.88
Visualization 2.88 3.00
Memorization 2.88 2.88
Mathematical Reasoning 2.88 2.62
Flexibility of Closure 2.75 2.88
Speed of Closure 2.62 3.00
Auditory Attention 2.62 2.38
Visual Color Discrimination 2.50 1.88
Hearing Sensitivity 2.38 2.25
Number Facility 2.25 2.12
Trunk Strength 2.12 2.00
Manual Dexterity 2.12 1.88
Arm-Hand Steadiness 2.00 1.75
Finger Dexterity 2.00 1.75
Control Precision 1.88 1.50
Wrist-Finger Speed 1.88 1.38
Multilimb Coordination 1.75 1.12
Stamina 1.75 0.75
Depth Perception 1.62 0.88
Gross Body Equilibrium 1.50 0.62
Reaction Time 1.50 0.62
Static Strength 1.50 0.62
Dynamic Strength 1.50 0.50
Extent Flexibility 1.50 0.50
Gross Body Coordination 1.50 0.50
Response Orientation 1.38 0.38
Rate Control 1.25not rated
Spatial Orientation 1.25not rated
Explosive Strength 1.12not rated
Sound Localization 1.12not rated
Speed of Limb Movement 1.12not rated
Dynamic Flexibility 1.00not rated
Glare Sensitivity 1.00not rated
Night Vision 1.00not rated
Peripheral Vision 1.00not rated

Software used

Examples from O*NET data. "Hot" and "in demand" are O*NET flags for technologies often listed in job postings.

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  • Microsoft Access hot
  • Microsoft Azure software hot
  • Microsoft Excel hot
  • Microsoft Office software hot
  • Microsoft Outlook hot
  • Microsoft PowerPoint hot
  • Microsoft PowerShell hot
  • Microsoft SQL Server hot
  • Microsoft Visio hot
  • Microsoft Visual Studio hot
  • Microsoft Windows hot
  • Microsoft Windows Server hot
  • Microsoft Word hot
  • MongoDB hot
  • MySQL hot
  • NoSQL hot
  • Node.js hot
  • Oracle Database hot
  • Oracle Java hot
  • Oracle PeopleSoft hot
  • Perl hot
  • PostgreSQL hot
  • Puppet hot
  • Python hot
  • React hot
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux hot
  • Ruby hot
  • SAP software hot
  • SAS hot
  • Salesforce software hot
  • Scala hot
  • Selenium hot
  • Shell script hot
  • Splunk Enterprise hot
  • Spring Boot hot
  • Structured query language SQL hot
  • Tableau hot
  • UNIX hot
  • jQuery hot
  • Amazon Simple Storage Service S3
  • Apache Ant
  • Apache Groovy
  • Apache HTTP Server
  • Apache JMeter
  • Atlassian Bamboo
  • Blackboard Learn
  • Collaborative editing software
  • Course management system software
  • DOC Cop
  • Data visualization software
  • Debugging software
  • Desire2Learn LMS software
  • Email software
  • Hypertext preprocessor PHP
  • Image scanning software
  • Learning management system LMS
  • Object oriented development environment software
  • Objective C
  • Sakai CLE
  • Salesforce Visualforce
  • TestNG
  • VMware
  • Web browser software
  • iParadigms Turnitin

Where it concentrates

Metro areas ranked by BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of the area's jobs divided by its share of all US jobs. Above 1 means more concentrated than the nation. Metros employing fewer than 100 are left out.

Metro areaEmploymentLocation quotientMedian annual
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX2608.14$62,320
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX1106.06$55,280
Syracuse, NY1604.79$77,470
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY1404.64$96,880
Omaha, NE-IA2003.62$69,080
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX4003.26$62,310
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX1,2502.84$65,310
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY1602.74$69,210
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX9702.73$67,290
Greensboro-High Point, NC1102.71$46,980

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