# US states by secondary school teacher mean annual wage, 2025

All 51 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `teacher_annual_mean_wage_secondary`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Average (mean) annual wage of secondary school teachers, except special and career or technical education (Standard Occupational Classification 25-2031), in US dollars, from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Public and private high schools. Estimates refer to May of each year.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May estimates, state cross-industry file: annual mean wage, secondary school teachers except special and career or technical education (25-2031) (https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25st.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May estimates, state cross-industry file: annual mean wage, secondary school teachers except special and career or technical education (25-2031). https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25st.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/secondary-teacher-salary/us-states

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 105,880 |
| 2 | Washington | 99,350 |
| 3 | New York | 97,220 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | 90,270 |
| 5 | Illinois | 89,320 |
| 6 | District of Columbia | 88,460 |
| 7 | New Jersey | 87,100 |
| 8 | Connecticut | 84,460 |
| 9 | Rhode Island | 84,120 |
| 10 | Alaska | 82,460 |
| 11 | Minnesota | 80,020 |
| 12 | Maryland | 79,820 |
| 13 | Oregon | 79,050 |
| 14 | Ohio | 78,110 |
| 15 | Pennsylvania | 77,650 |
| 16 | Utah | 75,460 |
| 17 | Virginia | 75,060 |
| 18 | Delaware | 74,240 |
| 19 | Colorado | 73,330 |
| 20 | Hawaii | 73,230 |
| 21 | New Mexico | 72,920 |
| 22 | Vermont | 72,350 |
| 23 | New Hampshire | 72,040 |
| 24 | Georgia | 72,000 |
| 25 | Michigan | 71,200 |
| 26 | Nevada | 68,570 |
| 27 | Indiana | 67,640 |
| 28 | Wisconsin | 66,880 |
| 29 | Maine | 66,820 |
| 30 | Idaho | 66,470 |
| 31 | Wyoming | 66,020 |
| 32 | Texas | 65,740 |
| 33 | Nebraska | 65,520 |
| 34 | South Carolina | 65,340 |
| 35 | Arizona | 64,440 |
| 36 | Kentucky | 63,450 |
| 37 | Tennessee | 62,950 |
| 38 | Alabama | 62,280 |
| 39 | Iowa | 61,860 |
| 40 | North Dakota | 61,830 |
| 41 | Florida | 61,570 |
| 42 | Montana | 61,550 |
| 43 | Louisiana | 61,170 |
| 44 | Missouri | 60,310 |
| 45 | Arkansas | 59,710 |
| 46 | Kansas | 58,930 |
| 47 | West Virginia | 56,630 |
| 48 | North Carolina | 55,760 |
| 49 | Oklahoma | 54,950 |
| 50 | South Dakota | 53,960 |
| 51 | Mississippi | 53,690 |