How much do Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary make in Gainesville, GA?

Percentile spread

For Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $50,750 and the 90th percentile is $81,400. The difference is $30,650, which is 60.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $50,750 to the 75th at $68,640, covers $17,890.

The mean annual wage is $59,840, which sits above the median of $50,750. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Gainesville, GA median is 20.5% lower than the national median of $63,820 for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $52,446, which is 17.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 15.9% lower than the Georgia median of $60,320.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Gainesville, GA is 96.766, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $50,750 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary at $52,446 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

21 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Gainesville, GA ranks 22nd of 22 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Athens-Clarke County, GA is 43 miles away, with a median of $64,940 and employment of 170. That median is 28% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,571, against $52,446 here.
• Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 52 miles away, with a median of $62,700 and employment of 1,220. That median is 23.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,664, against $52,446 here.
• Rome, GA is 80 miles away, with a median of $76,200 and employment of 60. That median is 50.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $84,515, against $52,446 here.

Employment share

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.14% of wage-and-salary employment in Gainesville, GA (150 of 103,870). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (114,110 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.97 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.