How much do Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

Percentile spread

For Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $39,790 and the 90th percentile is $110,840. The difference is $71,050, which is 95.3% 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 $51,300 to the 75th at $92,260, covers $40,960.

The mean annual wage is $74,770, which sits above the median of $74,570. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX median is 16.8% higher than the national median of $63,820 for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $75,607, which is 18.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 14.4% higher than the Texas median of $65,180.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 98.629, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $74,570 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary at $75,607 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX ranks 4th of 12 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).).

• Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX is 71 miles away, with a median of $64,350 and employment of 160. That median is 13.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,463, against $75,607 here.
• College Station-Bryan, TX is 95 miles away, with a median of $81,400 and employment of 520. That median is 9.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $89,499, against $75,607 here.
• Victoria, TX is 134 miles away, with a median of $64,830 and employment of 60. That median is 13.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,162, against $75,607 here.

Employment share

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (2,440 of 3,289,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (114,110 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.01 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.