How much do Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary make in Lancaster, PA?

Percentile spread

For Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $39,420 and the 90th percentile is $84,520. The difference is $45,100, which is 77.8% 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 $49,000 to the 75th at $79,990, covers $30,990.

The mean annual wage is $62,630, which sits above the median of $57,970. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lancaster, PA median is 9.2% lower than the national median of $63,820 for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $58,998, which is 7.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.2% lower than the Pennsylvania median of $63,160.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lancaster, PA is 98.257, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $57,970 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary at $58,998 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

25 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Lancaster, PA ranks 23rd of 26 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).).

• Lebanon, PA is 25 miles away, with a median of $105,090 and employment of 130. That median is 81.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $112,741, against $58,998 here.
• York-Hanover, PA is 27 miles away, with a median of $52,210 and employment of 60. That median is 9.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,385, against $58,998 here.
• Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA is 47 miles away, with a median of $57,680 and employment of 500. That median is 0.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,469, against $58,998 here.

Employment share

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Lancaster, PA (60 of 252,230). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (114,110 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.32 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.