How much do Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary make in Springfield, MA?

Percentile spread

For Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $49,390 and the 90th percentile is $107,870. The difference is $58,480, which is 82.5% 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 $63,050 to the 75th at $95,540, covers $32,490.

The mean annual wage is $78,430, which sits above the median of $70,850. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Springfield, MA median is 11% higher than the national median of $63,820 for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $73,755, which is 15.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.1% lower than the Massachusetts median of $78,780.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Springfield, MA is 96.061, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $70,850 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary at $73,755 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

23 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Springfield, MA ranks 11th of 24 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).).

• Amherst Town-Northampton, MA is 14 miles away, with a median of $58,770 and employment of 170. That median is 17.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,628, against $73,755 here.
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 31 miles away, with a median of $52,460 and employment of 500. That median is 26% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,058, against $73,755 here.
• Worcester, MA is 38 miles away, with a median of $96,840 and employment of 180. That median is 36.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $94,457, against $73,755 here.

Employment share

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Springfield, MA (80 of 201,240). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (114,110 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.54 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.