How much do Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

Percentile spread

For Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School, the published 10th percentile is $62,620 and the 90th percentile is $76,160. The difference is $13,540, which is 20.4% 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 $65,000 to the 75th at $74,880, covers $9,880.

The mean annual wage is $70,020, which sits above the median of $66,450. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

Hourly wages are not published because BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly and annual wages.

National and state comparison

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX median is 0.3% higher than the national median of $66,270 for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School. In 2024 national prices the local median is $64,458, which is 2.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.8% higher than the Texas median of $64,610.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is 103.090, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $66,450 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School at $64,458 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

12 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ranks 1st of 13 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).).

• Sherman-Denison, TX is 56 miles away, with a median of $62,110 and employment of 230. That median is 6.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,236, against $64,458 here.
• Waco, TX is 89 miles away, with a median of $61,150 and employment of 430. That median is 8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,072, against $64,458 here.
• Tyler, TX is 104 miles away, with a median of $60,930 and employment of 280. That median is 8.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,116, against $64,458 here.

Employment share

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School accounts for 0.22% of wage-and-salary employment in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (8,750 of 4,049,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (111,420 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.02 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.