How much do Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School make in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC?

Percentile spread

For Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School, the published 10th percentile is $47,610 and the 90th percentile is $64,300. The difference is $16,690, which is 28.5% 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 $49,030 to the 75th at $61,380, covers $12,350.

The mean annual wage is $57,720, which sits below the median of $58,610. 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 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC median is 11.6% lower than the national median of $66,270 for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School. In 2024 national prices the local median is $66,236, which is 0.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the North Carolina median of $58,600.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is 88.486, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $58,610 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School at $66,236 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

19 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School. Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC ranks 16th of 20 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).).

• Johnson City, TN is 58 miles away, with a median of $60,600 and employment of 100. That median is 3.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,920, against $66,236 here.
• Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 58 miles away, with a median of $60,140 and employment of 710. That median is 2.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,778, against $66,236 here.
• Winston-Salem, NC is 65 miles away, with a median of $56,260 and employment of 180. That median is 4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,124, against $66,236 here.

Employment share

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC (40 of 154,090). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (111,420 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.36 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.