How much do Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School make in Lansing-East Lansing, MI?

Percentile spread

For Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School, the published 10th percentile is $47,780 and the 90th percentile is $98,770. The difference is $50,990, which is 65.9% 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 $59,660 to the 75th at $82,390, covers $22,730.

The mean annual wage is $72,420, which sits below the median of $77,410. 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 Lansing-East Lansing, MI median is 16.8% higher than the national median of $66,270 for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School. In 2024 national prices the local median is $81,492, which is 23% higher 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 Michigan median of $77,400.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 94.991, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $77,410 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School at $81,492 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

22 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School. Lansing-East Lansing, MI ranks 10th of 23 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).).

• Jackson, MI is 33 miles away, with a median of $81,860 and employment of 50. That median is 5.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $89,193, against $81,492 here.
• Flint, MI is 50 miles away, with a median of $69,710 and employment of 80. That median is 9.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $74,930, against $81,492 here.
• Ann Arbor, MI is 50 miles away, with a median of $73,310 and employment of 110. That median is 5.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,670, against $81,492 here.

Employment share

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Lansing-East Lansing, MI (100 of 217,180). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (111,420 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.64 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.