How much do Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School make in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX?

Percentile spread

For Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School, the published 10th percentile is $57,480 and the 90th percentile is $77,700. The difference is $20,220, which is 32.2% 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 $61,010 to the 75th at $65,120, covers $4,110.

The mean annual wage is $65,180, which sits above the median of $62,830. 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX median is 5.2% lower than the national median of $66,270 for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School. In 2024 national prices the local median is $73,147, which is 10.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

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

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX is 85.895, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $62,830 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School at $73,147 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX ranks 3rd of 5 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).).

• Brownsville-Harlingen, TX is 48 miles away, with a median of $62,260 and employment of 570. That median is 0.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,416, against $73,147 here.
• Corpus Christi, TX is 114 miles away, with a median of $62,840 and employment of 450. That median is about the same as the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,810, against $73,147 here.
• Laredo, TX is 118 miles away, with a median of $64,580 and employment of 360. That median is 2.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $74,267, against $73,147 here.

Employment share

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School accounts for 0.44% of wage-and-salary employment in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX (1,300 of 296,700). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (111,420 of 155,495,730). The local share is 6.11 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.