How much do Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education make in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA?

Percentile spread

For Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education, the published 10th percentile is $63,180 and the 90th percentile is $123,400. The difference is $60,220, which is 60.6% 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 $66,240 to the 75th at $120,610, covers $54,370.

The mean annual wage is $92,780, which sits below the median of $99,420. 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA median is 55.4% higher than the national median of $63,970 for Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education. In 2024 national prices the local median is $89,945, which is 40.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.2% lower than the California median of $99,650.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is 110.534, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $99,420 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education at $89,945 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ranks 4th of 11 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).).

• Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA is 53 miles away, with a median of $101,030 and employment of 2,170. That median is 1.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $92,860, against $89,945 here.
• Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 57 miles away, with a median of $101,860 and employment of 44,790. That median is 2.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $89,692, against $89,945 here.
• Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 72 miles away, with a median of $79,900 and employment of 4,540. That median is 19.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $79,198, against $89,945 here.

Employment share

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education accounts for 0.94% of wage-and-salary employment in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA (3,060 of 323,890). Nationally the occupation is 0.89% of employment (1,388,390 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.06 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.