How much do Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education make in Mayaguez, PR?

Percentile spread

For Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education, the published 10th percentile is $30,940 and the 90th percentile is $72,310. The difference is $41,370, which is 68.0% 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 $51,400 to the 75th at $61,760, covers $10,360.

The mean annual wage is $54,470, which sits below the median of $60,860. 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 Mayaguez, PR median is 2.9% lower than the national median of $62,680 for Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education.

It is 1.5% lower than the Puerto Rico median of $61,760.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Mayaguez, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education. Mayaguez, PR ranks 6th of 6 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).).

• Aguadilla, PR is 26 miles away, with a median of $61,940 and employment of 200. That median is 1.8% higher than the median here.
• Ponce, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $62,860 and employment of 530. That median is 3.3% higher than the median here.
• Arecibo, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $62,240 and employment of 160. That median is 2.3% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education accounts for 0.58% of wage-and-salary employment in Mayaguez, PR (300 of 52,110). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (108,870 of 155,495,730). The local share is 8.22 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.