How much do Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education make in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV?

Percentile spread

For Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education, the published 10th percentile is $51,490 and the 90th percentile is $95,520. The difference is $44,030, which is 69.4% 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 $61,270 to the 75th at $77,640, covers $16,370.

The mean annual wage is $68,270, which sits above the median of $63,420. 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 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV median is 1.5% lower than the national median of $64,370 for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education. In 2024 national prices the local median is $67,346, which is 4.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 19.2% lower than the Maryland median of $78,510.

Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Maryland, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV is 94.171, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $63,420 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education at $67,346 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

31 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education. Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV ranks 24th of 32 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).).

• Chambersburg, PA is 29 miles away, with a median of $75,840 and employment of 310. That median is 19.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $80,134, against $67,346 here.
• Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV is 56 miles away, with a median of $77,350 and employment of 14,890. That median is 22% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,039, against $67,346 here.
• Altoona, PA is 67 miles away, with a median of $74,730 and employment of 190. That median is 17.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $83,491, against $67,346 here.

Employment share

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education accounts for 0.68% of wage-and-salary employment in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV (730 of 107,170). Nationally the occupation is 0.40% of employment (620,090 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.71 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.