How much do Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education make in Lake Charles, LA?

Percentile spread

For Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education, the published 10th percentile is $52,220 and the 90th percentile is $61,190. The difference is $8,970, which is 17.2% 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 $52,220 to the 75th at $52,220, covers $0.

The mean annual wage is $53,190, which sits above the median of $52,220. 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 Lake Charles, LA median is 18.9% 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 $60,826, which is 5.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 11.1% lower than the Louisiana median of $58,760.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lake Charles, LA is 85.852, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $52,220 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education at $60,826 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 Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education. Lake Charles, LA ranks 8th 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).).

• Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX is 61 miles away, with a median of $60,780 and employment of 800. That median is 16.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,499, against $60,826 here.
• Alexandria, LA is 97 miles away, with a median of $47,280 and employment of 200. That median is 9.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,178, against $60,826 here.
• Baton Rouge, LA is 127 miles away, with a median of $59,900 and employment of 1,340. That median is 14.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,984, against $60,826 here.

Employment share

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education accounts for 0.44% of wage-and-salary employment in Lake Charles, LA (450 of 101,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.40% of employment (620,090 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.11 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.