How much do Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education make in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL?

Percentile spread

For Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education, the published 10th percentile is $50,250 and the 90th percentile is $77,540. The difference is $27,290, which is 45.2% 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 $53,230 to the 75th at $66,470, covers $13,240.

The mean annual wage is $62,190, which sits above the median of $60,410. 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median is 16.1% lower than the national median of $72,040 for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education. In 2024 national prices the local median is $52,919, which is 26.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Florida median of $60,410.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is 114.155, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $60,410 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education at $52,919 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL ranks 5th of 10 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).).

• Naples-Marco Island, FL is 57 miles away, with a median of $62,110 and employment of 700. That median is 2.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,184, against $52,919 here.
• Port St. Lucie, FL is 78 miles away, with a median of $53,600 and employment of 690. That median is 11.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,478, against $52,919 here.
• Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL is 99 miles away, with a median of $60,270 and employment of 1,220. That median is 0.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,887, against $52,919 here.

Employment share

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education accounts for 0.43% of wage-and-salary employment in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL (12,010 of 2,819,940). Nationally the occupation is 0.69% of employment (1,065,210 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.62 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.