How much do Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education make in Ponce, PR?

Percentile spread

For Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education, the published 10th percentile is $47,030 and the 90th percentile is $73,520. The difference is $26,490, which is 43.9% 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 $51,480 to the 75th at $61,130, covers $9,650.

The mean annual wage is $56,730, which sits below the median of $60,320. 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 Ponce, PR median is 16.3% lower than the national median of $72,040 for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education.

It is 2.1% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $59,100.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Ponce, 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 Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education. Ponce, PR ranks 1st 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).).

• Arecibo, PR is 30 miles away, with a median of $60,110 and employment of 360. That median is 0.3% lower than the median here.
• Mayaguez, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $52,220 and employment of 330. That median is 13.4% lower than the median here.
• Guayama, PR is 38 miles away, with a median of $59,290 and employment of 150. That median is 1.7% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education accounts for 0.88% of wage-and-salary employment in Ponce, PR (560 of 63,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.69% of employment (1,065,210 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.29 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.