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Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School pay in Missouri and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School is $52,630 per year in Missouri. It is $103,290 per year in Washington. Missouri is 49.0% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-2023 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 240 wage and salary jobs in Missouri and 720 in Washington. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings