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Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School pay in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA and Utica-Rome, NY
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School is $107,960 per year in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA. It is $82,900 per year in Utica-Rome, NY. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is 30.2% above Utica-Rome, NY 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 70 wage and salary jobs in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA and 40 in Utica-Rome, NY. 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