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Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School pay in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX and Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School is $62,780 per year in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. It is $126,160 per year in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 50.2% below Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-2032 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 1,720 wage and salary jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX and Not published in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA. 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.