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Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School pay in Idaho and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School is $60,510 per year in Idaho. It is $101,180 per year in Washington. Idaho is 40.2% below Washington 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 1,140 wage and salary jobs in Idaho and 3,460 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