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Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School pay in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT and Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School is $100,720 per year in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT. It is $126,160 per year in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA. Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT is 20.2% 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 270 wage and salary jobs in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT 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.