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Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education is $98,370 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. It is $106,920 per year in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 8.0% below Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-2022 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 12,780 wage and salary jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and 160 in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA. 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.