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Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education pay in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education is $106,920 per year in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA. It is $105,030 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA is 1.8% above San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 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 160 wage and salary jobs in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA and 3,330 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, 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.