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Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education pay in Las Cruces, NM and Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education is $75,250 per year in Las Cruces, NM. It is $121,190 per year in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA. Las Cruces, NM is 37.9% below Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-2031 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 760 wage and salary jobs in Las Cruces, NM and 240 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.