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Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education pay in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA and Oklahoma City, OK
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education is $121,190 per year in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA. It is $50,650 per year in Oklahoma City, OK. Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA is 139.3% above Oklahoma City, OK 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 240 wage and salary jobs in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA and 5,530 in Oklahoma City, OK. 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.