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Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education salary

The BLS estimates 1,388,390 Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education jobs in the U.S. with a median base pay of $63,970 (May 2025, SOC 25-2021). Across 511 metros with published figures, medians range from $46,140 in Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area to $104,650 in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, EXCEPT SPECIAL EDUCATION · UNITED STATES · BLS
BLS · UNITED STATES · ALL EMPLOYERS, ALL EXPERIENCE LEVELS
P10$47,960P25$57,710MEDIAN$63,970P75$81,450P90$104,340
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HIGHEST-PAYING METROS

  1. Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$104,650 · 950 jobs
  2. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$103,390 · 10,480 jobs
  3. Walla Walla, WA$102,980 · 220 jobs
  4. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$102,920 · 14,560 jobs
  5. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$102,860 · 7,810 jobs
  6. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$102,650 · 900 jobs
  7. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$101,860 · 44,790 jobs
  8. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$101,860 · 17,860 jobs
  9. Modesto, CA$101,640 · 2,450 jobs
  10. Bellingham, WA$101,230 · 790 jobs

LARGEST METROS

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$96,900 · 98,900 jobs
  2. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$78,390 · 45,840 jobs
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$101,860 · 44,790 jobs
  4. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$64,500 · 30,980 jobs
  5. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$79,470 · 30,940 jobs
  6. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$65,070 · 27,350 jobs
  7. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$78,570 · 23,380 jobs
  8. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$76,570 · 23,370 jobs
  9. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$98,060 · 20,340 jobs
  10. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$58,300 · 19,910 jobs

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ALL METROS (A–Z)

Akron, OH · Alaska nonmetropolitan area · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY · Albuquerque, NM · Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ · Anchorage, AK · Ann Arbor, MI · Appleton, WI · Arizona nonmetropolitan area · Asheville, NC · Athens-Clarke County, GA · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA · Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ · Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX · Bakersfield-Delano, CA · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · Baton Rouge, LA · Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX · Birmingham, AL · Boise City, ID · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · Boulder, CO · Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT · Brownsville-Harlingen, TX · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY · Burlington-South Burlington, VT · Canton-Massillon, OH · Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL · Cape Girardeau, MO-IL · Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area · Central East New York nonmetropolitan area · Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area · Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area · Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area · Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area · Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area · Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area · Charleston-North Charleston, SC · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC · Charlottesville, VA · Chattanooga, TN-GA · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN · Chico, CA · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN · Clarksville, TN-KY · Cleveland, OH · Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area · Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area · Colorado Springs, CO · Columbia, SC · Columbus, GA-AL · Columbus, OH · Corpus Christi, TX · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX · Dalton, GA · Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL · Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH · Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL · Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI · Duluth, MN-WI · Durham-Chapel Hill, NC · East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area · East Georgia nonmetropolitan area · East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area · East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area · East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area · East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area · Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area · Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area · Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area · Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area · Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area · El Paso, TX · Elkhart-Goshen, IN · Eugene-Springfield, OR · Evansville, IN · Fargo, ND-MN · Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR · Fayetteville, NC · Flint, MI · Florence, SC · Fort Collins-Loveland, CO · Fort Wayne, IN · Fresno, CA · Gainesville, FL · Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI · Greeley, CO · Green Bay, WI · Greensboro-High Point, NC · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC · Guam · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS · Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV · Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA · Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT · Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area · Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC · High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area · Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area · Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH · Huntsville, AL · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN · Jackson, MS · Jacksonville, FL · Jacksonville, NC · Joplin, MO-KS · Kalamazoo-Portage, MI · Kansas City, MO-KS · Kansas nonmetropolitan area · Kennewick-Richland, WA · Killeen-Temple, TX · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA · Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY · Knoxville, TN · Lake Charles, LA · Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL · Lancaster, PA · Lansing-East Lansing, MI · Laredo, TX · Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV · Lexington Park, MD · Lexington-Fayette, KY · Lincoln, NE · Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR · Longview, TX · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN · Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area · Lubbock, TX · Lynchburg, VA · Macon-Bibb County, GA · Madison, WI · Manchester-Nashua, NH · McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX · Memphis, TN-MS-AR · Merced, CA · Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL · Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area · Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI · Modesto, CA · Monroe, LA · Montgomery, AL · Naples-Marco Island, FL · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN · New Haven, CT · New Orleans-Metairie, LA · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ · North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area · North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area · North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area · North Florida nonmetropolitan area · North Georgia nonmetropolitan area · North Missouri nonmetropolitan area · North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) · North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL · North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area · North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area · Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area · Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area · Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area · Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area · Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area · Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area · Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area · Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area · Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area · Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area · Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area · Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area · Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area · Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area · Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area · Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area · Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area · Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area · Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT · Ocala, FL · Ogden, UT · Oklahoma City, OK · Omaha, NE-IA · Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL · Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL · Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL · Peoria, IL · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD · Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ · Pittsburgh, PA · Port St. Lucie, FL · Portland-South Portland, ME · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA · Providence-Warwick, RI-MA · Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT · Raleigh-Cary, NC · Reading, PA · Redding, CA · Reno, NV · Richmond, VA · Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA · Roanoke, VA · Rochester, NY · Rockford, IL · Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA · Salem, OR · Salinas, CA · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT · San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR · San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA · Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA · Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA · Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA · Savannah, GA · Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA · Sioux Falls, SD-MN · Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA · South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area · South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI · South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area · South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area · South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area · South Florida nonmetropolitan area · South Georgia nonmetropolitan area · South Illinois nonmetropolitan area · South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area · Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area · Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area · Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area · Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area · Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area · Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area · Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area · Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area · Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area · Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area · Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area · Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area · Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area · Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area · Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area · Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area · Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area · Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area · Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area · Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area · Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area · Spartanburg, SC · Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA · Springfield, IL · Springfield, MA · Springfield, MO · St. Louis, MO-IL · Stockton-Lodi, CA · Syracuse, NY · Tallahassee, FL · Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL · Toledo, OH · Topeka, KS · Trenton-Princeton, NJ · Tucson, AZ · Tulsa, OK · Tuscaloosa, AL · Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area · Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area · Urban Honolulu, HI · Utica-Rome, NY · Vallejo, CA · Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC · Visalia, CA · Waco, TX · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Waterbury-Shelton, CT · West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area · West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area · West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area · West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area · West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area · West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area · West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area · West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area · Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area · Western Washington nonmetropolitan area · Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area · Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area · Wichita, KS · Wilmington, NC · Winston-Salem, NC · Worcester, MA · Yakima, WA · York-Hanover, PA · Youngstown-Warren, OH

Questions

What is the median Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education salary in the U.S.?

$63,970 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The middle half earn $57,710–$81,450.

Where do Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education earn the most?

Highest metro medians: Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA ($104,650), Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA ($103,390), Walla Walla, WA ($102,980). Cost of living differs, so compare offers locally.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2025 (metro, state and national estimates). Employer filing counts: U.S. DOL OFLC LCA disclosure data FY2026 Q3, visa-sponsored positions only.