Grade School Teacher Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

Approximately 1,540,000 grade school teachers can be found working in the US. Recent data shows that compared to other careers this occupation has a very low level of unemployment. Employees without jobs represent 2% of the total.

Area Job Conditions

The most jobs per capita are found in Hinesville (Georgia), Merced (California), and Hanford (California), and the least jobs per capita are found in San Francisco (California), Morgantown (West Virginia), and Portsmouth (New Hampshire).

The salary for this career is highest in Nassau (New York), Santa Ana (California), and Kingston (New York) and lowest in Jefferson City (Missouri), Sioux Falls (South Dakota), and Dubuque (Iowa).

Training and Education

Most people pursuing this career path get a bachelor's degree. Among employees, 95% have a four year degree. Some 5% of grade school teachers started college but did not get a four year degree. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Grade school teachers in part-time roles are about 10% of the total.

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Grade School Teachers Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of grade school teachers compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for grade school teachers.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$45,000	3,910
Huntsville	$48,000	2,410
Montgomery	$43,000	1,770
Mobile	$42,000	1,600
Tuscaloosa	$41,000	1,000
Florence	$44,000	990
Decatur	$48,000	760
Auburn	$40,000	660
Dothan	$44,000	530
Anniston	$44,000	460
Gadsden	$43,000	330

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Tucson	$43,000	4,020
Kingman	$38,000	1,200
Prescott	$43,000	930
Yuma	$39,000	860
Flagstaff	$39,000	610

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$44,000	2,290
Fayetteville	$44,000	1,530
Fort Smith	$41,000	1,480
Jonesboro	$40,000	520
Pine Bluff	$43,000	440
Hot Springs	$42,000	300

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Riverside	$64,000	24,520
San Diego	$67,000	13,400
Oakland	$62,000	12,320
Santa Ana	$70,000	11,350
Sacramento	$54,000	9,600
San Jose	$63,000	8,930
San Francisco	$60,000	6,300
Bakersfield	$55,000	6,090
Fresno	$71,000	5,400
Stockton	$59,000	4,150
Salinas	$55,000	3,980
Oxnard	$63,000	3,930
Santa Rosa	$56,000	2,810
Modesto	$66,000	2,800
Visalia	$64,000	2,470
Merced	$61,000	2,060
Vallejo	$61,000	1,750
San Luis Obispo	$61,000	1,500
Santa Barbara	$57,000	1,380
Madera	$54,000	1,060
Chico	$61,000	1,030
Santa Cruz	$54,000	990
El Centro	$62,000	980
Redding	$57,000	980
Yuba City	$73,000	920
Hanford	$50,000	920
Napa	$64,000	700

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$50,000	9,690
Colorado Springs	$45,000	3,380
Boulder	$50,000	1,720
Fort Collins		1,300
Greeley	$44,000	1,000

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Hartford	$66,000	6,170
Bridgeport	$67,000	5,360
New Haven	$60,000	3,320
Norwich	$62,000	1,280
Waterbury	$66,000	1,060
Danbury	$63,000	720

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$55,000	3,850
Dover	$44,000	1,030

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$64,000	24,910

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Tampa	$52,000	10,780
Orlando	$47,000	10,590
Jacksonville	$45,000	6,730
West Palm Beach	$47,000	6,120
Sarasota	$49,000	2,390
Cape Coral		1,700
Port St Lucie		1,600
Tallahassee	$45,000	1,460
Sebastian	$54,000	610

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Augusta	$47,000	1,860
Savannah	$48,000	1,390
Columbus	$43,000	1,390
Athens	$51,000	1,320
Macon	$48,000	1,150
Gainesville	$51,000	1,060
Dalton	$51,000	1,010
Rome	$51,000	880
Albany	$51,000	850
Hinesville	$47,000	630
Brunswick	$49,000	520
Valdosta	$45,000	380

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boise	$54,000	2,950
Idaho Falls	$42,000	990
Coeur Dalene	$42,000	560
Pocatello	$47,000	510
Lewiston	$53,000	290

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$64,000	50,050
Peoria	$46,000	2,600
Rockford	$63,000	2,580
Springfield	$54,000	1,570
Champaign	$47,000	1,270
Bloomington	$51,000	580
Kankakee	$48,000	440
Danville	$48,000	400
Decatur	$44,000	380

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$48,000	8,060
Gary	$48,000	3,240
Fort Wayne	$48,000	1,910
Evansville	$47,000	1,520
Elkhart	$45,000	1,450
South Bend	$48,000	1,300
Bloomington	$49,000	700
Lafayette	$49,000	660
Anderson	$47,000	630
Terre Haute	$53,000	550
Kokomo	$46,000	510
Michigan City	$48,000	460
Muncie	$49,000	310

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Des Moines	$38,000	3,650
Davenport	$47,000	2,040
Cedar Rapids	$40,000	1,290
Waterloo	$40,000	1,090
Sioux City	$39,000	850
Iowa City	$38,000	660
Dubuque	$37,000	490
Ames	$40,000	210

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$45,000	3,920
Topeka	$42,000	1,360
Lawrence	$39,000	530

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$49,000	5,070
Lexington	$46,000	2,060
Bowling Green	$42,000	650
Owensboro	$46,000	540
Elizabethtown	$47,000	430

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New Orleans	$45,000	5,310
Baton Rouge	$43,000	4,830
Shreveport	$45,000	2,890
Houma	$42,000	1,900
Monroe	$41,000	1,240
Alexandria	$38,000	950

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$49,000	1,550
Bangor	$41,000	630
Lewiston	$42,000	560

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$53,000	14,200
Bethesda	$69,000	5,270
Hagerstown	$46,000	1,440
Cumberland	$57,000	690
Salisbury	$54,000	590

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$62,000	13,810
Springfield	$54,000	3,860
Worcester	$56,000	2,550
Framingham	$69,000	1,600
Lowell	$62,000	1,430
Brockton	$56,000	1,300
Barnstable Town	$56,000	1,300
Haverhill	$57,000	1,050
New Bedford	$53,000	820
Lawrence	$57,000	720
Leominster	$58,000	610
Taunton	$57,000	490
Pittsfield	$56,000	340

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Warren	$65,000	10,930
Detroit	$54,000	7,400
Grand Rapids	$52,000	3,270
Lansing	$55,000	2,110
Flint	$59,000	2,020
Ann Arbor	$67,000	1,430
Kalamazoo	$47,000	1,350
Holland	$54,000	1,000
Jackson	$50,000	780
Muskegon	$58,000	740
Niles	$53,000	710
Saginaw	$53,000	710
Monroe	$49,000	670
Battle Creek	$50,000	650
Bay City	$62,000	470

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$52,000	16,570
Duluth	$49,000	1,150
St Cloud	$50,000	860
Rochester	$47,000	800

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$42,000	2,330
Gulfport	$45,000	1,440
Hattiesburg	$40,000	790
Pascagoula	$41,000	770

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Kansas City	$46,000	12,100
St Louis	$49,000	11,650
Springfield	$39,000	1,780
Joplin	$38,000	970
Columbia	$38,000	660
St Joseph	$36,000	530
Jefferson City	$36,000	410

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Billings	$44,000	820
Great Falls	$42,000	510

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$42,000	4,050
Lincoln	$46,000	1,600

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$47,000	8,260

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashua	$49,000	1,690
Manchester	$49,000	870
Rochester	$51,000	750
Portsmouth	$51,000	230

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Newark	$62,000	13,080
Edison	$59,000	12,470
Camden	$61,000	6,950
Trenton	$60,000	1,790
Atlantic City	$56,000	1,530
Vineland	$56,000	1,020
Ocean City	$62,000	680

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$48,000	3,950
Las Cruces	$57,000	1,210
Farmington	$48,000	770

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$65,000	53,790
Nassau	$82,000	15,370
Buffalo	$55,000	6,030
Rochester	$54,000	5,110
Albany	$58,000	3,950
Syracuse	$56,000	3,610
Poughkeepsie	$64,000	3,310
Utica	$56,000	1,370
Binghamton	$55,000	1,140
Kingston	$70,000	940
Glens Falls	$56,000	680
Ithaca	$61,000	640
Elmira	$53,000	580

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charlotte	$43,000	7,910
Raleigh	$42,000	4,810
Greensboro	$42,000	2,390
Durham	$43,000	2,110
Winston Salem	$40,000	1,960
Hickory	$41,000	1,860
Wilmington	$40,000	1,640
Asheville	$42,000	1,410
Greenville	$39,000	1,160
Rocky Mount	$43,000	730
Burlington	$41,000	430

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Fargo	$42,000	1,180
Bismarck	$46,000	790
Grand Forks	$47,000	670

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cincinnati	$54,000	7,770
Cleveland	$61,000	7,320
Columbus	$57,000	7,070
Dayton	$52,000	3,520
Toledo	$54,000	3,200
Akron	$55,000	3,030
Youngstown	$50,000	2,040
Canton	$50,000	1,580
Springfield	$52,000	860
Lima	$48,000	640
Mansfield	$45,000	470
Sandusky	$56,000	380

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$43,000	5,940
Tulsa	$42,000	4,860
Lawton	$39,000	690

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$52,000	10,010
Salem	$49,000	1,690
Eugene	$54,000	1,240
Medford	$50,000	700
Bend	$49,000	410

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$53,000	24,180
Pittsburgh	$52,000	14,880
Allentown	$55,000	5,070
Scranton	$51,000	2,810
Harrisburg	$49,000	2,650
Lancaster	$56,000	2,510
York	$58,000	2,460
Reading	$52,000	2,280
Erie	$46,000	2,000
Johnstown	$50,000	960
Altoona	$45,000	880
Lebanon	$52,000	800
Williamsport	$46,000	740
State College	$52,000	650

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$65,000	5,210

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Columbia	$46,000	4,450
Greenville	$43,000	3,590
Charleston	$44,000	3,210
Spartanburg	$45,000	1,760
Florence	$44,000	970
Anderson	$43,000	670
Sumter	$42,000	440

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$37,000	930
Rapid City	$46,000	590

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Memphis	$45,000	8,600
Nashville	$46,000	7,090
Knoxville	$45,000	2,990
Chattanooga	$46,000	1,780
Kingsport	$42,000	1,400
Clarksville	$53,000	1,220
Johnson City	$43,000	790
Jackson	$43,000	640
Cleveland	$43,000	540
Morristown	$41,000	370

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Houston	$47,000	35,720
Dallas	$47,000	23,740
San Antonio	$48,000	12,650
Fort Worth	$48,000	12,310
Austin	$44,000	10,340
Mcallen	$45,000	6,200
El Paso	$48,000	5,360
Brownsville	$48,000	2,780
Killeen	$43,000	2,380
Corpus Christi	$43,000	2,020
Beaumont	$44,000	1,920
Lubbock	$40,000	1,400
Tyler	$42,000	1,200
Longview	$41,000	1,160
Waco	$41,000	1,130
College Station	$42,000	1,010
Victoria		830
Abilene	$43,000	810
Wichita Falls	$43,000	800
Texarkana	$40,000	800
San Angelo	$41,000	630
Sherman	$41,000	560

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$49,000	4,720
Provo	$46,000	3,400
Ogden	$51,000	2,700
Logan	$43,000	1,110

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$53,000	1,010

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Virginia Beach	$52,000	8,290
Richmond	$54,000	5,360
Roanoke	$51,000	1,440
Lynchburg	$41,000	1,340
Charlottesville	$57,000	1,130
Blacksburg	$47,000	670

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$54,000	9,100
Tacoma	$55,000	3,090
Spokane	$53,000	1,740
Yakima	$54,000	1,420
Kennewick	$52,000	1,060
Bremerton	$57,000	970
Olympia	$53,000	840
Bellingham	$51,000	800
Wenatchee	$52,000	460
Mount Vernon	$55,000	420
Longview	$54,000	410

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charleston	$43,000	1,290
Huntington	$44,000	1,190
Parkersburg	$44,000	980
Weirton	$45,000	510
Wheeling	$43,000	450
Morgantown	$42,000	230

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$55,000	8,260
Madison	$47,000	2,560
Appleton	$53,000	1,230
Green Bay	$48,000	1,110
Oshkosh	$50,000	940
Racine	$47,000	840
Janesville	$49,000	820
Eau Claire	$50,000	700
La Crosse	$42,000	680
Wausau	$50,000	490
Sheboygan	$47,000	470

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cheyenne	$56,000	520

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