Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,010
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$21,170
20.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,700
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$101,180
Kept after tax
$80,010
Worth in national money
$73,700
State rank
1
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Washington's middle earner gets $101,180, putting the state 1 of 49 — about 52.68% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Washington. It ranks 114 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $101,180 the take-home is $80,010. But Washington costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $73,700 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $98,310, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For career/technical education teachers, secondary school, Washington sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $101,180, ranking 1 of 49 and running about 52.68% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Washington, career/technical education teachers, secondary school ranks 114 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Washington income tax is $80,010 for career/technical education teachers, secondary school, from $101,180. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $73,700. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $98,310 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $69,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,890 |
| This salary | $101,180 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Washington | $80,010 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,010 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,636 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $101,180 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,929 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Washington earn under $101,180 and half over. The published range runs $69,270 at the tenth percentile to $127,890 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Washington's $80,010, worked from $101,180. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 114 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $73,700 uses one figure for the whole of Washington. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 114.
- Figures are distribution medians for career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Washington, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $69,270 to $127,890; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Washington take-home of $80,010, on $101,180 for work ranking 114 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 114 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $73,700, worked from $101,180, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Washington address, on work sitting at 114 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $69,270 and the top tenth $127,890, so most people doing this work in Washington sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $73,700 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $80,010 survives, because Washington levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($69,270 to $127,890) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Washington rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $73,700 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $80,010 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.