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Secondary school teachers | Data USA

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Average Male Salary

$67,830

Average Female Salary

$61,723

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Secondary school teachers are most often employed by the Elementary & secondary schools industry. The average yearly wage for Secondary school teachers was $64,333 in 2022.

Employment

Employment Over Time

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Grouping

508,206

Male Workforce

± 17.5k

681,106

Female Workforce

± 20.2k

The Secondary school teachers workforce in 2022 was 1,189,312 people (57.3% women and 42.7% men). This implies an average annual growth of 50.1% between 2014 (792,374) and 2022 (1,189,312).

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Employment by Location

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$64,333

AVERAGE WAGE

#211 in the ranking (2022)

$64,683

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2022, Secondary school teachers earned an average of $64,333, $350 less than the average national salary of $64,683

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Wage Distribution

Gender

In 2022, Secondary school teachers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.265, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Secondary school teachers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Diversity

Demographic information on Secondary school teachers in the US. The workforce of Secondary school teachers in 2022 was 1,189,312 people, with 57.3% woman, and 42.7% men. The average age of male Secondary school teachers in the workforce is 43.5 and of female Secondary school teachers is 43.1, and the most common race/ethnicity for Secondary school teachers is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Secondary school teachers in 2022 was 1,189,312 people, with 57.3% woman, and 42.7% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 40 to 44 years (163,076 people), 35 to 39 years (160,671  people), and 45 to 49 years (154,501 people). Among them they concentrated 40.2% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2022, 10.3% of Secondary school teachers workers were Hispanic and 89.7% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (72.5%), Puerto Rican (20.4)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (7.05)%

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Races

In 2022, 79.9% of the Secondary school teachers workforce were White, of which 57.4% were women and 42.6% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (7.69%) and Two or More Races (6.58%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Secondary school teachers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Secondary school teachers is Education but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2022 were Education.

Among the necessary skills for Secondary school teachers, Instructing stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Secondary school teachers need more than the average amount of Learning Strategies.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Secondary school teachers in 2022 (counting all academic degrees) were Education (461,756 people), Business (76,612 people), and English (65,961 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Secondary school teachers workers were Graduate Degree (654,343 people), Bachelors Degree (484,707 people), and Some college (30,765 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Secondary school teachers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Secondary school teachers need many skills, but most especially Instructing, Speaking, Learning Strategies.

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