Education & Library
Vocational & CTE Teachers
SOC 25-1194
Teach career and technical skills in high school and community college.
The job
Median pay
$64k
$50k to $82k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Declining
-0.3% projected
Openings a year
8k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's plus cert
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
35/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
76th pct
More exposed than 76% of occupations · modeled estimate · 65th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
53/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Learning Strategies
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Active Learning
- Critical Thinking
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 12,620 | 0.9 | 1.2× | $65k |
| California | 11,040 | 0.6 | 0.8× | $77k |
| Florida | 7,600 | 0.8 | 1.0× | $60k |
| North Carolina | 6,510 | 1.3 | 1.8× | $62k |
| New York | 5,250 | 0.5 | 0.7× | $75k |
| Pennsylvania | 4,780 | 0.8 | 1.1× | $63k |
| Illinois | 4,420 | 0.7 | 1.0× | $62k |
| Georgia | 3,920 | 0.8 | 1.1× | $60k |
| Washington | 3,610 | 1.0 | 1.4× | $78k |
| Michigan | 3,480 | 0.8 | 1.1× | $63k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 3,440 | 0.6 | 0.8× | $61k |
| Oklahoma | 3,040 | 1.8 | 2.4× | $67k |
| New Jersey | 2,590 | 0.6 | 0.8× | $72k |
| Alabama | 2,350 | 1.1 | 1.5× | $63k |
| Utah | 2,280 | 1.3 | 1.8× | $51k |
| Indiana | 2,250 | 0.7 | 1.0× | $58k |
| Arizona | 2,190 | 0.7 | 0.9× | $65k |
| Tennessee | 2,140 | 0.7 | 0.9× | $62k |
| Colorado | 2,060 | 0.7 | 1.0× | $70k |
| Wisconsin | 2,000 | 0.7 | 0.9× | $83k |
| South Carolina | 1,980 | 0.9 | 1.2× | $80k |
| Virginia | 1,860 | 0.5 | 0.6× | $58k |
| Massachusetts | 1,660 | 0.5 | 0.6× | $79k |
| Missouri | 1,630 | 0.6 | 0.8× | $60k |
| Kentucky | 1,560 | 0.8 | 1.1× | $61k |
| Arkansas | 1,550 | 1.2 | 1.6× | $50k |
| Minnesota | 1,510 | 0.5 | 0.7× | $77k |
| Iowa | 1,170 | 0.8 | 1.0× | $62k |
| Kansas | 1,160 | 0.8 | 1.1× | $49k |
| Oregon | 1,140 | 0.6 | 0.8× | $65k |
| Connecticut | 1,130 | 0.7 | 0.9× | $59k |
| Alaska | 1,120 | 3.4 | 4.7× | $77k |
| New Mexico | 1,070 | 1.2 | 1.7× | $60k |
| Mississippi | 1,030 | 0.9 | 1.2× | $51k |
| Nevada | 950 | 0.6 | 0.8× | $62k |
| Louisiana | 780 | 0.4 | 0.6× | $56k |
| Maryland | 780 | 0.3 | 0.4× | $62k |
| Idaho | 570 | 0.7 | 0.9× | $60k |
| Maine | 510 | 0.8 | 1.1× | $62k |
| Nebraska | 470 | 0.5 | 0.6× | $60k |
| Montana | 430 | 0.8 | 1.1× | $57k |
| North Dakota | 430 | 1.0 | 1.4× | $74k |
| Washington DC | 411 | 0.6 | 0.8× | $59k~ |
| Wyoming | 360 | 1.3 | 1.8× | $74k |
| South Dakota | 350 | 0.8 | 1.0× | $73k |
| Rhode Island | 310 | 0.6 | 0.8× | $65k |
| West Virginia | 300 | 0.4 | 0.6× | $65k |
| New Hampshire | 220 | 0.3 | 0.4× | $65k |
| Vermont | 210 | 0.7 | 0.9× | $62k |
| Delaware | 190 | 0.4 | 0.5× | $62k |
| Hawaii | 70 | 0.1 | 0.1× | $52k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ4,820 jobs · $79k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA3,670 jobs · $75k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN3,160 jobs · $63k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX3,110 jobs · $61k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL2,490 jobs · $63k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX2,440 jobs · $75k median
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA2,070 jobs · $81k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD1,900 jobs · $65k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Vocational & CTE Teachers interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.