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Average Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education Salary in Lewiston-Auburn, ME

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Lewiston-Auburn, ME earn a median annual salary of $48,490, which is -22.2% compared to the national median. There are 530 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Lewiston-Auburn, ME (metro area).

$48,490
Lewiston-Auburn, ME median annual wage
-22.2%
Difference vs national median
National median is $62,340
530
Local employment
11.0 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.21
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$39,940
25th
$42,930
Median
$48,490
75th
$65,060
90th
$76,270

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Lewiston-Auburn, ME, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
94.7%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$51,184
Goods: 97.2%
Services: 134.4%
Rents: 69.0%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$103,580Compare550
El Centro, CA$101,960Compare760
Visalia, CA$101,340Compare2,520
Salinas, CA$101,300Compare1,730
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$101,170Compare1,030
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$100,620Compare1,020

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Lewiston-Auburn, ME

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Nurse Anesthetists$231,9602.94
Family Medicine Physicians$231,3401.98
Dentists, General$207,2200.98
Managers, All Other$190,0700.51
Computer Network Architects$142,2900.73
Pharmacists$139,5000.79
Physician Assistants$138,6701.45
Nurse Practitioners$136,8601.66

Lewiston-Auburn, ME has salary data for 240 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Lewiston-Auburn, ME

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education are projected to change by -2.0% from 2024 to 2034, with 91,000 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.