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Average Middle School Teachers, Except Special And Career/Technical Education Salary in Utah

Middle School Teachers, Except Special And Career/Technical Education in Utah earn a median annual salary of $79,180, which is +23.0% compared to the national median. There are 5,960 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Utah (state).

$79,180
Utah median annual wage
+23.0%
Difference vs national median
National median is $64,370
5,960
Local employment
3.4 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.86
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$54,940
25th
$62,880
Median
$79,180
75th
$97,910
90th
$102,400

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 Utah, 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
98.9%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$80,090
Goods: 96.4%
Services: 78.7%
Rents: 107.8%
Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State Median annual wage Compare Employment
Washington $102,140 Compare 10,510
California $98,950 Compare 37,300
New York $94,840 Compare 38,670
Connecticut $93,610 Compare 7,920
Rhode Island $92,760 Compare 2,370
Massachusetts $89,450 Compare 16,570

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 Utah

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Obstetricians And Gynecologists $437,170 0.82
Radiologists $417,250 1.28
General Internal Medicine Physicians $331,720 0.27
Psychiatrists $299,670 0.83
Family Medicine Physicians $297,510 0.46
Physicians, All Other $228,060 0.92
Pediatricians, General $210,360 0.70
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric $188,490 0.35

Utah has salary data for 708 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Obstetricians And Gynecologists.

Historical series

Trend for Middle School Teachers, Except Special And Career/Technical Education in Utah

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Middle School Teachers, Except Special And Career/Technical Education are projected to change by -2.0% from 2024 to 2034, with 40,500 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.