Education
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the secondary school level.
Median salary (BLS)
$66,270
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$50k – $101k
Job outlook
No separate BLS projection for this specific role
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $85,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
Education
Typical entry: Bachelor's degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
Entry / Junior
$50,040
~2 yrs to advance
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
Established
$66,270
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
Senior
$83,805
Key skills
A typical day
- •Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
- •Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.
- •Prepare materials and classroom for class activities.
- •Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
- •Instruct students in the knowledge and skills required in a specific occupation or occupational field, using a systematic plan of lectures, discussions, audio-visual presentations, and laboratory, shop, and field studies.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Education
Explore all- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
- University of Wisconsin–Madison49% admit · $72,000 grad pay
- Vanderbilt University7% admit · $88,000 grad pay
- University of Virginia19% admit · $85,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.