Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School

Median salary

$65,030

Average salary

$71,590

Employment

16,870

Projected growth

2% decline

Annual openings

900

Typical entry education

Bachelor's degree

What Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School Do

Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the middle, intermediate, or junior high school level.

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Career Outlook

National employment outlook, 2024–2034.

Related work experience: Less than 5 years
On-the-job training: None
Self-employed: Not available

Source: BLS Employment Projections — 2024-2034.

How Much Preparation Does This Take?

Job Zone 4 of 5

Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed

Experience: A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations.
Education: Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Job training: Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Source: O*NET Job Zones.

Key Knowledge Areas

Subject-matter areas this occupation draws on most, per O*NET.

English Languageimportance 4.5/5
Education and Trainingimportance 4.2/5
Psychologyimportance 3.7/5
Computers and Electronicsimportance 3.6/5
Administrativeimportance 3.5/5
Administration and Managementimportance 3.4/5
Customer and Personal Serviceimportance 3.2/5
Engineering and Technologyimportance 3.1/5

Work Environment

What the day-to-day work setting is like, per O*NET.

E-Mail4.8/5
Contact With Others4.6/5
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams4.5/5
Frequency of Decision Making4.5/5
Freedom to Make Decisions4.4/5
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled4.3/5

Careers With Similar Skills

Occupations whose Transferable Skills profile most closely matches this one — a mathematical comparison, not observed data about people actually moving between these careers.

Occupational Therapists96% skill match
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Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary96% skill match
Neurologists96% skill match
Nurse Midwives96% skill match
Social and Community Service Managers96% skill match
Chiropractors96% skill match
Physical Therapists96% skill match

Transferable Skills

Cross-functional skills this occupation draws on most, per O*NET — the kind that carry over to other careers.

Instructingimportance 4.0/5
Social Perceptivenessimportance 3.9/5
Coordinationimportance 3.4/5
Judgment and Decision Makingimportance 3.4/5
Service Orientationimportance 3.3/5
Complex Problem Solvingimportance 3.3/5
Systems Analysisimportance 3.0/5
Systems Evaluationimportance 3.0/5

Software & Technologies

Tools and software used in this occupation, per O*NET.

Hot Technologies

Other Software Used

Work Style

Personal work characteristics that matter most for this occupation, per O*NET.

Dependability
Social Orientation
Cooperation
Empathy
Optimism
Self-Control
Integrity

Career Interests

This occupation’s RIASEC interest profile, per O*NET — how strongly it fits each of the six Holland interest types.

SocialHigh
ConventionalMedium
ArtisticMedium
InvestigativeMedium
RealisticMedium
EnterprisingLow

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Where This Career Is Most Concentrated

Metro areas where career/technical education teachers, middle school make up the largest share of local employment, relative to the national average (BLS location quotient).