Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $61K, rent takes 29.3% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,187/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new career/technical education teachers, postsecondaries typically earn — is $41K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,453/month.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $61K locally vs. $64K nationally, a 5% difference.

Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area pays $61K median vs. the U.S. average of $64K — that’s -5%.

The median is $60,520 a year, that works out to about $29 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $40,890, and experienced career/technical education teachers, postsecondaries can clear $75,220. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,056/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,187/month, which eats 29.3% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area has a Regional Price Parity of 100 (100 is the national average). That's right at the national average. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median career/technical education teachers, postsecondary salary is worth about $60,520 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.