Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $62K, rent takes 28% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,215/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 $39K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,318/month. At HUD’s $1,215/month FMR, rent would take 52% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $62K locally vs. $64K nationally, a 2% difference.

Tennessee pays $62K median vs. the U.S. average of $64K — that’s -2%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 89.78), the purchasing-power equivalent is $69K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $62,310 a year, that works out to about $30 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $38,640, and experienced career/technical education teachers, postsecondaries can clear $91,170. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,342/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,215/month, which eats 28% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Tennessee has a Regional Price Parity of 89.78 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median career/technical education teachers, postsecondary salary is worth about $69,403 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.