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Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education Salary by State and Metro Area (2026)

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Educations in the United States earn a median salary of $62,340/year ($null/hr). Salaries range from $46,440 to $102,010 depending on experience. Below, compare salaries across all 50 states and top metro areas.

$46K
10th percentile
$51K
25th percentile
$62K
Median
$79K
75th percentile
$102K
90th percentile

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education salary by state

StateMedianHourlyEmployment
Washington$99K$/hr30,790
California$98K$/hr141,650
District of Columbia$95K$/hr3,540
Rhode Island$87K$/hr4,080
Massachusetts$83K$/hr32,100
New York$82K$/hr103,920
Connecticut$79K$/hr16,260
New Jersey$77K$/hr42,360
Alaska$76K$/hr3,380
Oregon$76K$/hr13,760
Maryland$75K$/hr32,330
Pennsylvania$74K$/hr47,220
Delaware$66K$/hr2,540
New Mexico$66K$/hr7,480
Ohio$65K$/hr50,110
New Hampshire$64K$/hr4,390
Illinois$64K$/hr61,000
Georgia$63K$/hr42,440
Minnesota$63K$/hr24,320
Nevada$62K$/hr9,290
Michigan$62K$/hr40,200
Maine$62K$/hr6,940
Virginia$62K$/hr37,640
Utah$62K$/hr15,800
Nebraska$62K$/hr8,760
Wyoming$62K$/hr2,760
Texas$61K$/hr124,430
Vermont$61K$/hr3,620
Wisconsin$61K$/hr25,080
Hawaii$60K$/hr5,270
Alabama$60K$/hr16,910
Idaho$60K$/hr8,260
South Carolina$59K$/hr23,680
Indiana$58K$/hr28,510
Kentucky$58K$/hr18,680
North Dakota$58K$/hr4,360
Montana$56K$/hr4,510
Florida$56K$/hr78,630
West Virginia$56K$/hr6,680
Iowa$56K$/hr15,890
Tennessee$53K$/hr28,880
Louisiana$52K$/hr21,350
Arizona$51K$/hr23,250
Kansas$51K$/hr14,200
Arkansas$51K$/hr12,510
North Carolina$49K$/hr44,040
South Dakota$49K$/hr4,220
Mississippi$48K$/hr11,680
Missouri$48K$/hr40,380
Oklahoma$47K$/hr18,340

Top paying metro areas

Metro areaMedianEmployment
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$104K550
El Centro, CA$102K760
Visalia, CA$101K2,520
Salinas, CA$101K1,730
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$101K1,030
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$101K1,020
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$101K42,880
Modesto, CA$100K2,370
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$100K1,910
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$100K15,410
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$100K6,610
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$99K14,800
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$98K9,160
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$98K730
Vallejo, CA$98K1,420
Barnstable Town, MA$98K800
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$98K2,640
Kingston, NY$98K780
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$98K18,270
Merced, CA$97K1,190
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$97K2,130
Yuba City, CA$96K650
Stockton-Lodi, CA$95K2,560
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$95K100,040
Chico, CA$94K860
Bellingham, WA$94K900
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$92K940
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$89K2,300
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$87K22,040
Kennewick-Richland, WA$86K1,510
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