Rochester, NY · SOC 25-2032
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School in the Rochester Metro
Metro area salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025)
Geography used: wage and employment figures cover the full Rochester, NY BLS wage area, not only its central city; the comparison figure is the United States national estimate. Verify with the BLS OEWS source tables.
Median Salary
$66,140
per year in the Rochester metro
same as
National Median
$66,270
per year nationally
Hourly Rate
N/A
median hourly
Employment
500
jobs in the Rochester metro
The Rochester pay distribution spans from $52,790 at the 10th percentile to $95,730 at the 90th, a 1.8× observed spread. Differences in specialization, employer, sector, location, credentials, schedule, and experience may all contribute, but OEWS does not isolate their effects. The 25th percentile sits at $61,290 and the 75th at $84,380, so half of Rochester-based career/technical education teachers, secondary school earn within that middle band.
Metro figures use establishment work location, not worker residence. BLS draws metro boundaries from the OMB MSA definitions, so Rochester, NY covers the central city plus outlying counties tied to the metro economically. OEWS includes straight-time pay, tips, commissions, incentive pay, and production bonuses. It excludes employer health and retirement benefits, overtime premiums, stock compensation, signing bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. The same occupation's national profile, statewide NY estimate, and peer-metro rows provide distinct geographic comparisons. A published median is a benchmark, not a prediction or ceiling for one worker.
Salary Range in the Rochester Metro
Annual Salary Distribution
Top Paying Jobs in Rochester
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
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Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Wage figures are computed directly from BLS OEWS data for the full Rochester, NY wage area. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2025.