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Estimated employment1,070
Mean wage23.46
Entry wage16.77
10th percentile wage14.76
50th percentile wage21.51
90th percentile wage34.09
 Top Employing Industries
 Industry Employment  Percent 
Education and Health Services89083.1%
 Best Paying Industries
 Industry Employment  Median Wage 
Education and Health Services89024.12
Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary (25-1194)
Teach or instruct vocational or occupational subjects at the postsecondary level (but at less than the baccalaureate) to students who have graduated or left high school. Include correspondence school instructors; industrial, commercial and government training instructors; and adult education teachers and instructors who prepare persons to operate industrial machinery and equipment and transportation and communications equipment. Teaching may take place in public or private schools whose primary business is education or in a school associated with an organization whose primary business is other than education.
Median Wage History
YearThis OccupationCompared to Occupational Group  Difference 
Current$23.46 $28.39  -$4.92
2013$23.38+.3%$28.29 +.3%-$4.91
2012$22.94+1.9%$27.75 +1.9%-$4.81
2011$22.49+2.0%$27.21 +2.0%-$4.72
2010$22.14+1.6%$26.79 +1.6%-$4.64
2009$21.75+1.8%$26.32 +1.8%-$4.56
2008$21.52+1.1%$26.04 +1.1%-$4.51
2007$20.88+3.1%$25.27 +3.1%-$4.38
2006$20.18+3.5%$24.42 +3.5%-$4.23
2005$19.41+4.0%$23.48 +4.0%-$4.07
YearThis OccupationCompared to All Occupations  Difference 
Current$23.46 $26.43  -$2.96
2013$23.38+.3%$26.36 +.3%-$2.97
2012$22.94+1.9%$25.83 +2.1%-$2.89
2011$22.49+2.0%$25.38 +1.7%-$2.89
2010$22.14+1.6%$24.99 +1.6%-$2.84
2009$21.75+1.8%$24.57 +1.7%-$2.81
2008$21.52+1.1%$24.23 +1.4%-$2.71
2007$20.88+3.1%$23.61 +2.6%-$2.73
2006$20.18+3.5%$22.86 +3.3%-$2.67
2005$19.41+4.0%$22.15 +3.2%-$2.74

Note:The mid-wage is the median wage. The average wage is the mean wage. The entry-level wage is equal to the average of the lower third of reported wages for the occupation. The wage range consists of the 10th and 90th percentiles; 80 percent of workers earn between this wage range, 10 percent earn less while 10 percent earn more.

Reference Date: 1st Quarter 2014
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