Junior High Vocational Education Instructors

Median Salary: $49,300

Many junior high vocational education instructors across the nation share a handful of important professional characteristics. For example, stress tolerance, cooperation, and concern for others can be essential for success in the industry, especially when blended with career training. Around 14,060 individuals were employed as junior high vocational education instructors nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's critical to cultivate these attributes and receive formal training, particularly if you're intending to move forward in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for junior high vocational education instructors in the U.S. was $49,300 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $23.70. Of course, income can vary with training and by locale. Below, you'll find more data about junior high vocational education instructors, including wages and job density for metropolitan areas all over the nation.

Junior high vocational education instructors should be skilled in:

Oral Comprehension
Speech Recognition
Deductive Reasoning
Fluency of Ideas
Flexibility of Closure

Different individuals go into different careers; junior high vocational education instructors are typically:

Social
Conventional
Investigative

Working as a junior high vocational education instructor requires knowledge in subjects like:

English Language
Computers and Electronics
Administration and Management
Communications and Media
Sociology and Anthropology

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Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of individuals employed as junior high vocational education instructors). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of junior high vocational education instructors in each city as compared to the national average.

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Flagstaff	40	$45,000	$21.60	$50,900	$24.50	604.6%
Phoenix	NA	$48,000	$23.10	$52,400	$25.20	NA
Prescott	40	$27,000	$13.00	$29,500	$14.20	471.3%
Tucson	70	$38,000	$18.30	$44,300	$21.30	66.7%

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fayetteville	50	$48,200	$23.20	$55,700	$26.80	132.4%
Little Rock	110	$53,900	$25.90	$60,700	$29.20	201.9%

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Los Angeles (Area)	NA	$60,700	$29.20	$75,500	$36.30	NA
Oakland	NA	$45,700	$22.00	$54,500	$26.20	NA
San Francisco (Area)	NA	$45,700	$22.00	$54,500	$26.20	NA
San Jose	NA	$43,500	$20.90	$53,000	$25.50	NA

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Hartford	120	$70,000	$33.70	$79,900	$38.40	89.8%
New Haven	60	$58,700	$28.20	$72,400	$34.80	109.3%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	NA	$66,800	$32.10	$81,900	$39.40	NA

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Orlando	50	$65,400	$31.40	$87,300	$42.00	-48.1%
Tampa	170	$49,500	$23.80	$64,800	$31.20	38%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlanta	210	$53,400	$25.70	$67,800	$32.60	-15.7%
Augusta	60	$59,900	$28.80	$69,100	$33.20	153.7%

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chicago (Area)	230	NA	NA	NA	NA	9.3%

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fort Wayne	NA	$57,900	$27.90	$63,900	$30.70	NA
Indianapolis	50	$61,000	$29.30	$67,800	$32.60	-43.5%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baton Rouge	60	$47,800	$23.00	$51,600	$24.80	61.1%
New Orleans	40	$48,700	$23.40	$53,500	$25.70	-18.5%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	30	$70,200	$33.70	$84,700	$40.70	-75.9%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boston (Area)	40	$67,100	$32.30	$77,000	$37.00	-79.6%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Detroit (Area)	170	$50,400	$24.20	$62,100	$29.90	-13%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Springfield	NA	$44,400	$21.30	$52,000	$25.00	NA
St. Louis	210	$52,200	$25.10	$63,600	$30.60	49.1%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	NA	$68,300	$32.80	$86,700	$41.70	NA
Buffalo	120	$57,000	$27.40	$72,000	$34.60	102.8%
New York (Area)	NA	$53,100	$25.50	$73,200	$35.20	NA
Poughkeepsie	50	$68,500	$32.90	$84,700	$40.70	90.7%
Rochester	70	$52,600	$25.30	$64,500	$31.00	33.3%
Syracuse	50	$53,300	$25.60	$60,300	$29.00	61.1%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	50	$44,700	$21.50	$50,500	$24.30	148.1%
Charlotte	130	$47,500	$22.80	$58,200	$28.00	40.7%
Durham	60	$54,000	$26.00	$61,300	$29.50	87%
Greensboro	230	$40,700	$19.60	$48,700	$23.40	507.4%
Hickory	40	$47,800	$23.00	$53,400	$25.70	177.8%
Winston-Salem	NA	$42,700	$20.50	$49,700	$23.90	NA

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	NA	$73,300	$35.30	$80,100	$38.50	NA
Cleveland	NA	$60,600	$29.10	$67,400	$32.40	NA
Toledo	30	$55,600	$26.70	$74,200	$35.70	-4.6%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Oklahoma City	40	$48,700	$23.40	$53,700	$25.80	-33.3%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	NA	$48,300	$23.20	$63,700	$30.60	NA
Harrisburg	30	$48,500	$23.30	$59,600	$28.60	-4.6%
Philadelphia (Area)	280	$59,400	$28.50	$72,600	$34.90	39.8%
Pittsburgh	100	$55,600	$26.80	$63,200	$30.40	-14.8%
Scranton	NA	$61,100	$29.40	$70,800	$34.00	NA

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	60	$53,000	$25.50	$59,500	$28.60	3.7%

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Columbia	30	$47,200	$22.70	$64,000	$30.80	-6.5%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Nashville	80	$43,000	$20.70	$52,700	$25.40	6.5%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Austin	60	$48,900	$23.50	$56,200	$27.00	-34.3%
Brownsville	50	$50,900	$24.50	$58,200	$28.00	286.1%
Dallas (Area)	200	$50,600	$24.30	$58,000	$27.90	-30.6%
El Paso	60	$54,400	$26.10	$62,300	$30.00	110.2%
Houston	370	$53,100	$25.50	$62,000	$29.80	34.3%
McAllen	80	$56,100	$27.00	$63,400	$30.50	250.9%
San Antonio	120	$50,200	$24.10	$58,000	$27.90	33.3%

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Richmond	80	$53,300	$25.60	$68,000	$32.70	27.8%
Virginia Beach	120	$55,400	$26.60	$70,200	$33.70	52.8%

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Seattle (Area)	60	$62,300	$29.90	$72,200	$34.70	98.1%

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Green Bay	60	$71,200	$34.20	$79,900	$38.40	211.1%