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Secondary School Vocation Teachers Job Overview

Secondary school vocation teachers prepare students at the secondary level for their career after school. They impart procedural knowledge and tell students about real life experiences in different vocations.

Interior Design Schools and Degrees

Like any other teacher working in secondary schools, secondary school vocation teachers need a degree with a specialization in the subject that they choose to teach.

Job Requirements

It is beneficial for secondary school vocation teachers to have teaching abilities, since aspiring teachers are often asked to demonstrate their capacity to teach and are assessed on that. Many schools in fact follow a licensure system based on the performance of the individual. They require teachers to finish a pre-determined number of hours of continuing education for renewal of their license. Some states also require secondary school vocation teachers to be conversant with modern scientific technologies.

Secondary school vocation teachers need experience and comprehension in a particular field. There are some states that grant license to vocational teachers who do not have a bachelor’s degree, provided they can show proficiency in their field. Experience spending a particular number of hours teaching educational courses is also necessary.

A secondary school vocation teacher needs to be able to communicate and understand students well. They also need to be able to earn the confidence and respect of people. Most of all they need to be patient as they teach beginners. They need to be good with problem solving, as what works for one pupil may not work well for another. It is important for secondary school vocation teachers to be organized and also to be conversant with the usage of computers and modern technology.

Nature of Work

Secondary school vocation teachers train and coach students in disciplines like healthcare, communications, business and technology. They often impart knowledge in courses that are in high demand by employers of the nearby area. Secondary school vocation teachers may also have to provide job placement to students and keep track of the students after they graduate.

Secondary school vocation teachers usually work for forty hours in a week. Their work requires them to be in classrooms with the pupils. Like any other school teacher, they work for ten months in a year and enjoy a two-month summer vacation.

Secondary School Vocation Teachers Jobs and Outlook

There were 96,000 secondary school vocation teachers in the U.S. in 2007.

The average annual earning of secondary school vocation teachers according was $52,250 in 2007.

Job Numbers and Growth

There were about 96,000 secondary school vocation teachers across the US in 2008. Unemployment for workers was considered very low in the recent past, relative to other occupations. The percentage of employees unemployed in 2008 was 2%.

Area Job Conditions

The cities with the most employees per capita are Mansfield (Ohio), St. Joseph (Missouri), and Hanford (California), while the worst cities are Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Honolulu (Hawaii), and Santa Ana (California).

The highest salaries for secondary school vocation teachers are in and around Nassau (New York), Visalia (California), and New Haven (Connecticut). The lowest-paying areas are Sioux Falls (South Dakota), Sioux City (Iowa), and Tallahassee (Florida).

Training and Education

Education or job training for workers typically involves a bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience. At least 96% of employees had a degree of four or more years. About 4% of secondary school vocation teachers had some college below a bachelor's degree. An estimated 1% of workers had just a high-school diploma. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

An estimated 8% of secondary school vocation teachers work part-time.

Secondary School Vocation Teachers by Metropolitan Area (city and its surroundings)

In the table below, a Job Density near 0% means the area has an average number of people in this occupation, for its population. A higher or lower Job Density (e.g., +22% or -45%) tells you there are that many more or fewer workers of that type there than in the average US metro area. So, the higher the number, the more common the occupation.

Alabama

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Decatur	$55,000	70	+223%
Florence	$50,000	50	+138%
Huntsville	$53,000	30	-68%
Tuscaloosa	$44,000	70	+83%

Alaska

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Anchorage		150	+103%

Arizona

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Flagstaff	$44,000	80	+250%
Kingman	$41,000	40	+112%
Phoenix	$44,000	650	-20%
Tucson	$43,000	160	+3%

Arkansas

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Fayetteville	$53,000	160	+77%
Fort Smith	$48,000	110	+107%
Jonesboro	$50,000	60	+222%
Little Rock	$53,000	260	+66%
Pine Bluff	$51,000	40	+246%

California

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
El Centro	$76,000	60	+200%
Fresno	$61,000	230	+59%
Los Angeles	$63,000	830	-56%
Modesto	$67,000	90	+32%
Oxnard	$61,000	90	-33%
Riverside	$65,000	380	-31%
Sacramento	$65,000	220	-45%
San Luis Obispo	$59,000	50	+27%
Santa Ana	$62,000	70	-90%
Stockton	$74,000	50	-46%
Vallejo	$73,000	40	-23%

Colorado

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Colorado Springs	$47,000	40	-65%
Denver	$60,000	270	-53%
Greeley	$47,000	70	+132%

Connecticut

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Bridgeport	$71,000	300	+55%
Hartford	$71,000	600	+128%
New Haven	$67,000	310	+153%
Waterbury	$73,000	180	+542%

District of Columbia

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Washington	$75,000	1,440	+28%

Florida

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Jacksonville		280	+2%
Orlando	$58,000	500	+7%
Pensacola	$56,000	150	+130%
Tallahassee	$54,000	130	+83%
Tampa	$62,000	700	+33%

Georgia

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Atlanta	$57,000	2,100	+97%
Brunswick	$61,000	50	+210%

Illinois

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Bloomington	$53,000	50	+71%
Chicago	$64,000	580	-67%
Peoria	$54,000	130	+73%
Rockford	$50,000	40	-35%
Springfield	$46,000	30	-35%

Indiana

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Anderson	$57,000	30	+102%
Evansville	$63,000	80	+6%
Fort Wayne	$58,000	400	+340%
Gary	$56,000	190	+57%
Indianapolis	$64,000	430	+4%
Lafayette	$55,000	70	+122%
South Bend	$50,000	70	+25%
Terre Haute	$50,000	130	+361%

Iowa

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Cedar Rapids	$42,000	160	+164%
Davenport	$55,000	100	+21%
Des Moines	$49,000	50	-66%

Kansas

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Manhattan	$41,000	60	+185%
Topeka	$50,000	80	+69%
Wichita	$48,000	180	+39%

Kentucky

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Louisville	$58,000	200	-28%

Louisiana

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Alexandria	$53,000	80	+203%
Baton Rouge	$55,000	160	-5%
Lake Charles	$53,000	70	+87%
New Orleans	$55,000	190	-22%
Shreveport	$52,000	130	+64%

Maine

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Portland	$54,000	50	-44%

Maryland

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Bethesda	$67,000	110	-58%

Massachusetts

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Boston	$66,000	1,050	+31%
Framingham	$70,000	260	+261%
Haverhill	$81,000	100	+189%
Lowell	$70,000	220	+323%
New Bedford	$66,000	250	+837%
Springfield	$59,000	320	+138%
Worcester	$65,000	350	+210%

Michigan

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Ann Arbor	$70,000	50	-32%
Detroit	$56,000	200	-35%
Flint	$54,000	140	+147%
Grand Rapids	$54,000	130	-24%
Holland	$54,000	40	-3%
Lansing	$65,000	90	+2%
Monroe	$51,000	30	+111%
Muskegon	$69,000	40	+76%
Warren	$64,000	310	-38%

Minnesota

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Minneapolis	$60,000	410	-50%

Mississippi

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Gulfport	$49,000	70	+52%
Jackson	$46,000	160	+40%
Pascagoula	$44,000	40	+117%

Missouri

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Cape Girardeau	$42,000	60	+239%
Jefferson City	$41,000	70	+127%
Joplin	$44,000	50	+51%
Kansas City	$50,000	460	-2%
Springfield	$42,000	100	+18%
St Joseph	$40,000	30	+46%
St Louis	$51,000	960	+56%

Nebraska

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Lincoln	$64,000	50	-29%
Omaha	$46,000	90	-58%

New Hampshire

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Nashua	$60,000	40	-33%
Rochester	$54,000	50	+130%

New Jersey

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Camden	$65,000	260	+8%
Edison	$63,000	410	-13%
Newark	$70,000	60	-87%

New York

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Albany	$56,000	390	+89%
Buffalo	$53,000	700	+176%
Glens Falls	$57,000	120	+468%
Ithaca	$57,000	60	+272%
Kingston	$74,000	60	+142%
Nassau	$81,000	1,190	+104%
New York	$76,000	1,830	-24%
Poughkeepsie	$73,000	120	+8%
Rochester	$62,000	310	+34%
Utica	$57,000	140	+158%

North Carolina

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Asheville	$48,000	400	+410%
Charlotte	$50,000	1,070	+171%
Durham	$51,000	160	+29%
Hickory	$46,000	160	+148%
Raleigh	$52,000	680	+188%
Wilmington	$46,000	100	+68%
Winston Salem	$47,000	540	+474%

North Dakota

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Bismarck	$46,000	50	+85%
Fargo	$51,000	90	+70%
Grand Forks	$47,000	70	+262%

Ohio

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Akron	$63,000	550	+277%
Canton	$59,000	270	+267%
Cincinnati	$62,000	660	+41%
Cleveland	$68,000	780	+65%
Dayton	$65,000	490	+181%
Mansfield	$58,000	130	+521%
Springfield	$57,000	40	+108%
Toledo	$64,000	280	+110%
Youngstown	$57,000	190	+87%

Oklahoma

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Lawton	$52,000	30	+87%
Oklahoma City	$53,000	290	+9%
Tulsa	$49,000	190	-3%

Oregon

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Portland	$66,000	400	-15%
Salem	$58,000	40	-39%

Pennsylvania

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Allentown	$60,000	180	+14%
Altoona	$52,000	40	+61%
Johnstown	$59,000	40	+75%
Philadelphia	$66,000	1,190	+35%
Reading	$63,000	50	-32%
Scranton	$60,000	70	-41%
York	$56,000	70	-10%

Rhode Island

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Providence	$62,000	170	-33%

South Carolina

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Columbia	$49,000	160	+0%
Florence	$50,000	80	+140%
Spartanburg	$56,000	60	+20%

South Dakota

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Rapid City	$46,000	80	+204%
Sioux Falls	$37,000	60	-2%

Tennessee

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Chattanooga	$47,000	260	+155%
Jackson	$49,000	70	+191%
Johnson City	$48,000	90	+200%
Kingsport	$51,000	200	+280%
Knoxville	$47,000	460	+204%
Memphis	$50,000	620	+119%
Morristown	$44,000	80	+339%
Nashville	$46,000	740	+117%

Texas

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Abilene	$50,000	70	+169%
Amarillo	$49,000	120	+162%
Austin	$49,000	490	+35%
Beaumont	$49,000	190	+167%
Brownsville	$49,000	300	+429%
College Station	$46,000	70	+78%
Corpus Christi	$49,000	130	+64%
Dallas	$54,000	1,090	+12%
El Paso	$55,000	440	+258%
Fort Worth	$60,000	590	+48%
Houston	$57,000	2,000	+64%
Killeen	$50,000	130	+132%
Longview	$47,000	100	+146%
Lubbock	$48,000	140	+156%
Mcallen	$56,000	430	+318%
San Antonio	$58,000	850	+111%
Sherman	$50,000	40	+146%
Texarkana	$45,000	90	+308%
Tyler	$47,000	80	+109%
Victoria	$49,000	50	+161%
Waco	$46,000	70	+64%
Wichita Falls	$46,000	40	+78%

Utah

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Provo	$51,000	120	+59%
Salt Lake City	$50,000	200	-28%

Vermont

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Burlington	$63,000	70	+45%

Virginia

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Blacksburg	$56,000	90	+260%
Charlottesville	$57,000	40	+9%
Lynchburg	$53,000	120	+184%
Richmond	$55,000	410	+45%
Roanoke	$57,000	110	+60%
Virginia Beach	$64,000	520	+49%

Washington

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Bellingham	$62,000	60	+95%
Bremerton	$58,000	120	+243%
Kennewick	$59,000	80	+87%
Longview	$62,000	40	+215%
Olympia	$64,000	70	+66%
Seattle	$63,000	680	+5%
Spokane	$63,000	160	+75%
Tacoma	$61,000	270	+126%
Wenatchee	$59,000	30	+97%
Yakima	$62,000	100	+184%

West Virginia

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Charleston	$48,000	340	+433%
Huntington	$52,000	170	+246%
Wheeling	$49,000	140	+422%

Wisconsin

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Appleton	$47,000	50	+1%
Janesville	$47,000	30	+15%
Madison	$47,000	150	-2%
Milwaukee	$56,000	90	-76%
Racine	$52,000	210	+575%
Sheboygan	$48,000	40	+76%