Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education Salary — Tallahassee, Florida

The average Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Tallahassee, Florida earns $54,590 a year.

$54,590 / year, mean
↓ 26.1% below national average 25th percentile in Florida

Tallahassee pays below most of Florida for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's well below the national average for middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education — one of the largest gaps in this dataset. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Florida

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
550
Estimate confidence
RSE 0.6%
Cost of living 94 #112 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1340 #8 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $285,256 #112 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $63,078 #152 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Tallahassee ranks #112 for cost of living and #112 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

El Centro $117,020 San Jose $109,140 Mount Vernon $106,790 Seattle $103,680 Bremerton $102,020 Riverside $101,660 Napa $100,500 Modesto $98,910 Bellingham $98,070 Olympia $96,680 New York $96,560 Kennewick $96,050 Kingston $95,490 Oxnard $94,810 Merced $94,430 Kiryas Joel $94,260 San Francisco $92,730 Fresno $92,720 Los Angeles $92,660 Hanford $92,650 Vallejo $92,520 Santa Rosa $92,020 Yakima $91,920 Visalia $91,770 Sacramento $91,090 Bakersfield $91,020 Spokane $90,940 Wenatchee $90,320 Longview $90,190 San Luis Obispo $89,660 Stockton $88,860 Walla Walla $88,430 Portland $87,380 Santa Cruz $87,380 Yuba City $87,030 Santa Maria $84,680 San Diego $84,530 Chico $84,460 Pittsburgh $84,350 Buffalo $83,920 Atlantic City $83,570 Albany $82,580 Baltimore $82,530 Salisbury $81,520 Chicago $81,000 Ithaca $80,730 Lexington Park $80,710 Trenton $80,560 Utica $80,560 York $79,820 Allentown $79,720 Reading $79,660 Lancaster $78,280 Glens Falls $78,230 Syracuse $78,080 Scranton $78,010 Philadelphia $76,870 Vineland $75,860 Williamsport $75,630 Binghamton $75,550 State College $75,090 Salem $74,580 Eugene $74,470 Chambersburg $74,190 Bend $73,980 Virginia Beach $73,010 Watertown $73,000 Harrisburg $72,970 Rockford $72,790 Springfield $72,670 Corvallis $72,040 Altoona $71,890 Rochester $71,460 Medford $70,880 Harrisonburg $70,540 Traverse City $70,420 Niles $69,990 Detroit $69,940 Bloomington $69,520 Muskegon $69,460 Albany $68,940 Battle Creek $68,680 Hagerstown $68,270 Flint $68,220 Lansing $68,040 Midland $67,980 Dallas $67,760 Dover $67,760 Jackson $67,690 Monroe $67,670 Odessa $67,420 Kalamazoo $67,370 Saginaw $67,320 Houston $67,300 Staunton $67,150 Ann Arbor $66,850 Elkhart $66,540 Grand Rapids $66,070 Jacksonville $66,040 Charlottesville $65,830 Louisville $65,690 Port St. Lucie $65,660 Lexington $65,270 Richmond $65,160 Indianapolis $65,110 McAllen $64,650 El Paso $64,530 Erie $64,440 Roanoke $64,260 Killeen $64,140 Lafayette $64,020 Sarasota $64,020 Fort Wayne $63,970 Blacksburg $63,430 Weirton $63,170 Brownsville $63,060 Laredo $62,890 San Antonio $62,570 Wheeling $62,520 Peoria $62,200 Naples $62,050 Austin $61,690 Corpus Christi $61,570 Tampa $61,170 Sherman $60,620 Champaign $60,580 Kokomo $60,400 Owensboro $60,350 Miami $60,340 Evansville $60,230 Tyler $60,180 Amarillo $60,140 Wichita Falls $59,970 Orlando $59,880 Muncie $59,790 Michigan City $59,720 Kankakee $59,630 Crestview $59,600 Beaumont $59,540 Lynchburg $59,540 Elizabethtown $59,290 Paducah $59,240 Terre Haute $59,040 South Bend $58,690 Fort Myers $58,660 Lubbock $58,630 Huntington $58,580 Longview $58,450 Waco $58,350 Decatur $58,300 Bowling Green $57,990 Palm Bay $57,550 College Station $57,180 Morgantown $56,100 Gainesville $56,040 Abilene $55,790 San Angelo $55,630 Charleston $55,620 Beckley $55,220 Texarkana $55,070 Pensacola $54,920 Tallahassee $54,590 Lakeland $54,570 Sebastian $53,630 Panama City $53,060 Victoria $52,370
CityMean salaryvs. Tallahassee
Abilene, Texas$55,790+2.2%
Albany, Oregon$68,940+26.3%
Albany, New York$82,580+51.3%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$79,720+46.0%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$71,890+31.7%
Amarillo, Texas$60,140+10.2%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$66,850+22.5%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$83,570+53.1%
Austin, Texas$61,690+13.0%
Bakersfield, California$91,020+66.7%
Baltimore, Maryland$82,530+51.2%
Battle Creek, Michigan$68,680+25.8%
Beaumont, Texas$59,540+9.1%
Beckley, West Virginia$55,220+1.2%
Bellingham, Washington$98,070+79.6%
Bend, Oregon$73,980+35.5%
Binghamton, New York$75,550+38.4%
Blacksburg, Virginia$63,430+16.2%
Bloomington, Illinois$69,520+27.3%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$57,990+6.2%
Bremerton, Washington$102,020+86.9%
Brownsville, Texas$63,060+15.5%
Buffalo, New York$83,920+53.7%
Fort Myers, Florida$58,660+7.5%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$74,190+35.9%
Champaign, Illinois$60,580+11.0%
Charleston, West Virginia$55,620+1.9%
Charlottesville, Virginia$65,830+20.6%
Chicago, Illinois$81,000+48.4%
Chico, California$84,460+54.7%
College Station, Texas$57,180+4.7%
Corpus Christi, Texas$61,570+12.8%
Corvallis, Oregon$72,040+32.0%
Crestview, Florida$59,600+9.2%
Dallas, Texas$67,760+24.1%
Decatur, Illinois$58,300+6.8%
Detroit, Michigan$69,940+28.1%
Dover, Delaware$67,760+24.1%
El Centro, California$117,020+114.4%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$59,290+8.6%
Elkhart, Indiana$66,540+21.9%
El Paso, Texas$64,530+18.2%
Erie, Pennsylvania$64,440+18.0%
Eugene, Oregon$74,470+36.4%
Evansville, Indiana$60,230+10.3%
Flint, Michigan$68,220+25.0%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$63,970+17.2%
Fresno, California$92,720+69.8%
Gainesville, Florida$56,040+2.7%
Glens Falls, New York$78,230+43.3%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$66,070+21.0%
Hagerstown, Maryland$68,270+25.1%
Hanford, California$92,650+69.7%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$72,970+33.7%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$70,540+29.2%
Houston, Texas$67,300+23.3%
Huntington, West Virginia$58,580+7.3%
Indianapolis, Indiana$65,110+19.3%
Ithaca, New York$80,730+47.9%
Jackson, Michigan$67,690+24.0%
Jacksonville, Florida$66,040+21.0%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$67,370+23.4%
Kankakee, Illinois$59,630+9.2%
Kennewick, Washington$96,050+75.9%
Killeen, Texas$64,140+17.5%
Kingston, New York$95,490+74.9%
Kiryas Joel, New York$94,260+72.7%
Kokomo, Indiana$60,400+10.6%
Lafayette, Indiana$64,020+17.3%
Lakeland, Florida$54,570-0.0%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$78,280+43.4%
Lansing, Michigan$68,040+24.6%
Laredo, Texas$62,890+15.2%
Lexington, Kentucky$65,270+19.6%
Lexington Park, Maryland$80,710+47.8%
Longview, Texas$58,450+7.1%
Longview, Washington$90,190+65.2%
Los Angeles, California$92,660+69.7%
Louisville, Kentucky$65,690+20.3%
Lubbock, Texas$58,630+7.4%
Lynchburg, Virginia$59,540+9.1%
McAllen, Texas$64,650+18.4%
Medford, Oregon$70,880+29.8%
Merced, California$94,430+73.0%
Miami, Florida$60,340+10.5%
Michigan City, Indiana$59,720+9.4%
Midland, Texas$67,980+24.5%
Modesto, California$98,910+81.2%
Monroe, Michigan$67,670+24.0%
Morgantown, West Virginia$56,100+2.8%
Mount Vernon, Washington$106,790+95.6%
Muncie, Indiana$59,790+9.5%
Muskegon, Michigan$69,460+27.2%
Napa, California$100,500+84.1%
Naples, Florida$62,050+13.7%
New York, New York$96,560+76.9%
Niles, Michigan$69,990+28.2%
Sarasota, Florida$64,020+17.3%
Odessa, Texas$67,420+23.5%
Olympia, Washington$96,680+77.1%
Orlando, Florida$59,880+9.7%
Owensboro, Kentucky$60,350+10.6%
Oxnard, California$94,810+73.7%
Paducah, Kentucky$59,240+8.5%
Palm Bay, Florida$57,550+5.4%
Panama City, Florida$53,060-2.8%
Pensacola, Florida$54,920+0.6%
Peoria, Illinois$62,200+13.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$76,870+40.8%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$84,350+54.5%
Portland, Oregon$87,380+60.1%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$65,660+20.3%
Reading, Pennsylvania$79,660+45.9%
Richmond, Virginia$65,160+19.4%
Riverside, California$101,660+86.2%
Roanoke, Virginia$64,260+17.7%
Rochester, New York$71,460+30.9%
Rockford, Illinois$72,790+33.3%
Sacramento, California$91,090+66.9%
Saginaw, Michigan$67,320+23.3%
Salem, Oregon$74,580+36.6%
Salisbury, Maryland$81,520+49.3%
San Angelo, Texas$55,630+1.9%
San Antonio, Texas$62,570+14.6%
San Diego, California$84,530+54.8%
San Francisco, California$92,730+69.9%
San Jose, California$109,140+99.9%
San Luis Obispo, California$89,660+64.2%
Santa Cruz, California$87,380+60.1%
Santa Maria, California$84,680+55.1%
Santa Rosa, California$92,020+68.6%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$78,010+42.9%
Seattle, Washington$103,680+89.9%
Sebastian, Florida$53,630-1.8%
Sherman, Texas$60,620+11.0%
South Bend, Indiana$58,690+7.5%
Spokane, Washington$90,940+66.6%
Springfield, Illinois$72,670+33.1%
State College, Pennsylvania$75,090+37.6%
Staunton, Virginia$67,150+23.0%
Stockton, California$88,860+62.8%
Syracuse, New York$78,080+43.0%
Tampa, Florida$61,170+12.1%
Terre Haute, Indiana$59,040+8.2%
Texarkana, Texas$55,070+0.9%
Traverse City, Michigan$70,420+29.0%
Trenton, New Jersey$80,560+47.6%
Tyler, Texas$60,180+10.2%
Utica, New York$80,560+47.6%
Vallejo, California$92,520+69.5%
Victoria, Texas$52,370-4.1%
Vineland, New Jersey$75,860+39.0%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$73,010+33.7%
Visalia, California$91,770+68.1%
Waco, Texas$58,350+6.9%
Walla Walla, Washington$88,430+62.0%
Watertown, New York$73,000+33.7%
Weirton, West Virginia$63,170+15.7%
Wenatchee, Washington$90,320+65.5%
Wheeling, West Virginia$62,520+14.5%
Wichita Falls, Texas$59,970+9.9%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$75,630+38.5%
Yakima, Washington$91,920+68.4%
York, Pennsylvania$79,820+46.2%
Yuba City, California$87,030+59.4%
Gross salary
54,590/yr
Estimated take-home
46,043/yr
Est. total withheld
15.7%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Florida has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 25-2022 SOC code
Official area Tallahassee, FL BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 45220 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: fl_constitucion_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
388,298