How much do teachers get paid in Massachusetts?
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Teachers made between $72,900 and $95,300 per year in 2025, depending on the role. These figures represent the annual median wage for Massachusetts pre-K–12 teachers. Preschool teachers tend to be at the lower end of the range, while high school teachers tend to be at the higher end, based on Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates. The median wage is the midpoint — half of teachers in each role earn more, and half earn less.
For comparison, in Massachusetts, the median wage across all occupations was $63,600 in 2025 — about 13% lower than the median preschool teacher wage.
$72.9K
median annual wage for preschool teachers in Massachusetts (2025)
$89.5K
median annual wage for middle school teachers in Massachusetts (2025)
Among teachers working in elementary, middle, and high schools, annual pay varied by the grade level taught. In Massachusetts in 2025, preschool teachers earned the least, earning around $72,880 annually. High school teachers made the most at around $95,260 per year. In other words, high school teachers earned about 31% more than preschool teachers.
High school teachers earn $95,300 annually, more than any other MA teachers
Median annual salary of elementary and secondary school teachers, excluding teachers of students with disabilities and technical teachers (MA, 2025)
Do Massachusetts teachers make more or less than the US average?
Teacher salaries vary nationwide. In 2025, Massachusetts teachers earned more than the national median for every grade level reported. The largest percentage difference was among elementary school teachers, who earned 48% more than the national median. High school teachers in Massachusetts were the highest-paid at their grade level, earning 32% more than the US median.
Massachusetts teachers earn more than the national average at every level.
Median annual salary of elementary and secondary school teachers, excluding teachers of students with disabilities and technical teachers (MA, 2025)
How much do special education teachers make in Massachusetts? What about technical education teachers?
Pay also varies by specialization. Teachers of students with disabilities (collected in the data as “special education”), earn about the same or less than general education teachers at all levels except preschool in Massachusetts. In 2025, the median wages for teachers of students with disabilities ranged from 10% lower to 36% higher than those of other teachers at the same grade level.
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The largest difference for teachers of students with disabilities was at the preschool level, where they earned $99,100 per year compared to $72,900 for other preschool teachers, a 36% difference.
Some schools, primarily middle and high schools, also employ technical teachers. These teachers provide vocational and technical training in fields such as automotive repair, culinary arts, cosmetology, and information technology, to help students develop career skills. In Massachusetts, their median wages were $93,300 at the middle school level and $98,000 at the high school level in 2025, 4% higher and 3% higher, respectively, than those of general education teachers at the same levels.
In Massachusetts, teachers of students with disabilities out-earned other teachers only at the Elementary level.
Median annual salary of elementary and secondary school teachers (MA, 2025)
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