New York·Educational Instruction and Library Occupations·SOC 25-2023

Best Career/Technical Education Teacher, Middle School programs in New York, ranked by enrollment

Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the middle, intermediate, or junior high school.

10 schools in New York run programs that feed this job, graduating 197 people a year. The job pays a median of $86,450 in New York across about 1,930 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledTeacherTechnology TeacherTechnology Education Teacher (Tech Ed Teacher)Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher (FACS Teacher)Business TeacherComputer TeacherCarpentry TeacherVocational Teacher
Graduates / yr
197
in New York
Median pay · New York
$86,450
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
1,930
people employed
Schools
10
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
62%
across those schools
Median net price
$28,970
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in New York that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

7 programs in New York that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in New York (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own New York page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 13.1309In New York
70
35.5%
4$43,033$26,044
2
CIP 13.1303In New York
47
23.9%
5$43,033$26,044
3
CIP 13.1308In New York
42
21.3%
5$43,033$26,044
4
CIP 13.1301In New York
18
9.1%
2$43,033$26,044
5
CIP 13.1319In New York
11
5.6%
1$43,033$26,044
6
CIP 13.1327In New York
5
2.5%
1$43,033$26,044
7
CIP 13.1320In New York
4
2.0%
1$43,033$26,044

Top 10 schools in New York

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 7 of the 10 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1State University of New York at Oswego
Oswego, NY Public · 6 feeder programs
102Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education$39,68960%81%
2SUNY Buffalo State University
Buffalo, NY Public · 3 feeder programs
23Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education$34,64633%73%
3CUNY Queens College
Queens, NY Public · 1 feeder programs
14Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education$58,89453%64%
4SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, NY Public · 1 feeder programs
13Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education$36,77669%70%
5Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
11Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education$38,55669%$34,53968%
6CUNY New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn, NY Public · 1 feeder programs
10Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education$49,75021%80%
7Niagara University
Niagara University, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
10Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education75%$17,04887%
8Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
5Agricultural Teacher Education$48,24976%$28,97069%
9University of Rochester
Rochester, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
5Health Occupations Teacher Education85%$25,87440%
10Siena University
Loudonville, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
4Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education75%$30,13869%

All 10 schools in New York

Every school in New York with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in New York that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
State University of New York at OswegoOswegoPublic1026
SUNY Buffalo State UniversityBuffaloPublic233
CUNY Queens CollegeQueensPublic141
SUNY OneontaOneontaPublic131
Hofstra UniversityHempsteadPrivate not-for-profit112
CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklynPublic101
Niagara UniversityNiagara UniversityPrivate not-for-profit101
Ithaca CollegeIthacaPrivate not-for-profit51
University of RochesterRochesterPrivate not-for-profit51
Siena UniversityLoudonvillePrivate not-for-profit42

What career/technical education teachers, middle school earn in New York

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in New York
$86,450
Mean annual
$92,130
Jobs in state
1,930
What the range looks like
10th pct$60,090Median$86,45090th pct$135,400
Versus the national median
+32.9%

U.S. median $65,030. New York pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
1.83×

Concentrated here: New York employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in New York

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
$98,950median
1,010 jobs
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY
$96,880median
140 jobs
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
$83,050median
130 jobs
Utica-Rome, NY
$82,900median
40 jobs
Rochester, NY
$76,020median
130 jobs
Binghamton, NY
$72,750median
50 jobs
Syracuse, NY
$77,470median
160 jobs
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
$69,210median
160 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
-2.0%
Decline
Openings per year
900
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
-300
14,000 → 13,800
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School page.

How to become a Career/Technical Education Teacher, Middle School

Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree
Work experience needed
Less than 5 years

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Top skills

SpeakingReading ComprehensionActive ListeningLearning StrategiesCritical ThinkingMonitoring

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in New York

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 8 majors mapped to Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School8 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 13.1301Agricultural Teacher Education
  • 13.1303Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education
  • 13.1308Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
  • 13.1309Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education
  • 13.1310Sales and Marketing Operations/Marketing and Distribution Teacher Education
  • 13.1319Technical Teacher Education
  • 13.1320Trade and Industrial Teacher Education
  • 13.1327Health Occupations Teacher Education

Common questions

Answers for people weighing career/technical education teachers, middle school programs in New York.

What degree do you need to become a Career/Technical Education Teacher, Middle School?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education, which awarded 70 degrees in New York in 2024-25, 35.5% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Career/Technical Education Teacher, Middle School?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 7 programs to this occupation. The largest are Teacher Education and Professional Development. Together they graduate about 197 people a year in New York.

How much do career/technical education teachers, middle school earn in New York?+

The median is $86,450 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 32.9% above the U.S. median of $65,030. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for career/technical education teachers, middle school growing?+

BLS projects a -2.0% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, decline, with roughly 900 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in New York?+

10 institutions in New York reported graduates from at least one of the 7 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do career/technical education teachers, middle school work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Teacher, Technology Teacher, Technology Education Teacher (Tech Ed Teacher), Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher (FACS Teacher) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 25-2023.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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