Music teachers earn a wide range of salaries based on their level of expertise, geographic location, whether they work full- or part-time, and other factors. According to PayScale.com, music teachers (no school grade level specified) employed in the U.S. in March 2020 earned a median salary of $42,670. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reported that full-time elementary school teachers earned median annual salaries of $58,230 in May 2018. The top paid 10 percent earned more than $95,270 and the lowest paid 10 percent made less than $37,780. Secondary school teachers had similar salaries that ranged from less than $39,740 for the lowest paid 10 percent to more than $97,500 for the top 10 percent. The median annual salary for secondary school teachers was $60,320 in May 2015.
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- Adaptive Physical Education Specialists
- Adult and Vocational Education Teachers
- Art Teachers
- Athletic Directors
- Audio Recording Engineers
- Biophysicists
- Book Editors
- Career and Employment Counselors
- Career and Employment Technicians
- College Administrators
- College Professors
- Community Nutrition Educators
- Composers and Arrangers
- Computer Trainers
- Cooking Instructors
- Curriculum Coordinators
- Dance School Owners and Managers
- Distance Learning Coordinators
- Education Directors and Museum Teachers
- Edupreneurs
- Elementary School Teachers
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Teachers
- Environmental Education Program Directors
- Ethnoscientists
- Guidance Counselors
- Health Educators
- Instructional Coordinators
- Instructional Designers
- Journalism Teachers
- Learning Innovations Designers
- Library and Information Science Instructors
- Mathematics Teachers
- Multimedia Sound Workers
- Music Agents and Scouts
- Music Conductors and Directors
- Music Journalists
- Music Librarians
- Music Producers
- Music Therapists
- Music Venue Owners and Managers
- Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners
- Musicians
- Nursing Instructors
- Physical Education Teachers
- Pop/Rock Musicians
- Preschool Teachers
- Recreational Therapists
- School Administrators
- School Nurses
- Secondary School Teachers
- Singers
- Songwriters
- Special Education Teachers
- Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
- Speech-Language Pathology Assistants
- Teacher Aides
- Tutors and Trainers
