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Vocational Education Professors in California

Want to work in California as a Vocational Education Professor? Read this first!

7.8% Jobs Projection
$61,830 Median Salary
1,000 Job Openings

You’re in luck! Jobs for Vocational Education Professors in California are projected to grow and these jobs tend to pay higher than average.

  • Projected employment for Vocational Education Professors in California is growing faster than average.

  • Vocational Education Professors in California earn higher salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Vocational Education Professors Work in California?

9,420 people worked as Vocational Education Professors in 2018 in this state.

There were 10,500 Vocational Education Professors employed in this state in 2017.

That’s a decline of 1,080 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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The typical state has 1,740 Vocational Education Professors working in it, which means California has more Vocational Education Professors than average.

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Job Projections for California

Jobs for Vocational Education Professors in this state are growing at a rate of 7.8% which is faster than the nationwide estimated projection of 1.4%.

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California Annual Job Openings

The BLS estimates there will be 1,000 annual job openings, and 12,500 total jobs in 2026 for Vocational Education Professors in this state.

Nationwide, the prediction is 9,800 annual jobs and 129,800 total jobs in 2026.

What do Vocational Education Professors Make in California?

In 2018 wages for Vocational Education Professors ranged from $36,200 to $120,700 with $61,830 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $17.41 to $58.03. The median hourly rate was $29.72.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $27.87 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate grew by $1.85.

The median salary in California is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top California Metros for Vocational Education Professors

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Vocational Education Professors.

Metro Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 3,170 $62,200
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 1,530 $70,480
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 960 $67,820
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 670 $55,500
Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA 510 $57,600
Fresno, CA 390 $50,120
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 380 $71,490
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 210 $63,840
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 190 $59,170
Modesto, CA 170 $41,190
Redding, CA 130 $68,260
Stockton-Lodi, CA 120 $53,940
Bakersfield, CA 100 $58,740
Napa, CA 80 $54,500
Visalia-Porterville, CA 80 $35,170
El Centro, CA 70 $50,050
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA 40 $83,460
Salinas, CA 30 $67,140

Top States for Vocational Education Professors Employment

View the list below to see where most Vocational Education Professors work.

State Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Texas 10,600 $50,410
California 9,420 $61,830
North Carolina 7,380 $53,200
Florida 6,040 $55,350
Pennsylvania 4,950 $52,570
Illinois 4,880 $49,320
Washington 4,450 $58,190
Georgia 3,840 $49,860
New York 3,630 $61,680
Ohio 3,370 $59,480
Arizona 3,050 $51,740
Utah 2,870 $46,720
Oklahoma 2,750 $54,270
New Jersey 2,720 $57,620
Minnesota 2,650 $56,310
Michigan 2,300 $55,710
Virginia 2,270 $50,660
Massachusetts 2,130 $58,220
Colorado 2,050 $53,060
Indiana 2,050 $43,890

Below are the states where Vocational Education Professors get paid the most:

State Annual Median Salary
Alaska $79,710
Wisconsin $71,960
District of Columbia $68,740
Hawaii $64,650
Wyoming $63,240
California $61,830
New York $61,680
Iowa $59,820
Ohio $59,480
Oregon $59,200

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