The annual salary statistics of short-term substitute teachers in Merced, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of short-term substitute teachers in Merced is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $29,370 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $29,370 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $37,860 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $54,860 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $65,570 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for short-term substitute teachers in Merced, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $65,570. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,860. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,370.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of short-term substitute teachers from 2012 to 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Growth | 3-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $37,860 | 4.52% | 7.37% |
| 2021 | $36,150 | 3.76% | - |
| 2020 | $34,790 | -0.80% | - |
| 2019 | $35,070 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $37,860 in Merced is in the middle of salary range for short-term substitute teachers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of short-term substitute teachers in Merced is 42.6 percent (42.6%) lower than that in the highest paying North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area and 5.9 percent (5.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Hanford-Corcoran.