Substitute Teacher, Short-Term Salary in Amarillo, Texas

The annual salary statistics of short-term substitute teachers in Amarillo, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of short-term substitute teachers in Amarillo is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Short-Term Substitute Teachers in Amarillo, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$22,170
25th Percentile Wage
$22,890
50th Percentile Wage
$23,000
75th Percentile Wage
$29,100
90th Percentile Wage
$29,800

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for short-term substitute teachers in Amarillo, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $29,800. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $23,000. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,170.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

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.

YearMedian Salary Growth3-Year Growth
2022
$23,000
3.00% 10.09%
2021
$22,310
6.32% -
2020
$20,900
1.05% -
2019
$20,680
- -

Table 2. Compare Substitute Teacher, Short-Term Salary in Amarillo with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $23,000 in Amarillo is in the middle of salary range for short-term substitute teachers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of short-term substitute teachers in Amarillo is 48.7 percent (48.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Victoria and 8.3 percent (8.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Tyler.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Victoria
$44,820
Odessa
$31,190
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$30,120
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$28,990
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$28,560
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$27,960
El Paso
$27,560
Corpus Christi
$26,770
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$26,740
Midland
$25,980
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$23,770
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$23,450
Laredo
$23,430
College Station-Bryan
$23,310
Abilene
$23,230
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$23,100
Amarillo
$23,000
Longview
$22,990
Wichita Falls
$22,690
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$22,530
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$22,520
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$22,510
Texarkana-Texarkana
$22,500
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$22,490
Brownsville-Harlingen
$22,470
Sherman-Denison
$22,390
Waco
$21,650
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$21,540
Lubbock
$21,540
San Angelo
$21,130
Tyler
$21,080

See also: Top paying jobs in Amarillo, Texas.