Substitute Teacher, Short-Term Salary Information in Texas

The average annual salaries for short-term substitute teachers in the state of Texas are shown in Table 1. The comparison of the salary statistics of short-term substitute teachers among Texas areas is shown in Table 2. The salary statistics are 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 & 2. Annual Salary of Short-Term Substitute Teachers in Texas (2022 Survey)

Percentile bracketAverage annual salary
10th Percentile Wage
$20,490
25th Percentile Wage
$22,890
50th Percentile Wage
$28,070
75th Percentile Wage
$31,170
90th Percentile Wage
$42,810

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for short-term substitute teachers in Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $42,810. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $28,070. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent is $20,490.

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
$28,070
14.36% 21.70%
2021
$24,040
6.78% -
2020
$22,410
1.92% -
2019
$21,980
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Table 3. Median Annual Salary of Short-Term Substitute Teachers in Texas Cities (2022 Survey)

Table 3 shows the median annual salary of short-term substitute teachers in some Texas cities and metropolitan areas. We note that the median annual salary of short-term substitute teachers in state of Texas ranges from $21,080 to $44,820. The highest paying area for short-term substitute teachers in Texas is Victoria with a median annual salary of $44,820. The second highest paying city/area in Texas State is Odessa (mean annual salary $31,190). The lowest paying area is Tyler with a median annual salary of $21,080.

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


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