Seattle Public Schools / Garfield High School / Secondary Teacher
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
57 employees hold this title in Garfield High School. Median total compensation for the role is $146,214, above the department median of $131,823.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 57 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area, the median wage for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education — about 7,720 people — is $102,670. Garfield High School pays a median base salary of $110,211 for this role, 7% above that figure — about the 58th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education across every employer in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Garfield High School’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education — about 1,065,210 people — is $72,040. Garfield High School’s median base salary is 53% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Garfield High School is $146,214, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Secondary Teacher is held in 41 Seattle Public Schools departments. In Garfield High School, the median of $146,214 ranks #21 of 41.
Median total compensation for the Secondary Teacher role in other Seattle Public Schoolsdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Secondary Teacher/Garfield High School
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At Garfield High School, Nathaniel King serves as a Secondary Teacher. Their 2024 pay totaled $174,724.
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At Garfield High School, Walter Spangenberg serves as a Secondary Teacher. Their 2024 pay totaled $174,602.
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Jonathan Stever is a Secondary Teacher at Garfield High School. 2024 total compensation came to $174,564.
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At Garfield High School, Alan Kahn serves as a Secondary Teacher. Their 2024 pay totaled $174,124.
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Meade Johnson works as a Secondary Teacher for Garfield High School. Meade earned $172,879 in 2024.