Seattle Public Schools / Lincoln High School / Substitute Teacher
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
1 employees hold this title in Lincoln High School. Median total compensation for the role is $119,298, below the department median of $129,633.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area, the median wage for Substitute Teachers, Short-Term — about 7,220 people — is $60,070. Lincoln High School pays a median base salary of $88,936 for this role, 48% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 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 Lincoln High School’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Substitute Teachers, Short-Term — about 524,770 people — is $41,670. Lincoln High School’s median base salary is 113% 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 Lincoln High School is $119,298, 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
Substitute Teacher is held in 31 Seattle Public Schools departments. In Lincoln High School, the median of $119,298 ranks #10 of 31.
Median total compensation for the Substitute Teacher role in other Seattle Public Schoolsdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 8 jurisdictions. In Seattle Public Schools, the median of $113,965 ranks #1 of 8. See Substitute Teacher across all of Seattle Public Schools →
Median total compensation for comparable Substitute Teacherroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Substitute Teacher/Lincoln High School
Source-specific fields
Reid Michie holds the role of Substitute Teacher at Lincoln High School. In 2024, their total compensation was $119,298.