Seattle Public Schools / The Center School / Secondary Teacher
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
11 employees hold this title in The Center School. Median total compensation for the role is $101,093, below the department median of $104,586.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 11 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. The Center School pays a median base salary of $73,642 for this role, 28% below that figure — about the 19th 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 The Center 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. The Center School’s median base salary is 2% above that national figure, about the 52nd 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 The Center School is $101,093, 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 The Center School, the median of $101,093 ranks #41 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/The Center School
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Gerardine Carroll holds the role of Secondary Teacher at The Center School. In 2024, their total compensation was $186,353.
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Alfred Sidman is a Secondary Teacher at The Center School. They work 0.9 FTE. 2024 total compensation came to $167,657.
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Nathan Chipps holds the role of Secondary Teacher at The Center School. Their status is 0.8 FTE. In 2024, their total compensation was $142,978.
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At The Center School, Jonathan Greenberg serves as a Secondary Teacher. They work 0.8 FTE. Their 2024 pay totaled $131,206.
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Nikola Neel works as a Secondary Teacher for The Center School. Their status is 0.8 FTE. Nikola earned $105,893 in 2024.
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At The Center School, Janet Miller serves as a Secondary Teacher. They work 0.8 FTE. Their 2024 pay totaled $101,093.
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Sofia Medina Hernandez is a Secondary Teacher at The Center School. They work 0.8 FTE. 2024 total compensation came to $101,028.
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Colin Kaparos holds the role of Secondary Teacher at The Center School. Their status is 0.6 FTE. In 2024, their total compensation was $95,646.
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Marianne Jarnagan holds the role of Secondary Teacher at The Center School. Their status is 0.6 FTE. In 2024, their total compensation was $92,699.
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Beverly Lackey is a Secondary Teacher at The Center School. They work 0.8 FTE. 2024 total compensation came to $87,765.
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At The Center School, Samuel Wolk serves as a Secondary Teacher. They work 0.6 FTE. Their 2024 pay totaled $73,768.