High School Teacher salary in Rocky Mount, NC

Based on 37 certified H-1B filings in the Rocky Mount, NC metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Bailey, Pinetops, Nashville, Tarboro.

Also listed as: Secondary School Teacher, Math Teacher

Median salary$44,747
Middle 50%$40.5k–$53.1k
vs. national median−23%comparison median $58,385
Filings37FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $37,880 and $593,459.
PercentileSalary
10th$37,880
25th$40,520
50th (median)$44,747
75th$53,110
90th$55,528

Salary by year

Median salary

$30k $40k $50k FY2023: median $36,500 (12 filings) FY2024: median $37,880 (24 filings) FY2025: median $42,957 (29 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 0 filings FY20 FY2021: 0 filings FY21 FY2022: 3 filings FY22 FY2023: 12 filings FY23 FY2024: 24 filings FY24 FY2025: 29 filings FY25 FY2026: 8 filings FY26 29
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––0
FY2021–––0
FY2022–––3
FY2023$36,500$36,500$37,90312
FY2024$37,880$36,320$39,00024
FY2025$42,957$40,520$53,11029
FY2026–––8

Cost of living

Rocky Mount's median High School Teacher salary of $44,747 is worth about $50,800 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Rocky Mount = 88.0).

Compared with all workers here

All Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in the Rocky Mount, NC area earned a median of $47,770 in May 2025 (320 employed). The H-1B median here is $44,747, 6% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Nash County Board of Education$43,85224
Nash County Public Schoolstoo few6
Edgecombe County Public Schoolstoo few4
Rocky Mount Preparatory Schooltoo few3

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $40,520 16
Mid-level · Level II $42,957 13
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV too few 6

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$37,880$40,52016
Mid-level · Level II$42,957$42,95713

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.