Money · 1 of 5
What music teachers make
Median
$46,800
Bottom tenth
$30,050
Top tenth
$92,840
The federal wage survey does not publish a music teacher figure on its own. It counts private music teachers inside a broader group called Self-Enrichment Teachers, whose national median is $46,800 a year, with the bottom tenth earning $30,050 or less and the top tenth $92,840 or more. Public school band and choir directors are counted with other school teachers instead, and are paid on their district's teacher salary schedule.