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Plumbers in Oregon earn a median of $74,920 a year. Plumbers doing the same licensed work in Arkansas earn a median of $39,150, a gap of nearly $36,000 for the same trade and license level.

Calculate Your Plumber Salary by State

Use the calculator below to see exactly what plumbers earn in your state, adjusted for experience, certification, and union status, using real BLS wage data.

Plumber Salary in the US: Quick Facts

• Weighted national median: $54,011/year, BLS OEWS May 2025 (all experience levels)
• Mean annual wage: $72,170/year, BLS OEWS May 2025
• Median hourly rate: $34.70/hour, BLS OEWS May 2025
• Entry-level floor (helpers): $43,730/year, BLS OEWS May 2025
• Top 10% earners: More than $105,150/year, BLS OEWS May 2025
• Total US jobs in the occupation: 465,840, BLS OEWS May 2025
• Projected job growth: 4% from 2024 to 2034, BLS OOH
• Annual job openings: ~44,000/year, BLS OOH
• Highest-paying state: Oregon, $74,920 median, BLS OEWS May 2025
• Lowest-paying state: Arkansas, $39,150 median, BLS OEWS May 2025

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Yes, for most people who go in with realistic expectations, the data backs that up more concretely than most career advice does. Electricians earned a median annual wage of $62,350 in May 2024.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 9% employment growth through 2034, with roughly 81,000 openings every year, and the work cannot be outsourced or done remotely. 

But “worth it” is not a yes-or-no question that applies the same way to everyone. This guide gives you the real numbers, the honest trade-offs, including data on burnout and job satisfaction that most career guides leave out entirely, and a clear sense of who this career actually suits.

Electrician Career in 2026: Quick Facts

Median annual salary	$62,350, BLS May 2024
Bottom 10% (entry/apprentice)	Less than $39,430
Top 10% (master/specialist)	More than $106,030
Total US electrician jobs (2024)	818,700, BLS OOH
Projected job growth (2024–2034)	9%, much faster than average
Annual job openings	~81,000 per year, BLS projection
Degree required?	No, a high school diploma or GED
Reported burnout rate (study)	31.8%, peer-reviewed 2026 study

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The Teacher Service Commission (TSC) is established by the Kenya Constitution 2010 article 237 to manage teacher issues in the education system in Kenya. One of the main functions of the TSC commission is to register all teachers who are operating in Kenya whether employed by the government or not. It is also mandated to recruit and employ teachers in primary and secondary schools and other institutions that the TSC manages.

To achieve this mandate there are established guidelines and requirements for registration as a teacher and recruitment. The guidelines are also used when students want to enroll in teacher school to be trained as teachers.

To register as a teacher in Kenya you are required to have a Diploma or Bachelor’s in education in the respective area of specialization. You should also meet all other general requirements as set out by TSC.

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To streamline education in Kenya and content delivery in classrooms the TSC has guidelines that indicate the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders within its organization structure. 

From the headteacher and classroom teacher roles and functions the TSC has developed a checklist of professional and legal documents that each should maintain. 

It should be noted that these documents are used to evaluate the teacher during the appraisal process that is done on the TPAD system. In this regard, the document must be maintained, updated, and available at any time when requested by the supervisor.

Some of the professional documents for a teacher are timetables, scheme of work, the record of work, syllabi, notes, TPAD records, record of marks, and cocurricular activities among others. The headteacher documents are master timetables, staff personal files, BOM meetings, circulars, and memos among others.

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Education functions in Kenya are not devolved and hence they are managed by the national government under the Ministry of Education and for teachers the TSC. However, the TSC is allowed to have its officers devolved into counties and sub-counties for easy management of teachers.

To manage all the teachers in public primary, secondary, and teacher training schools the TSC has offices in all the counties and sub-counties in the country.

The role assigned to county directors is the overall management of teacher and TSC matters at the county or subcounty level. Their roles include recruitment, transfer, TPAD, discipline, promotions, and enforcing TSC guidelines among other responsibilities assigned from headquarters.

In this article, we cover the roles and functions of both county and sub-county directors as stipulated in the TSC Code of Regulations for Teachers, 2015.

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National goals of education give guiding principles on what a country’s education system seeks to achieve when a person goes through the system. The very first national goals in Kenya were formulated after Kenya became independent. They were highlighted in the first education commission led by Ominde in 1964 (Ominde Report).

They have been changed and improved but in general, they are the same. All other commissions and education reports keep on adopting those 8 national goals of education. The new CBC curriculum framework (BECF 2017) by KICD which introduced CBC still adopted the same goals.

So the government has been implementing the same goals of education since independence. However, the level at which these educational goals have been achieved is something that needs to be studied to ascertain how far we are in achieving them.

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