There is a very close coupling relationship between education development and market technology progress. Based on the coupling theory, this paper analyses the coupling logic between education development and market technology progress, and constructs the index system for analyzing the coupling mechanism between education development and market technology progress. The empirical research finds that from the perspective of time, there is coupling relationship between education development and market technology progress, but the correlation and the intensity are not strong; from the regional perspective, balanced allocation of educational resources and industrial resources, the economic base gap, imperfect establishment of regional innovation system, etc. result in the huge differences in coupling degree among the East, the Middle and the West. The mismatching allocation of education resources and industrial resources also causes the layout that the East and the West is higher and the Middle collapses in coupling degree between education development and market technology progress. Based on the theory and the conclusions of empirical research, this paper puts forward relevant policy suggestions to promote the coupling between education development and market technology progress.