High paying teaching and library jobs in Bend, OR

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Bend, OR. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single teaching and library job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Bend, OR run 3.6% above the national average (2024), so a Bend, OR salary is worth about 0.97× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Bend, OR · Employed

1Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$89,250
Doctoral or professional degree
$64,310 – $137,600130
2Instructional Coordinators$84,890
Master's degree
$58,690 – $130,260110
3Special Education Teachers, All Other$83,190
Bachelor's degree
$65,960 – $117,36040
4Special Education Teachers, Middle School$83,110
Bachelor's degree
$47,320 – $94,33070
5Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$82,430
Master's degree
$49,680 – $114,75090
6Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$81,100
Bachelor's degree
$58,670 – $115,61060
7Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$81,050
Bachelor's degree
$59,850 – $94,33080
8Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$81,040
Bachelor's degree
$60,420 – $109,630620
9Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School$80,150
Bachelor's degree
$62,270 – $97,57050
10Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$78,780
Bachelor's degree
$49,340 – $95,930510
11Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$77,810
Bachelor's degree
$48,830 – $96,520650
12Teachers and Instructors, All Other$72,830
Bachelor's degree
$44,060 – $111,87080
13Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$62,490
Doctoral or professional degree
$31,940 – $131,97050
14Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$62,400
Bachelor's degree
$48,090 – $96,68050
15Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$59,030
Bachelor's degree
$43,140 – $104,12080
16Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$56,600
Bachelor's degree
$56,600 – $62,490700
17Self-Enrichment Teachers$48,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,500 – $76,620410
18Library Technicians$48,170
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,030 – $60,64090
19Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$44,610
Associate's degree
$37,360 – $60,340390
20Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$43,550
Some college, no degree
$30,460 – $55,0401,170
21Tutors$35,500
Some college, no degree
$33,750 – $65,47070
22Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$33,780
Bachelor's degree
$32,780 – $73,750320

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianBend, OR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Postsecondary Teachers, All OtherDoctoral or professional degree	$89,250	$64,310 – $137,600	130
2	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$84,890	$58,690 – $130,260	110
3	Special Education Teachers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$83,190	$65,960 – $117,360	40
4	Special Education Teachers, Middle SchoolBachelor's degree	$83,110	$47,320 – $94,330	70
5	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$82,430	$49,680 – $114,750	90
6	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$81,100	$58,670 – $115,610	60
7	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$81,050	$59,850 – $94,330	80
8	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$81,040	$60,420 – $109,630	620
9	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$80,150	$62,270 – $97,570	50
10	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$78,780	$49,340 – $95,930	510
11	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$77,810	$48,830 – $96,520	650
12	Teachers and Instructors, All OtherBachelor's degree	$72,830	$44,060 – $111,870	80
13	Health Specialties Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$62,490	$31,940 – $131,970	50
14	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$62,400	$48,090 – $96,680	50
15	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$59,030	$43,140 – $104,120	80
16	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$56,600	$56,600 – $62,490	700
17	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,620	$31,500 – $76,620	410
18	Library TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,170	$44,030 – $60,640	90
19	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$44,610	$37,360 – $60,340	390
20	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$43,550	$30,460 – $55,040	1,170
21	TutorsSome college, no degree	$35,500	$33,750 – $65,470	70
22	Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$33,780	$32,780 – $73,750	320

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bend, OR. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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