High paying teaching and library jobs in Bismarck, ND

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Bismarck, ND. 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 Bismarck, ND run 9.0% below the national average (2024), so a Bismarck, ND salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Bismarck, ND · Employed

1Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$95,740
Bachelor's degree
$50,480 – $96,960140
2Business Teachers, Postsecondary$78,830
Doctoral or professional degree
$51,180 – $99,22030
3Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors$78,140
Bachelor's degree
$56,120 – $94,17050
4Instructional Coordinators$75,340
Master's degree
$62,510 – $99,540120
5Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School$74,930
Bachelor's degree
$58,150 – $92,70090
6Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$73,120
Master's degree
$47,730 – $84,23070
7Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$61,590
Bachelor's degree
$52,410 – $74,570100
8Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$61,210
Bachelor's degree
$59,080 – $91,920650
9Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$61,210
Bachelor's degree
$61,210 – $92,050190
10Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$61,010
Bachelor's degree
$49,300 – $76,360640
11Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$60,680
Bachelor's degree
$46,030 – $76,14090
12Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$59,830
Doctoral or professional degree
$44,510 – $74,09030
13Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$58,880
Bachelor's degree
$49,990 – $77,15040
14Teachers and Instructors, All Other$49,190
Bachelor's degree
$24,270 – $78,14050
15Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$44,110
Some college, no degree
$36,770 – $44,570850
16Library Technicians$41,160
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,300 – $45,48090
17Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$39,720
Associate's degree
$26,360 – $56,930110
18Self-Enrichment Teachers$35,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,260 – $62,49080

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

#	Occupation	MedianBismarck, ND	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$95,740	$50,480 – $96,960	140
2	Business Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$78,830	$51,180 – $99,220	30
3	Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language InstructorsBachelor's degree	$78,140	$56,120 – $94,170	50
4	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$75,340	$62,510 – $99,540	120
5	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$74,930	$58,150 – $92,700	90
6	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$73,120	$47,730 – $84,230	70
7	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$61,590	$52,410 – $74,570	100
8	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$61,210	$59,080 – $91,920	650
9	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$61,210	$61,210 – $92,050	190
10	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$61,010	$49,300 – $76,360	640
11	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$60,680	$46,030 – $76,140	90
12	Postsecondary Teachers, All OtherDoctoral or professional degree	$59,830	$44,510 – $74,090	30
13	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$58,880	$49,990 – $77,150	40
14	Teachers and Instructors, All OtherBachelor's degree	$49,190	$24,270 – $78,140	50
15	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$44,110	$36,770 – $44,570	850
16	Library TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$41,160	$36,300 – $45,480	90
17	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$39,720	$26,360 – $56,930	110
18	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,100	$28,260 – $62,490	80

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bismarck, ND. 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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