High paying teaching and library jobs in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX. 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 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX run 14.0% below the national average (2024), so a Brownsville-Harlingen, TX salary is worth about 1.16× 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX · Employed

1Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$77,930
Master's degree
$53,870 – $102,090140
2Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$77,160
Doctoral or professional degree
$48,930 – $150,30060
3Instructional Coordinators$75,520
Master's degree
$44,060 – $105,760320
4Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$73,750
Doctoral or professional degree
$55,200 – $167,66050
5Self-Enrichment Teachers$73,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,180 – $73,430210
6Education Teachers, Postsecondary$65,190
Doctoral or professional degree
$52,220 – $93,82050
7Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$64,420
Bachelor's degree
$37,610 – $83,770260
8Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$63,350
Bachelor's degree
$55,860 – $72,4701,950
9Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$63,140
Bachelor's degree
$54,910 – $71,460150
10Special Education Teachers, Middle School$62,720
Bachelor's degree
$50,950 – $71,450120
11Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$62,320
Bachelor's degree
$56,680 – $77,0701,970
12Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School$62,260
Bachelor's degree
$58,300 – $74,270570
13Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School$62,210
Bachelor's degree
$58,700 – $72,37090
14Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$62,000
Bachelor's degree
$57,470 – $72,7301,220
15Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$61,440
Bachelor's degree
$57,960 – $70,9301,060
16Teachers and Instructors, All Other$57,720
Bachelor's degree
$42,550 – $61,010120
17Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary$40,520
Bachelor's degree
$25,980 – $57,52090
18Archivists$38,260
Master's degree
$36,020 – $38,40050
19Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$36,710
Some college, no degree
$22,730 – $47,6202,160
20Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$29,010
Associate's degree
$21,260 – $41,400610
21Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$28,220
Bachelor's degree
$21,960 – $34,510120
22Tutors$28,070
Some college, no degree
$23,400 – $33,410100

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

#	Occupation	MedianBrownsville-Harlingen, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$77,930	$53,870 – $102,090	140
2	Health Specialties Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$77,160	$48,930 – $150,300	60
3	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$75,520	$44,060 – $105,760	320
4	Nursing Instructors and Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$73,750	$55,200 – $167,660	50
5	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,430	$25,180 – $73,430	210
6	Education Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$65,190	$52,220 – $93,820	50
7	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$64,420	$37,610 – $83,770	260
8	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$63,350	$55,860 – $72,470	1,950
9	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$63,140	$54,910 – $71,460	150
10	Special Education Teachers, Middle SchoolBachelor's degree	$62,720	$50,950 – $71,450	120
11	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$62,320	$56,680 – $77,070	1,970
12	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$62,260	$58,300 – $74,270	570
13	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle SchoolBachelor's degree	$62,210	$58,700 – $72,370	90
14	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$62,000	$57,470 – $72,730	1,220
15	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$61,440	$57,960 – $70,930	1,060
16	Teachers and Instructors, All OtherBachelor's degree	$57,720	$42,550 – $61,010	120
17	Teaching Assistants, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$40,520	$25,980 – $57,520	90
18	ArchivistsMaster's degree	$38,260	$36,020 – $38,400	50
19	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$36,710	$22,730 – $47,620	2,160
20	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$29,010	$21,260 – $41,400	610
21	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$28,220	$21,960 – $34,510	120
22	TutorsSome college, no degree	$28,070	$23,400 – $33,410	100

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX. 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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