High paying teaching and library jobs in Charleston, WV

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Charleston, WV. 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 Charleston, WV run 11.3% below the national average (2024), so a Charleston, WV salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Charleston, WV · Employed

1Business Teachers, Postsecondary$84,770
Doctoral or professional degree
$49,060 – $188,83040
2Instructional Coordinators$68,990
Master's degree
$48,290 – $94,290130
3Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$65,260
Doctoral or professional degree
$43,840 – $105,11090
4Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$65,090
Doctoral or professional degree
$28,280 – $128,53070
5Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$64,840
Doctoral or professional degree
$48,140 – $96,66040
6Education Teachers, Postsecondary$61,680
Doctoral or professional degree
$39,720 – $108,62040
7Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School$58,490
Bachelor's degree
$51,230 – $65,85090
8Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$57,020
Bachelor's degree
$48,780 – $59,440590
9Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$56,970
Bachelor's degree
$47,990 – $60,220480
10Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$55,800
Bachelor's degree
$48,080 – $60,790330
11Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$52,330
Bachelor's degree
$46,060 – $70,64060
12Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$50,740
Master's degree
$36,850 – $59,10060
13Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$49,240
Bachelor's degree
$43,120 – $63,460200
14Self-Enrichment Teachers$45,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,450 – $90,36040
15Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$45,080
Bachelor's degree
$45,080 – $73,840210
16Teachers and Instructors, All Other$43,310
Bachelor's degree
$32,060 – $78,33090
17Tutors$37,320
Some college, no degree
$24,810 – $57,03060
18Library Technicians$37,000
Postsecondary nondegree award
$27,630 – $62,83040
19Special Education Teachers, All Other$34,560
Bachelor's degree
$31,310 – $50,56050
20Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$32,450
Associate's degree
$23,550 – $55,550220
21Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$29,760
Some college, no degree
$28,320 – $36,670770

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

#	Occupation	MedianCharleston, WV	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Business Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$84,770	$49,060 – $188,830	40
2	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$68,990	$48,290 – $94,290	130
3	Postsecondary Teachers, All OtherDoctoral or professional degree	$65,260	$43,840 – $105,110	90
4	Health Specialties Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$65,090	$28,280 – $128,530	70
5	Nursing Instructors and Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$64,840	$48,140 – $96,660	40
6	Education Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$61,680	$39,720 – $108,620	40
7	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$58,490	$51,230 – $65,850	90
8	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$57,020	$48,780 – $59,440	590
9	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$56,970	$47,990 – $60,220	480
10	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$55,800	$48,080 – $60,790	330
11	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$52,330	$46,060 – $70,640	60
12	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$50,740	$36,850 – $59,100	60
13	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$49,240	$43,120 – $63,460	200
14	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,790	$25,450 – $90,360	40
15	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$45,080	$45,080 – $73,840	210
16	Teachers and Instructors, All OtherBachelor's degree	$43,310	$32,060 – $78,330	90
17	TutorsSome college, no degree	$37,320	$24,810 – $57,030	60
18	Library TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,000	$27,630 – $62,830	40
19	Special Education Teachers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$34,560	$31,310 – $50,560	50
20	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$32,450	$23,550 – $55,550	220
21	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$29,760	$28,320 – $36,670	770

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