High paying teaching and library jobs in Chico, CA

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Chico, CA. 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 Chico, CA run 1.2% above the national average (2024), so a Chico, CA salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Chico, CA · Employed

1Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$162,300
Bachelor's degree
$48,440 – $207,68050
2Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$98,210
Bachelor's degree
$65,590 – $121,980400
3Instructional Coordinators$96,510
Master's degree
$61,580 – $156,030130
4Teachers and Instructors, All Other$95,420
Bachelor's degree
$59,040 – $119,600130
5Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$95,000
Bachelor's degree
$60,900 – $120,5601,120
6Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$91,510
Bachelor's degree
$62,240 – $114,200160
7Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$82,170
Bachelor's degree
$54,520 – $120,87070
8Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$80,840
Master's degree
$48,840 – $137,46070
9Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$79,300
Bachelor's degree
$61,560 – $120,050230
10Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$61,030
Bachelor's degree
$47,240 – $98,580450
11Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$60,850
Bachelor's degree
$34,320 – $123,750440
12Library Technicians$47,040
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,700 – $63,75040
13Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$45,660
Some college, no degree
$36,440 – $55,6801,220
14Self-Enrichment Teachers$44,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,050 – $94,530200
15Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$44,080
Associate's degree
$34,960 – $59,750300
16Tutors$35,780
Some college, no degree
$34,320 – $49,980210

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

#	Occupation	MedianChico, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$162,300	$48,440 – $207,680	50
2	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$98,210	$65,590 – $121,980	400
3	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$96,510	$61,580 – $156,030	130
4	Teachers and Instructors, All OtherBachelor's degree	$95,420	$59,040 – $119,600	130
5	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$95,000	$60,900 – $120,560	1,120
6	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$91,510	$62,240 – $114,200	160
7	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$82,170	$54,520 – $120,870	70
8	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$80,840	$48,840 – $137,460	70
9	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$79,300	$61,560 – $120,050	230
10	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$61,030	$47,240 – $98,580	450
11	Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$60,850	$34,320 – $123,750	440
12	Library TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,040	$37,700 – $63,750	40
13	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$45,660	$36,440 – $55,680	1,220
14	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,890	$35,050 – $94,530	200
15	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$44,080	$34,960 – $59,750	300
16	TutorsSome college, no degree	$35,780	$34,320 – $49,980	210

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