High paying teaching and library jobs in Clarksville, TN-KY

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Clarksville, TN-KY. 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 Clarksville, TN-KY run 9.1% below the national average (2024), so a Clarksville, TN-KY 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, Clarksville, TN-KY · Employed

1Instructional Coordinators$77,060
Master's degree
$46,310 – $118,040110
2Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$76,110
Master's degree
$50,560 – $83,63080
3Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School$61,780
Bachelor's degree
$49,430 – $77,98060
4Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$60,720
Bachelor's degree
$43,550 – $76,660930
5Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$60,170
Doctoral or professional degree
$47,660 – $92,850100
6Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$59,760
Bachelor's degree
$39,970 – $76,7801,560
7Special Education Teachers, Preschool$59,590
Bachelor's degree
$49,260 – $74,76060
8Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$59,520
Bachelor's degree
$46,940 – $76,830660
9Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$59,400
Bachelor's degree
$34,480 – $60,53040
10Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$48,440
Bachelor's degree
$40,820 – $60,74050
11Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$48,420
Bachelor's degree
$33,070 – $77,310270
12Tutors$34,950
Some college, no degree
$30,410 – $62,400220
13Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$34,280
Bachelor's degree
$23,720 – $43,680490
14Self-Enrichment Teachers$32,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,240 – $91,950210
15Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$28,320
Associate's degree
$24,640 – $46,900320
16Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$26,520
Some college, no degree
$23,440 – $33,5901,070

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

#	Occupation	MedianClarksville, TN-KY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$77,060	$46,310 – $118,040	110
2	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$76,110	$50,560 – $83,630	80
3	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$61,780	$49,430 – $77,980	60
4	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$60,720	$43,550 – $76,660	930
5	Postsecondary Teachers, All OtherDoctoral or professional degree	$60,170	$47,660 – $92,850	100
6	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$59,760	$39,970 – $76,780	1,560
7	Special Education Teachers, PreschoolBachelor's degree	$59,590	$49,260 – $74,760	60
8	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$59,520	$46,940 – $76,830	660
9	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$59,400	$34,480 – $60,530	40
10	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$48,440	$40,820 – $60,740	50
11	Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$48,420	$33,070 – $77,310	270
12	TutorsSome college, no degree	$34,950	$30,410 – $62,400	220
13	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$34,280	$23,720 – $43,680	490
14	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,270	$22,240 – $91,950	210
15	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$28,320	$24,640 – $46,900	320
16	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$26,520	$23,440 – $33,590	1,070

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Clarksville, TN-KY. 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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