High paying teaching and library jobs in Colorado Springs, CO

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Colorado Springs, CO. 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 Colorado Springs, CO run 0.7% above the national average (2024), so a Colorado Springs, CO 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, Colorado Springs, CO · Employed

1Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$84,910
Doctoral or professional degree
$41,720 – $109,700170
2Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary$80,100
Doctoral or professional degree
$31,150 – $128,120130
3Instructional Coordinators$78,180
Master's degree
$52,490 – $122,310380
4Teachers and Instructors, All Other$76,380
Bachelor's degree
$43,470 – $115,730240
5Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$74,230
Doctoral or professional degree
$46,920 – $132,840190
6Business Teachers, Postsecondary$72,020
Doctoral or professional degree
$32,070 – $166,020210
7Education Teachers, Postsecondary$64,970
Doctoral or professional degree
$32,000 – $100,360100
8Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$61,940
Bachelor's degree
$50,770 – $78,850360
9Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$61,710
Bachelor's degree
$47,740 – $79,3402,760
10Special Education Teachers, Preschool$61,450
Bachelor's degree
$51,130 – $79,340120
11Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$61,370
Master's degree
$49,000 – $92,510230
12Special Education Teachers, Middle School$61,340
Bachelor's degree
$49,580 – $78,300260
13Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$61,140
Bachelor's degree
$47,470 – $77,6203,640
14Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$60,900
Bachelor's degree
$50,260 – $76,900560
15Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$60,680
Bachelor's degree
$48,180 – $77,1501,740
16Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$60,470
Bachelor's degree
$44,700 – $104,120480
17Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$59,830
Bachelor's degree
$45,760 – $75,650390
18Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School$59,310
Bachelor's degree
$48,730 – $76,690180
19Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$48,740
Bachelor's degree
$38,410 – $80,730250
20Tutors$48,270
Some college, no degree
$31,910 – $80,410180
21Self-Enrichment Teachers$43,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,330 – $63,660890
22Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$40,850
Associate's degree
$33,690 – $59,830400
23Library Technicians$38,560
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,940 – $53,810370
24Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$34,840
Some college, no degree
$30,800 – $45,2403,110

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

#	Occupation	MedianColorado Springs, CO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Nursing Instructors and Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$84,910	$41,720 – $109,700	170
2	Computer Science Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$80,100	$31,150 – $128,120	130
3	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$78,180	$52,490 – $122,310	380
4	Teachers and Instructors, All OtherBachelor's degree	$76,380	$43,470 – $115,730	240
5	Health Specialties Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$74,230	$46,920 – $132,840	190
6	Business Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$72,020	$32,070 – $166,020	210
7	Education Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$64,970	$32,000 – $100,360	100
8	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$61,940	$50,770 – $78,850	360
9	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$61,710	$47,740 – $79,340	2,760
10	Special Education Teachers, PreschoolBachelor's degree	$61,450	$51,130 – $79,340	120
11	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$61,370	$49,000 – $92,510	230
12	Special Education Teachers, Middle SchoolBachelor's degree	$61,340	$49,580 – $78,300	260
13	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$61,140	$47,470 – $77,620	3,640
14	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$60,900	$50,260 – $76,900	560
15	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$60,680	$48,180 – $77,150	1,740
16	Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$60,470	$44,700 – $104,120	480
17	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$59,830	$45,760 – $75,650	390
18	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$59,310	$48,730 – $76,690	180
19	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$48,740	$38,410 – $80,730	250
20	TutorsSome college, no degree	$48,270	$31,910 – $80,410	180
21	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,390	$31,330 – $63,660	890
22	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$40,850	$33,690 – $59,830	400
23	Library TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,560	$36,940 – $53,810	370
24	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$34,840	$30,800 – $45,240	3,110

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Colorado Springs, CO. 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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