High paying teaching and library jobs in Columbus, GA-AL

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Columbus, GA-AL. 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 Columbus, GA-AL run 10.7% below the national average (2024), so a Columbus, GA-AL salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Columbus, GA-AL · Employed

1Instructional Coordinators$88,610
Master's degree
$59,630 – $124,910190
2Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$71,690
Master's degree
$44,520 – $96,360110
3Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$64,920
Doctoral or professional degree
$51,130 – $90,250190
4Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$64,580
Bachelor's degree
$40,620 – $85,000200
5Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$63,220
Bachelor's degree
$49,550 – $98,620100
6Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$62,540
Bachelor's degree
$46,410 – $100,600690
7Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$62,180
Bachelor's degree
$44,550 – $76,25090
8Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$61,360
Bachelor's degree
$47,930 – $77,0701,340
9Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$60,680
Bachelor's degree
$47,980 – $98,730220
10Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$60,380
Bachelor's degree
$44,770 – $76,590550
11Teachers and Instructors, All Other$59,670
Bachelor's degree
$44,780 – $101,630580
12Self-Enrichment Teachers$36,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,360 – $74,890230
13Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$35,040
Bachelor's degree
$18,410 – $71,070290
14Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$35,030
Associate's degree
$21,100 – $78,950460
15Tutors$33,670
Some college, no degree
$23,840 – $89,440110
16Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$26,340
Some college, no degree
$20,380 – $36,590870
17Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$23,670
Bachelor's degree
$16,880 – $55,310110

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

#	Occupation	MedianColumbus, GA-AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$88,610	$59,630 – $124,910	190
2	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$71,690	$44,520 – $96,360	110
3	Postsecondary Teachers, All OtherDoctoral or professional degree	$64,920	$51,130 – $90,250	190
4	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$64,580	$40,620 – $85,000	200
5	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$63,220	$49,550 – $98,620	100
6	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$62,540	$46,410 – $100,600	690
7	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$62,180	$44,550 – $76,250	90
8	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$61,360	$47,930 – $77,070	1,340
9	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$60,680	$47,980 – $98,730	220
10	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$60,380	$44,770 – $76,590	550
11	Teachers and Instructors, All OtherBachelor's degree	$59,670	$44,780 – $101,630	580
12	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,490	$21,360 – $74,890	230
13	Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$35,040	$18,410 – $71,070	290
14	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$35,030	$21,100 – $78,950	460
15	TutorsSome college, no degree	$33,670	$23,840 – $89,440	110
16	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$26,340	$20,380 – $36,590	870
17	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$23,670	$16,880 – $55,310	110

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Columbus, GA-AL. 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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