High paying teaching and library jobs in Dover, DE

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Dover, DE. 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 Dover, DE run 2.5% below the national average (2024), so a Dover, DE salary is worth about 1.03× 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, Dover, DE · Employed

1Instructional Coordinators$78,210
Master's degree
$53,010 – $105,730200
2Business Teachers, Postsecondary$78,140
Doctoral or professional degree
$51,050 – $156,73060
3Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School$76,880
Bachelor's degree
$60,690 – $88,620120
4Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$76,710
Bachelor's degree
$49,880 – $80,7001,050
5Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$75,880
Master's degree
$54,080 – $91,56070
6Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$75,080
Bachelor's degree
$49,280 – $89,380580
7Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$66,330
Bachelor's degree
$50,420 – $78,950240
8Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$62,400
Bachelor's degree
$59,080 – $62,400100
9Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$61,100
Bachelor's degree
$46,740 – $83,470520
10Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$60,520
Bachelor's degree
$47,520 – $90,000210
11Special Education Teachers, Preschool$59,400
Bachelor's degree
$46,600 – $59,40050
12Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$53,190
Bachelor's degree
$45,910 – $78,54030
13Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$37,170
Some college, no degree
$31,430 – $46,000920
14Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$37,070
Bachelor's degree
$31,200 – $48,130180
15Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$34,620
Associate's degree
$31,200 – $37,950190
16Tutors$31,200
Some college, no degree
$31,200 – $41,49050

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

#	Occupation	MedianDover, DE	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$78,210	$53,010 – $105,730	200
2	Business Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$78,140	$51,050 – $156,730	60
3	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$76,880	$60,690 – $88,620	120
4	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$76,710	$49,880 – $80,700	1,050
5	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$75,880	$54,080 – $91,560	70
6	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$75,080	$49,280 – $89,380	580
7	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$66,330	$50,420 – $78,950	240
8	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$62,400	$59,080 – $62,400	100
9	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$61,100	$46,740 – $83,470	520
10	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$60,520	$47,520 – $90,000	210
11	Special Education Teachers, PreschoolBachelor's degree	$59,400	$46,600 – $59,400	50
12	Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$53,190	$45,910 – $78,540	30
13	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$37,170	$31,430 – $46,000	920
14	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$37,070	$31,200 – $48,130	180
15	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$34,620	$31,200 – $37,950	190
16	TutorsSome college, no degree	$31,200	$31,200 – $41,490	50

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