High paying teaching and library jobs in Eugene-Springfield, OR

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Eugene-Springfield, OR. 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 Eugene-Springfield, OR run 1.6% above the national average (2024), so a Eugene-Springfield, OR salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Eugene-Springfield, OR · Employed

1Law Teachers, Postsecondary$139,160
Doctoral or professional degree
$49,360 – $167,01080
2Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary$101,670
Doctoral or professional degree
$67,350 – $213,22070
3Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary$90,430
Doctoral or professional degree
$84,960 – $203,49050
4Instructional Coordinators$83,800
Master's degree
$56,620 – $127,900180
5Special Education Teachers, All Other$82,050
Bachelor's degree
$46,460 – $94,10090
6Special Education Teachers, Middle School$79,920
Bachelor's degree
$57,480 – $92,660100
7Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$79,900
Bachelor's degree
$49,640 – $96,150810
8Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$79,650
Bachelor's degree
$49,810 – $93,410130
9Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$79,580
Bachelor's degree
$48,350 – $94,030800
10Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$77,950
Master's degree
$48,880 – $101,020140
11Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$77,460
Bachelor's degree
$53,780 – $92,560120
12Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$76,310
Doctoral or professional degree
$46,930 – $105,870130
13Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School$75,820
Bachelor's degree
$59,340 – $91,87060
14Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$75,490
Bachelor's degree
$48,550 – $125,86050
15Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$64,260
Bachelor's degree
$47,970 – $93,5201,090
16Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$63,690
Doctoral or professional degree
$31,260 – $129,010350
17Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$62,660
Bachelor's degree
$45,210 – $63,490480
18Teachers and Instructors, All Other$61,020
Bachelor's degree
$43,030 – $93,340130
19Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$58,690
Bachelor's degree
$49,560 – $82,790140
20Library Technicians$50,330
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,630 – $60,840140
21Self-Enrichment Teachers$48,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,910 – $78,260490
22Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$48,160
Bachelor's degree
$32,430 – $79,710340
23Tutors$46,350
Some college, no degree
$37,460 – $62,720130
24Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$43,900
Associate's degree
$35,210 – $59,030550
25Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$40,180
Some college, no degree
$31,710 – $47,9402,270

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

#	Occupation	MedianEugene-Springfield, OR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Law Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$139,160	$49,360 – $167,010	80
2	Psychology Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$101,670	$67,350 – $213,220	70
3	Philosophy and Religion Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$90,430	$84,960 – $203,490	50
4	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$83,800	$56,620 – $127,900	180
5	Special Education Teachers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$82,050	$46,460 – $94,100	90
6	Special Education Teachers, Middle SchoolBachelor's degree	$79,920	$57,480 – $92,660	100
7	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$79,900	$49,640 – $96,150	810
8	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$79,650	$49,810 – $93,410	130
9	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$79,580	$48,350 – $94,030	800
10	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$77,950	$48,880 – $101,020	140
11	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$77,460	$53,780 – $92,560	120
12	Health Specialties Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$76,310	$46,930 – $105,870	130
13	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$75,820	$59,340 – $91,870	60
14	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$75,490	$48,550 – $125,860	50
15	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$64,260	$47,970 – $93,520	1,090
16	Postsecondary Teachers, All OtherDoctoral or professional degree	$63,690	$31,260 – $129,010	350
17	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$62,660	$45,210 – $63,490	480
18	Teachers and Instructors, All OtherBachelor's degree	$61,020	$43,030 – $93,340	130
19	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$58,690	$49,560 – $82,790	140
20	Library TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,330	$40,630 – $60,840	140
21	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,220	$31,910 – $78,260	490
22	Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$48,160	$32,430 – $79,710	340
23	TutorsSome college, no degree	$46,350	$37,460 – $62,720	130
24	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$43,900	$35,210 – $59,030	550
25	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$40,180	$31,710 – $47,940	2,270

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Eugene-Springfield, OR. 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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