High paying teaching and library jobs in Evansville, IN

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Evansville, IN. 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 Evansville, IN run 8.5% below the national average (2024), so a Evansville, IN salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Evansville, IN · Employed

1Business Teachers, Postsecondary$102,740
Doctoral or professional degree
$58,070 – $166,56080
2Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$99,510
Doctoral or professional degree
$63,390 – $152,970110
3Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$81,220
Bachelor's degree
$44,670 – $92,950100
4Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$79,470
Doctoral or professional degree
$38,630 – $100,48060
5Education Teachers, Postsecondary$75,330
Doctoral or professional degree
$47,580 – $97,460100
6Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$74,010
Doctoral or professional degree
$47,670 – $121,68080
7Instructional Coordinators$64,960
Master's degree
$49,280 – $91,260130
8Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$61,000
Bachelor's degree
$45,810 – $78,580100
9Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$59,850
Bachelor's degree
$48,340 – $79,530760
10Special Education Teachers, Middle School$59,310
Bachelor's degree
$46,750 – $82,57080
11Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$58,600
Bachelor's degree
$44,110 – $90,38070
12Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$58,560
Bachelor's degree
$47,020 – $78,240510
13Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$57,930
Master's degree
$28,890 – $77,800110
14Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$51,120
Bachelor's degree
$47,190 – $77,770150
15Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School$49,680
Bachelor's degree
$43,600 – $77,44070
16Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$49,120
Bachelor's degree
$47,430 – $75,8201,110
17Self-Enrichment Teachers$37,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,870 – $48,080210
18Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$36,950
Bachelor's degree
$24,160 – $60,050270
19Tutors$36,850
Some college, no degree
$20,870 – $57,490150
20Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$35,280
Associate's degree
$28,970 – $46,740240
21Library Technicians$35,250
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,000 – $48,460120
22Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$29,400
Some college, no degree
$23,180 – $44,3101,010
23Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary$28,140
Bachelor's degree
$20,430 – $42,400190

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

#	Occupation	MedianEvansville, IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Business Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$102,740	$58,070 – $166,560	80
2	Health Specialties Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$99,510	$63,390 – $152,970	110
3	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$81,220	$44,670 – $92,950	100
4	Postsecondary Teachers, All OtherDoctoral or professional degree	$79,470	$38,630 – $100,480	60
5	Education Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$75,330	$47,580 – $97,460	100
6	Nursing Instructors and Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$74,010	$47,670 – $121,680	80
7	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$64,960	$49,280 – $91,260	130
8	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$61,000	$45,810 – $78,580	100
9	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$59,850	$48,340 – $79,530	760
10	Special Education Teachers, Middle SchoolBachelor's degree	$59,310	$46,750 – $82,570	80
11	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$58,600	$44,110 – $90,380	70
12	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$58,560	$47,020 – $78,240	510
13	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$57,930	$28,890 – $77,800	110
14	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$51,120	$47,190 – $77,770	150
15	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$49,680	$43,600 – $77,440	70
16	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$49,120	$47,430 – $75,820	1,110
17	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,080	$23,870 – $48,080	210
18	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$36,950	$24,160 – $60,050	270
19	TutorsSome college, no degree	$36,850	$20,870 – $57,490	150
20	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$35,280	$28,970 – $46,740	240
21	Library TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$35,250	$28,000 – $48,460	120
22	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$29,400	$23,180 – $44,310	1,010
23	Teaching Assistants, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$28,140	$20,430 – $42,400	190

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