High paying teaching and library jobs in Gainesville, GA

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Gainesville, GA. 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 Gainesville, GA run 3.2% below the national average (2024), so a Gainesville, GA 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, Gainesville, GA · Employed

1Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$77,460
Master's degree
$34,750 – $97,02070
2Instructional Coordinators$77,420
Master's degree
$58,270 – $102,690130
3Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$64,780
Bachelor's degree
$49,890 – $85,340820
4Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$63,650
Bachelor's degree
$47,240 – $90,630130
5Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$63,020
Bachelor's degree
$48,850 – $84,89060
6Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$62,950
Bachelor's degree
$46,650 – $81,510520
7Special Education Teachers, Middle School$62,730
Bachelor's degree
$48,830 – $89,310100
8Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$61,320
Bachelor's degree
$50,790 – $81,34080
9Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$60,500
Bachelor's degree
$47,050 – $82,880600
10Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$50,750
Bachelor's degree
$50,750 – $81,400150
11Tutors$49,550
Some college, no degree
$40,970 – $74,870100
12Teachers and Instructors, All Other$45,760
Bachelor's degree
$37,860 – $73,950290
13Self-Enrichment Teachers$45,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,900 – $78,050190
14Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$45,140
Associate's degree
$28,180 – $106,850340
15Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$37,110
Bachelor's degree
$22,940 – $38,440230
16Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$33,780
Bachelor's degree
$18,180 – $86,340130
17Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$28,360
Some college, no degree
$22,100 – $38,070640

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

#	Occupation	MedianGainesville, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$77,460	$34,750 – $97,020	70
2	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$77,420	$58,270 – $102,690	130
3	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$64,780	$49,890 – $85,340	820
4	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$63,650	$47,240 – $90,630	130
5	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$63,020	$48,850 – $84,890	60
6	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$62,950	$46,650 – $81,510	520
7	Special Education Teachers, Middle SchoolBachelor's degree	$62,730	$48,830 – $89,310	100
8	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$61,320	$50,790 – $81,340	80
9	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$60,500	$47,050 – $82,880	600
10	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$50,750	$50,750 – $81,400	150
11	TutorsSome college, no degree	$49,550	$40,970 – $74,870	100
12	Teachers and Instructors, All OtherBachelor's degree	$45,760	$37,860 – $73,950	290
13	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,290	$29,900 – $78,050	190
14	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$45,140	$28,180 – $106,850	340
15	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$37,110	$22,940 – $38,440	230
16	Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$33,780	$18,180 – $86,340	130
17	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$28,360	$22,100 – $38,070	640

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