High paying teaching and library jobs in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC. 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 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC run 6.7% below the national average (2024), so a Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC · Employed

1Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary$98,300
Doctoral or professional degree
$70,650 – $206,200190
2Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary$95,630
Doctoral or professional degree
$59,210 – $159,910160
3Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$82,490
Bachelor's degree
$38,620 – $99,620320
4Business Teachers, Postsecondary$82,140
Doctoral or professional degree
$38,780 – $155,650290
5Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary$81,010
Doctoral or professional degree
$61,790 – $81,530170
6Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$80,780
Doctoral or professional degree
$60,110 – $101,520220
7Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$79,540
Doctoral or professional degree
$61,610 – $96,830290
8Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$75,300
Doctoral or professional degree
$47,370 – $91,070260
9Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$72,270
Master's degree
$40,070 – $103,040310
10Education Teachers, Postsecondary$71,450
Doctoral or professional degree
$34,770 – $100,060210
11Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School$71,290
Bachelor's degree
$50,930 – $101,940260
12Special Education Teachers, Middle School$66,860
Bachelor's degree
$50,060 – $103,500140
13Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$64,060
Bachelor's degree
$49,390 – $81,9002,700
14Instructional Coordinators$64,030
Master's degree
$39,520 – $105,360870
15Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$63,040
Bachelor's degree
$51,070 – $80,140390
16English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary$61,970
Doctoral or professional degree
$47,400 – $98,680160
17Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$61,030
Bachelor's degree
$49,230 – $81,490380
18Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$60,680
Bachelor's degree
$48,800 – $75,9904,390
19Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$59,840
Bachelor's degree
$48,330 – $75,840320
20Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary$58,390
Master's degree
$29,160 – $96,810470
21Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$58,360
Bachelor's degree
$47,850 – $76,3501,840
22Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary$46,760
Bachelor's degree
$28,690 – $58,1201,610
23Self-Enrichment Teachers$42,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,290 – $78,460620
24Library Technicians$36,070
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,340 – $48,030220
25Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$34,930
Bachelor's degree
$24,020 – $34,9802,680
26Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$34,620
Associate's degree
$27,290 – $47,960840
27Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$34,070
Some college, no degree
$21,610 – $44,5202,030
28Tutors$27,620
Some college, no degree
$23,340 – $53,790390

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

#	Occupation	MedianGreenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Engineering Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$98,300	$70,650 – $206,200	190
2	Biological Science Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$95,630	$59,210 – $159,910	160
3	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$82,490	$38,620 – $99,620	320
4	Business Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$82,140	$38,780 – $155,650	290
5	Mathematical Science Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$81,010	$61,790 – $81,530	170
6	Health Specialties Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$80,780	$60,110 – $101,520	220
7	Nursing Instructors and Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$79,540	$61,610 – $96,830	290
8	Postsecondary Teachers, All OtherDoctoral or professional degree	$75,300	$47,370 – $91,070	260
9	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$72,270	$40,070 – $103,040	310
10	Education Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$71,450	$34,770 – $100,060	210
11	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$71,290	$50,930 – $101,940	260
12	Special Education Teachers, Middle SchoolBachelor's degree	$66,860	$50,060 – $103,500	140
13	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$64,060	$49,390 – $81,900	2,700
14	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$64,030	$39,520 – $105,360	870
15	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$63,040	$51,070 – $80,140	390
16	English Language and Literature Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$61,970	$47,400 – $98,680	160
17	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$61,030	$49,230 – $81,490	380
18	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$60,680	$48,800 – $75,990	4,390
19	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$59,840	$48,330 – $75,840	320
20	Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, PostsecondaryMaster's degree	$58,390	$29,160 – $96,810	470
21	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$58,360	$47,850 – $76,350	1,840
22	Teaching Assistants, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$46,760	$28,690 – $58,120	1,610
23	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,900	$22,290 – $78,460	620
24	Library TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,070	$32,340 – $48,030	220
25	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$34,930	$24,020 – $34,980	2,680
26	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$34,620	$27,290 – $47,960	840
27	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$34,070	$21,610 – $44,520	2,030
28	TutorsSome college, no degree	$27,620	$23,340 – $53,790	390

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC. 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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