High paying teaching and library jobs in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, 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 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC run 2.0% below the national average (2024), so a Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC · Employed

1Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$106,370
Bachelor's degree
$65,620 – $106,370120
2Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School$82,310
Bachelor's degree
$58,850 – $101,05070
3Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$81,500
Doctoral or professional degree
$62,400 – $96,99030
4Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$80,400
Doctoral or professional degree
$52,970 – $102,37040
5Instructional Coordinators$78,860
Master's degree
$39,520 – $101,520150
6Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$77,030
Master's degree
$41,260 – $82,31060
7Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$66,500
Bachelor's degree
$53,190 – $84,20080
8Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$66,260
Bachelor's degree
$54,290 – $83,02070
9Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$65,290
Bachelor's degree
$50,150 – $82,290680
10Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$64,990
Bachelor's degree
$49,770 – $82,710870
11Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$64,810
Bachelor's degree
$51,860 – $81,420100
12Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$64,600
Bachelor's degree
$51,970 – $82,120370
13Special Education Teachers, Middle School$63,370
Bachelor's degree
$53,540 – $81,94040
14Teachers and Instructors, All Other$50,000
Bachelor's degree
$19,370 – $91,54060
15Self-Enrichment Teachers$38,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,930 – $73,950150
16Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$35,960
Associate's degree
$28,370 – $80,990160
17Library Technicians$30,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$25,440 – $61,56040
18Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$24,950
Some college, no degree
$24,160 – $38,570350

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

#	Occupation	MedianHilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$106,370	$65,620 – $106,370	120
2	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$82,310	$58,850 – $101,050	70
3	Postsecondary Teachers, All OtherDoctoral or professional degree	$81,500	$62,400 – $96,990	30
4	Health Specialties Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$80,400	$52,970 – $102,370	40
5	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$78,860	$39,520 – $101,520	150
6	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$77,030	$41,260 – $82,310	60
7	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$66,500	$53,190 – $84,200	80
8	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$66,260	$54,290 – $83,020	70
9	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$65,290	$50,150 – $82,290	680
10	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$64,990	$49,770 – $82,710	870
11	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$64,810	$51,860 – $81,420	100
12	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$64,600	$51,970 – $82,120	370
13	Special Education Teachers, Middle SchoolBachelor's degree	$63,370	$53,540 – $81,940	40
14	Teachers and Instructors, All OtherBachelor's degree	$50,000	$19,370 – $91,540	60
15	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,730	$27,930 – $73,950	150
16	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$35,960	$28,370 – $80,990	160
17	Library TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$30,900	$25,440 – $61,560	40
18	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$24,950	$24,160 – $38,570	350

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, 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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