High paying teaching and library jobs in Jackson, MS

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Jackson, MS. 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 Jackson, MS run 11.0% below the national average (2024), so a Jackson, MS salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Jackson, MS · Employed

1Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$175,090
Doctoral or professional degree
$55,320 – $315,4801,330
2Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$83,120
Doctoral or professional degree
$63,140 – $132,890300
3Business Teachers, Postsecondary$77,690
Doctoral or professional degree
$34,450 – $124,830110
4Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary$63,680
Doctoral or professional degree
$45,850 – $96,80090
5Instructional Coordinators$62,060
Master's degree
$38,830 – $82,740450
6Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary$61,650
Master's degree
$40,350 – $76,430120
7English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary$61,140
Doctoral or professional degree
$40,360 – $77,300100
8Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School$60,110
Bachelor's degree
$47,420 – $73,540230
9Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$56,540
Master's degree
$29,180 – $63,080240
10Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$55,800
Bachelor's degree
$47,400 – $63,160330
11Tutors$51,860
Some college, no degree
$27,110 – $107,580240
12Special Education Teachers, Middle School$51,470
Bachelor's degree
$44,710 – $61,100190
13Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$50,980
Bachelor's degree
$40,450 – $62,8502,400
14Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$50,820
Bachelor's degree
$45,980 – $60,8601,310
15Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$50,770
Bachelor's degree
$48,510 – $60,210520
16Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$50,240
Bachelor's degree
$39,560 – $60,8602,430
17Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$49,760
Bachelor's degree
$33,010 – $69,730240
18Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$49,680
Bachelor's degree
$36,920 – $59,290320
19Self-Enrichment Teachers$49,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,890 – $75,490170
20Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$29,470
Bachelor's degree
$18,030 – $40,340450
21Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$29,000
Associate's degree
$20,280 – $47,560730
22Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$22,640
Some college, no degree
$19,110 – $33,8201,830

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

#	Occupation	MedianJackson, MS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Health Specialties Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$175,090	$55,320 – $315,480	1,330
2	Nursing Instructors and Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$83,120	$63,140 – $132,890	300
3	Business Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$77,690	$34,450 – $124,830	110
4	Social Work Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$63,680	$45,850 – $96,800	90
5	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$62,060	$38,830 – $82,740	450
6	Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, PostsecondaryMaster's degree	$61,650	$40,350 – $76,430	120
7	English Language and Literature Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$61,140	$40,360 – $77,300	100
8	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$60,110	$47,420 – $73,540	230
9	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$56,540	$29,180 – $63,080	240
10	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$55,800	$47,400 – $63,160	330
11	TutorsSome college, no degree	$51,860	$27,110 – $107,580	240
12	Special Education Teachers, Middle SchoolBachelor's degree	$51,470	$44,710 – $61,100	190
13	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$50,980	$40,450 – $62,850	2,400
14	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$50,820	$45,980 – $60,860	1,310
15	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$50,770	$48,510 – $60,210	520
16	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$50,240	$39,560 – $60,860	2,430
17	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$49,760	$33,010 – $69,730	240
18	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$49,680	$36,920 – $59,290	320
19	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,640	$21,890 – $75,490	170
20	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$29,470	$18,030 – $40,340	450
21	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$29,000	$20,280 – $47,560	730
22	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$22,640	$19,110 – $33,820	1,830

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