High paying teaching and library jobs in Killeen-Temple, TX

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Killeen-Temple, TX. 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 Killeen-Temple, TX run 8.9% below the national average (2024), so a Killeen-Temple, TX salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Killeen-Temple, TX · Employed

1Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$94,230
Doctoral or professional degree
$70,420 – $217,030180
2Business Teachers, Postsecondary$82,290
Doctoral or professional degree
$39,100 – $170,92090
3Teachers and Instructors, All Other$81,330
Bachelor's degree
$52,560 – $100,420190
4Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$77,840
Doctoral or professional degree
$48,570 – $130,660150
5Instructional Coordinators$76,130
Master's degree
$50,090 – $123,630320
6Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$66,400
Master's degree
$49,050 – $100,810130
7Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School$63,970
Bachelor's degree
$60,600 – $75,420550
8Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$63,650
Bachelor's degree
$50,820 – $75,6701,670
9Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$63,250
Bachelor's degree
$50,540 – $74,5001,290
10Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$63,120
Bachelor's degree
$51,940 – $75,0502,280
11Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School$62,660
Bachelor's degree
$50,460 – $73,85080
12Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$62,480
Bachelor's degree
$51,780 – $62,48060
13Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$62,190
Bachelor's degree
$49,150 – $75,290700
14Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$61,830
Bachelor's degree
$43,080 – $76,370140
15Special Education Teachers, Middle School$61,200
Bachelor's degree
$37,770 – $64,84070
16Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$59,470
Bachelor's degree
$36,290 – $100,880140
17Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$47,270
Bachelor's degree
$30,490 – $77,50090
18Library Technicians$34,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$28,150 – $47,41060
19Self-Enrichment Teachers$33,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,700 – $62,920180
20Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$31,280
Associate's degree
$24,490 – $47,900520
21Tutors$29,970
Some college, no degree
$22,760 – $44,16050
22Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary$29,630
Bachelor's degree
$21,260 – $53,92080
23Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$29,250
Some college, no degree
$22,270 – $35,1202,110
24Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$23,710
Bachelor's degree
$21,400 – $30,420350

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

#	Occupation	MedianKilleen-Temple, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Nursing Instructors and Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$94,230	$70,420 – $217,030	180
2	Business Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$82,290	$39,100 – $170,920	90
3	Teachers and Instructors, All OtherBachelor's degree	$81,330	$52,560 – $100,420	190
4	Health Specialties Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$77,840	$48,570 – $130,660	150
5	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$76,130	$50,090 – $123,630	320
6	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$66,400	$49,050 – $100,810	130
7	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$63,970	$60,600 – $75,420	550
8	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$63,650	$50,820 – $75,670	1,670
9	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$63,250	$50,540 – $74,500	1,290
10	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$63,120	$51,940 – $75,050	2,280
11	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle SchoolBachelor's degree	$62,660	$50,460 – $73,850	80
12	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$62,480	$51,780 – $62,480	60
13	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$62,190	$49,150 – $75,290	700
14	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$61,830	$43,080 – $76,370	140
15	Special Education Teachers, Middle SchoolBachelor's degree	$61,200	$37,770 – $64,840	70
16	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$59,470	$36,290 – $100,880	140
17	Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$47,270	$30,490 – $77,500	90
18	Library TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$34,900	$28,150 – $47,410	60
19	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,550	$23,700 – $62,920	180
20	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$31,280	$24,490 – $47,900	520
21	TutorsSome college, no degree	$29,970	$22,760 – $44,160	50
22	Teaching Assistants, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$29,630	$21,260 – $53,920	80
23	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$29,250	$22,270 – $35,120	2,110
24	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$23,710	$21,400 – $30,420	350

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Killeen-Temple, TX. 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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