High paying teaching and library jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. 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 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA run 13.6% below the national average (2024), so a Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA salary is worth about 1.16× 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, Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA · Employed

1Instructional Coordinators$65,340
Master's degree
$46,160 – $81,160100
2Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$64,580
Doctoral or professional degree
$37,340 – $78,34060
3Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$61,990
Bachelor's degree
$47,200 – $74,890790
4Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary$61,850
Doctoral or professional degree
$50,450 – $75,41050
5Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School$61,740
Bachelor's degree
$49,180 – $76,040160
6Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$61,450
Bachelor's degree
$47,340 – $75,810110
7Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$60,600
Bachelor's degree
$48,680 – $74,210590
8Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$60,360
Bachelor's degree
$37,330 – $73,72060
9Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$59,680
Bachelor's degree
$47,410 – $71,800180
10Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$59,600
Doctoral or professional degree
$46,370 – $75,47040
11Teachers and Instructors, All Other$59,550
Bachelor's degree
$35,570 – $75,83040
12Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$59,500
Master's degree
$36,860 – $80,550150
13English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary$59,120
Doctoral or professional degree
$46,530 – $71,64040
14Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$58,130
Bachelor's degree
$48,830 – $72,0601,110
15Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$55,380
Bachelor's degree
$46,630 – $71,690180
16Tutors$51,080
Some college, no degree
$31,010 – $80,56050
17Special Education Teachers, Middle School$50,780
Bachelor's degree
$47,260 – $72,64090
18Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$43,020
Bachelor's degree
$33,540 – $100,51090
19Self-Enrichment Teachers$39,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,450 – $68,43070
20Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$34,810
Associate's degree
$27,170 – $62,750200
21Library Technicians$32,270
Postsecondary nondegree award
$19,410 – $37,07040
22Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$30,760
Bachelor's degree
$28,530 – $30,760350
23Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$29,260
Some college, no degree
$23,070 – $45,4201,410

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

#	Occupation	MedianKingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$65,340	$46,160 – $81,160	100
2	Nursing Instructors and Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$64,580	$37,340 – $78,340	60
3	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$61,990	$47,200 – $74,890	790
4	Computer Science Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$61,850	$50,450 – $75,410	50
5	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$61,740	$49,180 – $76,040	160
6	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$61,450	$47,340 – $75,810	110
7	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$60,600	$48,680 – $74,210	590
8	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$60,360	$37,330 – $73,720	60
9	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$59,680	$47,410 – $71,800	180
10	Postsecondary Teachers, All OtherDoctoral or professional degree	$59,600	$46,370 – $75,470	40
11	Teachers and Instructors, All OtherBachelor's degree	$59,550	$35,570 – $75,830	40
12	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$59,500	$36,860 – $80,550	150
13	English Language and Literature Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$59,120	$46,530 – $71,640	40
14	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$58,130	$48,830 – $72,060	1,110
15	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$55,380	$46,630 – $71,690	180
16	TutorsSome college, no degree	$51,080	$31,010 – $80,560	50
17	Special Education Teachers, Middle SchoolBachelor's degree	$50,780	$47,260 – $72,640	90
18	Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$43,020	$33,540 – $100,510	90
19	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,430	$27,450 – $68,430	70
20	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$34,810	$27,170 – $62,750	200
21	Library TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$32,270	$19,410 – $37,070	40
22	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$30,760	$28,530 – $30,760	350
23	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$29,260	$23,070 – $45,420	1,410

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. 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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