High paying teaching and library jobs in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN. 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 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN run 6.6% below the national average (2024), so a Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN 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, Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN · Employed

1Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$109,110
Doctoral or professional degree
$65,610 – $331,210440
2Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$82,390
Doctoral or professional degree
$52,530 – $135,190330
3Instructional Coordinators$65,150
Master's degree
$39,370 – $81,730300
4Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$62,590
Bachelor's degree
$49,720 – $97,090630
5Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$60,700
Bachelor's degree
$50,300 – $82,230310
6Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$60,130
Bachelor's degree
$50,970 – $84,60060
7Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$59,590
Bachelor's degree
$50,110 – $77,230720
8Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$55,630
Bachelor's degree
$46,480 – $61,550100
9Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$52,850
Master's degree
$34,400 – $78,36050
10Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$51,490
Bachelor's degree
$24,770 – $81,960240
11Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors$50,590
Bachelor's degree
$37,750 – $77,44030
12Teachers and Instructors, All Other$50,550
Bachelor's degree
$30,630 – $77,42080
13Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$49,050
Bachelor's degree
$49,050 – $72,330170
14Library Technicians$39,290
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,550 – $47,48060
15Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$35,760
Bachelor's degree
$21,630 – $47,320350
16Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$35,490
Associate's degree
$28,670 – $47,830240
17Tutors$35,470
Some college, no degree
$32,720 – $58,57050
18Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$32,520
Some college, no degree
$28,790 – $45,9501,010
19Self-Enrichment Teachers$28,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,840 – $58,15090

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

#	Occupation	MedianLafayette-West Lafayette, IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Health Specialties Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$109,110	$65,610 – $331,210	440
2	Postsecondary Teachers, All OtherDoctoral or professional degree	$82,390	$52,530 – $135,190	330
3	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$65,150	$39,370 – $81,730	300
4	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$62,590	$49,720 – $97,090	630
5	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$60,700	$50,300 – $82,230	310
6	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$60,130	$50,970 – $84,600	60
7	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$59,590	$50,110 – $77,230	720
8	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$55,630	$46,480 – $61,550	100
9	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$52,850	$34,400 – $78,360	50
10	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$51,490	$24,770 – $81,960	240
11	Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language InstructorsBachelor's degree	$50,590	$37,750 – $77,440	30
12	Teachers and Instructors, All OtherBachelor's degree	$50,550	$30,630 – $77,420	80
13	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$49,050	$49,050 – $72,330	170
14	Library TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,290	$30,550 – $47,480	60
15	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$35,760	$21,630 – $47,320	350
16	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$35,490	$28,670 – $47,830	240
17	TutorsSome college, no degree	$35,470	$32,720 – $58,570	50
18	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$32,520	$28,790 – $45,950	1,010
19	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,700	$22,840 – $58,150	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN. 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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