High paying teaching and library jobs in Manhattan, KS

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Manhattan, KS. 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 Manhattan, KS run 9.8% below the national average (2024), so a Manhattan, KS salary is worth about 1.11× 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, Manhattan, KS · Employed

1Instructional Coordinators$66,010
Master's degree
$46,150 – $79,740130
2Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$60,370
Master's degree
$34,760 – $75,71070
3Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$60,050
Doctoral or professional degree
$36,280 – $119,91060
4Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$58,860
Bachelor's degree
$48,630 – $74,010100
5Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$58,320
Bachelor's degree
$48,800 – $72,59050
6Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$57,620
Bachelor's degree
$47,690 – $75,810330
7Special Education Teachers, Middle School$56,890
Bachelor's degree
$48,670 – $73,91040
8Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$54,980
Bachelor's degree
$47,400 – $60,930240
9Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$51,620
Bachelor's degree
$51,620 – $76,40060
10Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$50,330
Bachelor's degree
$50,050 – $57,13040
11Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$49,520
Bachelor's degree
$48,000 – $60,630570
12Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$49,160
Associate's degree
$34,060 – $59,94070
13Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$34,510
Bachelor's degree
$33,070 – $44,580470
14Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$31,020
Some college, no degree
$24,040 – $35,6901,100

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

#	Occupation	MedianManhattan, KS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$66,010	$46,150 – $79,740	130
2	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$60,370	$34,760 – $75,710	70
3	Postsecondary Teachers, All OtherDoctoral or professional degree	$60,050	$36,280 – $119,910	60
4	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$58,860	$48,630 – $74,010	100
5	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$58,320	$48,800 – $72,590	50
6	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$57,620	$47,690 – $75,810	330
7	Special Education Teachers, Middle SchoolBachelor's degree	$56,890	$48,670 – $73,910	40
8	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$54,980	$47,400 – $60,930	240
9	Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$51,620	$51,620 – $76,400	60
10	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$50,330	$50,050 – $57,130	40
11	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$49,520	$48,000 – $60,630	570
12	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$49,160	$34,060 – $59,940	70
13	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$34,510	$33,070 – $44,580	470
14	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$31,020	$24,040 – $35,690	1,100

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