High paying teaching and library jobs in Midland, MI

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Midland, MI. 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 Midland, MI run 8.1% below the national average (2024), so a Midland, MI salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Midland, MI · Employed

1Instructional Coordinators$81,220
Master's degree
$47,750 – $119,44040
2Special Education Teachers, All Other$79,470
Bachelor's degree
$48,050 – $98,06050
3Tutors$76,680
Some college, no degree
$31,470 – $79,30040
4Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$64,420
Bachelor's degree
$48,170 – $100,250160
5Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$61,540
Bachelor's degree
$47,170 – $93,980290
6Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$60,530
Master's degree
$46,800 – $76,82050
7Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$36,600
Associate's degree
$28,040 – $46,53090
8Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$33,860
Bachelor's degree
$31,470 – $73,66030
9Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$31,540
Some college, no degree
$27,500 – $38,260490
10Self-Enrichment Teachers$30,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,960 – $47,170110

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

#	Occupation	MedianMidland, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$81,220	$47,750 – $119,440	40
2	Special Education Teachers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$79,470	$48,050 – $98,060	50
3	TutorsSome college, no degree	$76,680	$31,470 – $79,300	40
4	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$64,420	$48,170 – $100,250	160
5	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$61,540	$47,170 – $93,980	290
6	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$60,530	$46,800 – $76,820	50
7	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$36,600	$28,040 – $46,530	90
8	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$33,860	$31,470 – $73,660	30
9	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$31,540	$27,500 – $38,260	490
10	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,370	$25,960 – $47,170	110

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