High paying teaching and library jobs in Mobile, AL

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Mobile, AL. 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 Mobile, AL run 11.9% below the national average (2024), so a Mobile, AL salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Mobile, AL · Employed

1Business Teachers, Postsecondary$95,510
Doctoral or professional degree
$50,190 – $169,030100
2Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$82,960
Doctoral or professional degree
$61,970 – $93,360140
3Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$80,450
Doctoral or professional degree
$63,940 – $173,870140
4Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary$78,300
Doctoral or professional degree
$57,920 – $174,560100
5Teachers and Instructors, All Other$72,370
Bachelor's degree
$36,860 – $99,80070
6Instructional Coordinators$70,710
Master's degree
$44,800 – $107,810140
7Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$68,200
Master's degree
$42,400 – $75,490190
8Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary$64,970
Doctoral or professional degree
$48,570 – $88,75090
9Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$63,850
Bachelor's degree
$53,370 – $76,670100
10Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary$62,840
Master's degree
$49,960 – $92,20060
11Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$62,060
Bachelor's degree
$48,750 – $72,120810
12Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$61,550
Bachelor's degree
$48,190 – $76,2801,110
13English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary$59,710
Doctoral or professional degree
$40,340 – $77,24080
14Special Education Teachers, Middle School$58,150
Bachelor's degree
$34,360 – $73,68090
15Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$57,210
Bachelor's degree
$45,890 – $75,900160
16Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School$49,650
Bachelor's degree
$46,460 – $101,90070
17Self-Enrichment Teachers$38,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,430 – $64,710160
18Library Technicians$37,940
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,940 – $45,16060
19Tutors$37,650
Some college, no degree
$23,190 – $45,34060
20Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$29,090
Associate's degree
$21,150 – $61,620990
21Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$25,720
Bachelor's degree
$17,320 – $26,890290
22Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$23,400
Some college, no degree
$22,240 – $29,120830

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

#	Occupation	MedianMobile, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Business Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$95,510	$50,190 – $169,030	100
2	Nursing Instructors and Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$82,960	$61,970 – $93,360	140
3	Health Specialties Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$80,450	$63,940 – $173,870	140
4	Biological Science Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$78,300	$57,920 – $174,560	100
5	Teachers and Instructors, All OtherBachelor's degree	$72,370	$36,860 – $99,800	70
6	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$70,710	$44,800 – $107,810	140
7	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$68,200	$42,400 – $75,490	190
8	Mathematical Science Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$64,970	$48,570 – $88,750	90
9	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$63,850	$53,370 – $76,670	100
10	Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, PostsecondaryMaster's degree	$62,840	$49,960 – $92,200	60
11	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$62,060	$48,750 – $72,120	810
12	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$61,550	$48,190 – $76,280	1,110
13	English Language and Literature Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$59,710	$40,340 – $77,240	80
14	Special Education Teachers, Middle SchoolBachelor's degree	$58,150	$34,360 – $73,680	90
15	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$57,210	$45,890 – $75,900	160
16	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle SchoolBachelor's degree	$49,650	$46,460 – $101,900	70
17	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,310	$22,430 – $64,710	160
18	Library TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,940	$29,940 – $45,160	60
19	TutorsSome college, no degree	$37,650	$23,190 – $45,340	60
20	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$29,090	$21,150 – $61,620	990
21	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$25,720	$17,320 – $26,890	290
22	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$23,400	$22,240 – $29,120	830

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