High paying teaching and library jobs in Owensboro, KY

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Owensboro, KY. 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 Owensboro, KY run 11.4% below the national average (2024), so a Owensboro, KY salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Owensboro, KY · Employed

1Instructional Coordinators$76,030
Master's degree
$52,740 – $99,24070
2Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$72,490
Master's degree
$45,910 – $79,10050
3Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$65,430
Bachelor's degree
$46,470 – $74,86070
4Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$64,380
Bachelor's degree
$49,460 – $77,58060
5Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$63,070
Bachelor's degree
$47,840 – $74,160250
6Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$63,010
Bachelor's degree
$47,360 – $73,450470
7Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$62,710
Bachelor's degree
$48,640 – $70,08050
8Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$62,150
Bachelor's degree
$48,570 – $78,150320
9Special Education Teachers, Middle School$62,030
Bachelor's degree
$45,720 – $73,81050
10Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$60,760
Bachelor's degree
$47,700 – $73,75090
11Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$60,550
Bachelor's degree
$27,900 – $100,24080
12Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$50,440
Doctoral or professional degree
$41,170 – $56,950120
13Library Technicians$49,870
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,130 – $49,87030
14Teachers and Instructors, All Other$39,460
Bachelor's degree
$39,460 – $65,32050
15Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$35,890
Some college, no degree
$27,410 – $37,420520
16Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$28,110
Associate's degree
$27,020 – $60,540260

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

#	Occupation	MedianOwensboro, KY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$76,030	$52,740 – $99,240	70
2	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$72,490	$45,910 – $79,100	50
3	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$65,430	$46,470 – $74,860	70
4	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$64,380	$49,460 – $77,580	60
5	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$63,070	$47,840 – $74,160	250
6	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$63,010	$47,360 – $73,450	470
7	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$62,710	$48,640 – $70,080	50
8	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$62,150	$48,570 – $78,150	320
9	Special Education Teachers, Middle SchoolBachelor's degree	$62,030	$45,720 – $73,810	50
10	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$60,760	$47,700 – $73,750	90
11	Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$60,550	$27,900 – $100,240	80
12	Postsecondary Teachers, All OtherDoctoral or professional degree	$50,440	$41,170 – $56,950	120
13	Library TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,870	$34,130 – $49,870	30
14	Teachers and Instructors, All OtherBachelor's degree	$39,460	$39,460 – $65,320	50
15	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$35,890	$27,410 – $37,420	520
16	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$28,110	$27,020 – $60,540	260

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