High paying teaching and library jobs in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA. 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 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA run 8.6% above the national average (2024), so a San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA salary is worth about 0.92× 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, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA · Employed

1Special Education Teachers, All Other$106,510
Bachelor's degree
$65,880 – $122,60050
2Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$104,190
Bachelor's degree
$48,750 – $166,48050
3Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$99,560
Bachelor's degree
$63,060 – $127,300410
4Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$97,620
Bachelor's degree
$61,800 – $125,9201,140
5Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$97,260
Bachelor's degree
$61,640 – $117,650130
6Instructional Coordinators$95,820
Master's degree
$55,830 – $132,220170
7Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$92,140
Master's degree
$55,130 – $142,630110
8Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$90,870
Bachelor's degree
$61,140 – $123,110310
9Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$77,290
Bachelor's degree
$42,640 – $124,59060
10Teachers and Instructors, All Other$76,640
Bachelor's degree
$44,410 – $115,700120
11Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$58,620
Bachelor's degree
$45,580 – $74,450680
12Library Technicians$57,510
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,940 – $62,03090
13Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$49,450
Bachelor's degree
$34,320 – $129,050540
14Self-Enrichment Teachers$46,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,550 – $96,710340
15Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$46,410
Some college, no degree
$37,010 – $57,0301,270
16Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$46,200
Associate's degree
$36,960 – $61,870320

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

#	Occupation	MedianSan Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Special Education Teachers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$106,510	$65,880 – $122,600	50
2	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$104,190	$48,750 – $166,480	50
3	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$99,560	$63,060 – $127,300	410
4	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$97,620	$61,800 – $125,920	1,140
5	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$97,260	$61,640 – $117,650	130
6	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$95,820	$55,830 – $132,220	170
7	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$92,140	$55,130 – $142,630	110
8	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$90,870	$61,140 – $123,110	310
9	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$77,290	$42,640 – $124,590	60
10	Teachers and Instructors, All OtherBachelor's degree	$76,640	$44,410 – $115,700	120
11	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$58,620	$45,580 – $74,450	680
12	Library TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,510	$37,940 – $62,030	90
13	Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$49,450	$34,320 – $129,050	540
14	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,470	$36,550 – $96,710	340
15	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$46,410	$37,010 – $57,030	1,270
16	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$46,200	$36,960 – $61,870	320

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA. 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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