High paying teaching and library jobs in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, 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 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA run 7.8% above the national average (2024), so a Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA salary is worth about 0.93× 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, Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA · Employed

1Special Education Teachers, All Other$106,650
Bachelor's degree
$66,260 – $136,320100
2Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$101,730
Bachelor's degree
$74,970 – $131,9301,040
3Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$100,880
Bachelor's degree
$61,000 – $125,280150
4Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$99,060
Bachelor's degree
$60,130 – $119,5602,180
5Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$98,020
Bachelor's degree
$64,110 – $116,780380
6Instructional Coordinators$93,430
Master's degree
$59,390 – $152,260200
7Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$92,910
Bachelor's degree
$54,190 – $116,310130
8Teachers and Instructors, All Other$85,640
Bachelor's degree
$49,890 – $127,770230
9Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$81,910
Bachelor's degree
$66,570 – $125,440250
10Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$81,890
Master's degree
$57,870 – $114,360150
11Library Technicians$61,470
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,900 – $74,450160
12Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$61,290
Bachelor's degree
$48,610 – $76,2001,430
13Self-Enrichment Teachers$54,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,670 – $103,840750
14Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$49,330
Bachelor's degree
$34,880 – $133,900420
15Tutors$49,170
Some college, no degree
$38,360 – $61,560380
16Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$48,270
Some college, no degree
$39,080 – $59,4601,930
17Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$46,710
Associate's degree
$39,580 – $64,240620

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

#	Occupation	MedianSanta Rosa-Petaluma, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Special Education Teachers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$106,650	$66,260 – $136,320	100
2	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$101,730	$74,970 – $131,930	1,040
3	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$100,880	$61,000 – $125,280	150
4	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$99,060	$60,130 – $119,560	2,180
5	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$98,020	$64,110 – $116,780	380
6	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$93,430	$59,390 – $152,260	200
7	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$92,910	$54,190 – $116,310	130
8	Teachers and Instructors, All OtherBachelor's degree	$85,640	$49,890 – $127,770	230
9	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$81,910	$66,570 – $125,440	250
10	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$81,890	$57,870 – $114,360	150
11	Library TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,470	$48,900 – $74,450	160
12	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$61,290	$48,610 – $76,200	1,430
13	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,360	$38,670 – $103,840	750
14	Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$49,330	$34,880 – $133,900	420
15	TutorsSome college, no degree	$49,170	$38,360 – $61,560	380
16	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$48,270	$39,080 – $59,460	1,930
17	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$46,710	$39,580 – $64,240	620

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, 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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