High paying teaching and library jobs in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD. 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 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD run 13.5% below the national average (2024), so a Sioux City, IA-NE-SD salary is worth about 1.16× 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, Sioux City, IA-NE-SD · Employed

1Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$93,640
Doctoral or professional degree
$63,270 – $213,95080
2Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$79,050
Doctoral or professional degree
$60,690 – $79,05090
3Instructional Coordinators$75,500
Master's degree
$48,870 – $93,080110
4Special Education Teachers, Middle School$73,110
Bachelor's degree
$44,910 – $89,20050
5Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$62,270
Bachelor's degree
$46,820 – $78,900890
6Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$61,830
Bachelor's degree
$47,080 – $88,04050
7Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$60,570
Bachelor's degree
$46,550 – $76,670170
8Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$60,510
Bachelor's degree
$47,490 – $77,630460
9Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$58,920
Bachelor's degree
$45,860 – $76,67050
10Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$57,900
Bachelor's degree
$38,350 – $76,600290
11Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$50,700
Master's degree
$32,350 – $82,76050
12Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$46,530
Bachelor's degree
$30,080 – $59,060360
13Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$37,840
Associate's degree
$29,560 – $58,150140
14Self-Enrichment Teachers$37,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,720 – $64,25070
15Library Technicians$34,930
Postsecondary nondegree award
$23,100 – $46,93060
16Tutors$32,570
Some college, no degree
$22,440 – $47,92040
17Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$31,250
Bachelor's degree
$19,810 – $49,32050
18Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$30,880
Some college, no degree
$23,240 – $37,310990

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

#	Occupation	MedianSioux City, IA-NE-SD	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Health Specialties Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$93,640	$63,270 – $213,950	80
2	Nursing Instructors and Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$79,050	$60,690 – $79,050	90
3	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$75,500	$48,870 – $93,080	110
4	Special Education Teachers, Middle SchoolBachelor's degree	$73,110	$44,910 – $89,200	50
5	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$62,270	$46,820 – $78,900	890
6	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$61,830	$47,080 – $88,040	50
7	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$60,570	$46,550 – $76,670	170
8	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$60,510	$47,490 – $77,630	460
9	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$58,920	$45,860 – $76,670	50
10	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$57,900	$38,350 – $76,600	290
11	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$50,700	$32,350 – $82,760	50
12	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$46,530	$30,080 – $59,060	360
13	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$37,840	$29,560 – $58,150	140
14	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,160	$25,720 – $64,250	70
15	Library TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$34,930	$23,100 – $46,930	60
16	TutorsSome college, no degree	$32,570	$22,440 – $47,920	40
17	Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$31,250	$19,810 – $49,320	50
18	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$30,880	$23,240 – $37,310	990

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD. 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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