High paying teaching and library jobs in St. Joseph, MO-KS

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in St. Joseph, MO-KS. 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 St. Joseph, MO-KS run 13.6% below the national average (2024), so a St. Joseph, MO-KS 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, St. Joseph, MO-KS · Employed

1Instructional Coordinators$63,920
Master's degree
$43,980 – $96,99040
2Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$51,490
Bachelor's degree
$45,550 – $72,91040
3Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$50,600
Bachelor's degree
$46,970 – $74,790260
4Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$49,790
Bachelor's degree
$40,020 – $74,040360
5Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$49,140
Bachelor's degree
$39,010 – $74,350770
6Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$47,670
Master's degree
$34,300 – $76,32050
7Self-Enrichment Teachers$36,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $62,400100
8Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$35,150
Associate's degree
$28,600 – $81,96090
9Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$33,480
Bachelor's degree
$28,250 – $39,530130
10Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$30,840
Some college, no degree
$22,530 – $46,610400

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

#	Occupation	MedianSt. Joseph, MO-KS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$63,920	$43,980 – $96,990	40
2	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$51,490	$45,550 – $72,910	40
3	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$50,600	$46,970 – $74,790	260
4	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$49,790	$40,020 – $74,040	360
5	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$49,140	$39,010 – $74,350	770
6	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$47,670	$34,300 – $76,320	50
7	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,710	$28,600 – $62,400	100
8	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$35,150	$28,600 – $81,960	90
9	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$33,480	$28,250 – $39,530	130
10	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$30,840	$22,530 – $46,610	400

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in St. Joseph, MO-KS. 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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