High paying teaching and library jobs in St. Louis, MO-IL

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in St. Louis, MO-IL. 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. Louis, MO-IL run 4.9% below the national average (2024), so a St. Louis, MO-IL salary is worth about 1.05× 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. Louis, MO-IL · Employed

1Business Teachers, Postsecondary$101,730
Doctoral or professional degree
$48,210 – $331,940910
2Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary$97,120
Doctoral or professional degree
$58,960 – $213,660470
3Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$79,630
Doctoral or professional degree
$44,040 – $120,140520
4Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary$78,510
Master's degree
$47,010 – $128,680720
5English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary$78,300
Doctoral or professional degree
$48,930 – $128,780460
6Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School$78,130
Bachelor's degree
$47,850 – $98,170870
7Instructional Coordinators$76,340
Master's degree
$47,370 – $118,3401,300
8Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors$71,810
Bachelor's degree
$37,880 – $80,840430
9Education Teachers, Postsecondary$64,600
Doctoral or professional degree
$38,950 – $103,910530
10Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$64,350
Master's degree
$39,060 – $96,6001,220
11Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$63,190
Bachelor's degree
$47,140 – $97,5401,380
12Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$62,180
Bachelor's degree
$48,860 – $100,1605,650
13Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$62,150
Bachelor's degree
$48,750 – $89,0201,220
14Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$62,130
Bachelor's degree
$47,630 – $98,5409,870
15Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$62,040
Bachelor's degree
$31,200 – $100,980970
16Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$61,160
Bachelor's degree
$46,620 – $82,6601,040
17Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$60,650
Bachelor's degree
$47,210 – $83,75013,440
18Teachers and Instructors, All Other$56,100
Bachelor's degree
$33,280 – $83,390460
19Museum Technicians and Conservators$50,690
Bachelor's degree
$40,640 – $68,910750
20Library Technicians$39,780
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,790 – $48,120850
21Self-Enrichment Teachers$39,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,600 – $63,8502,960
22Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$37,020
Associate's degree
$29,990 – $54,0103,680
23Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$36,410
Some college, no degree
$28,600 – $48,04010,010
24Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$35,900
Bachelor's degree
$29,420 – $58,8006,180
25Tutors$35,730
Some college, no degree
$28,600 – $60,480810

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

#	Occupation	MedianSt. Louis, MO-IL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Business Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$101,730	$48,210 – $331,940	910
2	Biological Science Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$97,120	$58,960 – $213,660	470
3	Nursing Instructors and Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$79,630	$44,040 – $120,140	520
4	Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, PostsecondaryMaster's degree	$78,510	$47,010 – $128,680	720
5	English Language and Literature Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$78,300	$48,930 – $128,780	460
6	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$78,130	$47,850 – $98,170	870
7	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$76,340	$47,370 – $118,340	1,300
8	Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language InstructorsBachelor's degree	$71,810	$37,880 – $80,840	430
9	Education Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$64,600	$38,950 – $103,910	530
10	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$64,350	$39,060 – $96,600	1,220
11	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$63,190	$47,140 – $97,540	1,380
12	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$62,180	$48,860 – $100,160	5,650
13	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$62,150	$48,750 – $89,020	1,220
14	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$62,130	$47,630 – $98,540	9,870
15	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$62,040	$31,200 – $100,980	970
16	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$61,160	$46,620 – $82,660	1,040
17	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$60,650	$47,210 – $83,750	13,440
18	Teachers and Instructors, All OtherBachelor's degree	$56,100	$33,280 – $83,390	460
19	Museum Technicians and ConservatorsBachelor's degree	$50,690	$40,640 – $68,910	750
20	Library TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,780	$33,790 – $48,120	850
21	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,740	$30,600 – $63,850	2,960
22	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$37,020	$29,990 – $54,010	3,680
23	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$36,410	$28,600 – $48,040	10,010
24	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$35,900	$29,420 – $58,800	6,180
25	TutorsSome college, no degree	$35,730	$28,600 – $60,480	810

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