High paying teaching and library jobs in Winston-Salem, NC

Every teaching and library occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Winston-Salem, NC. 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 Winston-Salem, NC run 8.0% below the national average (2024), so a Winston-Salem, NC salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Winston-Salem, NC · Employed

1Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$95,020
Doctoral or professional degree
$79,730 – $103,830140
2Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary$86,450
Doctoral or professional degree
$65,120 – $104,560120
3Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary$76,410
Doctoral or professional degree
$59,290 – $101,47090
4Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary$74,890
Doctoral or professional degree
$54,710 – $105,300100
5Education Teachers, Postsecondary$66,160
Doctoral or professional degree
$21,780 – $83,530100
6Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$64,690
Bachelor's degree
$47,300 – $81,520210
7Instructional Coordinators$63,980
Master's degree
$49,330 – $95,770450
8Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$60,440
Master's degree
$46,420 – $82,480220
9Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$57,930
Bachelor's degree
$45,410 – $63,6001,330
10Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$56,510
Bachelor's degree
$46,720 – $60,8802,220
11Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School$56,260
Bachelor's degree
$47,070 – $64,060180
12Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$55,750
Bachelor's degree
$39,930 – $68,050130
13Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors$55,020
Bachelor's degree
$37,970 – $71,400160
14Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$53,050
Bachelor's degree
$42,770 – $65,05090
15Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$50,820
Bachelor's degree
$45,170 – $65,320170
16Teachers and Instructors, All Other$47,230
Bachelor's degree
$32,270 – $69,750120
17Library Technicians$44,130
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,980 – $58,530120
18Tutors$37,210
Some college, no degree
$31,470 – $59,140280
19Self-Enrichment Teachers$35,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,650 – $68,320390
20Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$34,180
Associate's degree
$28,350 – $46,350910
21Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$31,470
Bachelor's degree
$31,470 – $45,6702,370
22Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$30,100
Some college, no degree
$26,460 – $35,6301,780

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

#	Occupation	MedianWinston-Salem, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Nursing Instructors and Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$95,020	$79,730 – $103,830	140
2	Computer Science Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$86,450	$65,120 – $104,560	120
3	Biological Science Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$76,410	$59,290 – $101,470	90
4	Mathematical Science Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$74,890	$54,710 – $105,300	100
5	Education Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral or professional degree	$66,160	$21,780 – $83,530	100
6	Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryBachelor's degree	$64,690	$47,300 – $81,520	210
7	Instructional CoordinatorsMaster's degree	$63,980	$49,330 – $95,770	450
8	Librarians and Media Collections SpecialistsMaster's degree	$60,440	$46,420 – $82,480	220
9	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree	$57,930	$45,410 – $63,600	1,330
10	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$56,510	$46,720 – $60,880	2,220
11	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$56,260	$47,070 – $64,060	180
12	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary SchoolBachelor's degree	$55,750	$39,930 – $68,050	130
13	Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language InstructorsBachelor's degree	$55,020	$37,970 – $71,400	160
14	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$53,050	$42,770 – $65,050	90
15	Special Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$50,820	$45,170 – $65,320	170
16	Teachers and Instructors, All OtherBachelor's degree	$47,230	$32,270 – $69,750	120
17	Library TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$44,130	$31,980 – $58,530	120
18	TutorsSome college, no degree	$37,210	$31,470 – $59,140	280
19	Self-Enrichment TeachersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,130	$23,650 – $68,320	390
20	Preschool Teachers, Except Special EducationAssociate's degree	$34,180	$28,350 – $46,350	910
21	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$31,470	$31,470 – $45,670	2,370
22	Teaching Assistants, Except PostsecondarySome college, no degree	$30,100	$26,460 – $35,630	1,780

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Winston-Salem, NC. 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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