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Highest Paying Jobs in Education
The highest paying education job is law teacher, postsecondary, with a median salary of $128,500 a year, followed by engineering teacher, postsecondary ($109,270) and health specialties teacher, postsecondary ($107,310). All 34 education jobs below are ranked by median pay from the latest BLS wage survey (May 2025).
Highest Paying Jobs in Education, ranked
of 34 jobs match.
| # | Job | Median | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Law teacher, postsecondary Education and Library | $128,500 | – | $287,900 | Doctoral or professional | 20,060 |
| 2 | Engineering teacher, postsecondary Education and Library | $109,270 | – | $210,370 | Doctoral or professional | 40,270 |
| 3 | Health specialties teacher, postsecondary Education and Library | $107,310 | – | $322,020 | Doctoral or professional | 221,270 |
| 4 | Business teacher, postsecondary Education and Library | $99,080 | – | $209,470 | Doctoral or professional | 82,150 |
| 5 | Computer science teacher, postsecondary Education and Library | $96,980 | – | $170,200 | Doctoral or professional | 35,480 |
| 6 | Biological science teacher, postsecondary Education and Library | $84,620 | – | $169,900 | Doctoral or professional | 50,190 |
| 7 | Psychology teacher, postsecondary Education and Library | $80,340 | – | $153,600 | Doctoral or professional | 41,530 |
| 8 | Philosophy and religion teacher, postsecondary Education and Library | $80,260 | – | $139,580 | Doctoral or professional | 20,460 |
| 9 | Nursing instructor and teacher, postsecondary Education and Library | $80,250 | – | $129,500 | Doctoral or professional | 77,960 |
| 10 | Mathematical science teacher, postsecondary Education and Library | $79,940 | – | $139,340 | Doctoral or professional | 47,670 |
| 11 | English language and literature teacher, postsecondary Education and Library | $78,760 | – | $137,250 | Doctoral or professional | 57,720 |
| 12 | Art, drama, and music teacher, postsecondary Education and Library | $78,620 | – | $163,350 | Master's degree | 93,560 |
| 13 | Communications teacher, postsecondary Education and Library | $78,580 | – | $143,720 | Doctoral or professional | 29,420 |
| 14 | Instructional coordinator Education and Library | $77,440 | $37.23 | $121,670 | Master's degree | 227,760 |
| 15 | Education teacher, postsecondary Education and Library | $75,350 | – | $126,860 | Doctoral or professional | 60,830 |
| 16 | Special education teacher, secondary school Education and Library | $74,260 | – | $109,100 | Bachelor's degree | 163,930 |
| 17 | High school teacher Education and Library | $72,040 | – | $107,600 | Bachelor's degree | 1,065,210 |
| 18 | Librarian and media collections specialist Education and Library | $68,270 | $32.82 | $103,990 | Master's degree | 133,790 |
| 19 | Special education teacher, middle school Education and Library | $66,810 | – | $102,510 | Bachelor's degree | 95,200 |
| 20 | Career/technical education teacher, secondary school Education and Library | $66,270 | – | $101,340 | Bachelor's degree | 111,420 |
| 21 | Special education teacher, kindergarten and elementary school Education and Library | $65,120 | – | $103,010 | Bachelor's degree | 260,870 |
| 22 | Special education teacher, preschool Education and Library | $64,830 | – | $130,040 | Bachelor's degree | 29,510 |
| 23 | Middle school teacher Education and Library | $64,370 | – | $102,540 | Bachelor's degree | 620,090 |
| 24 | Elementary school teacher Education and Library | $63,970 | – | $104,340 | Bachelor's degree | 1,388,390 |
| 25 | Career/technical education teacher, postsecondary Education and Library | $63,820 | $30.68 | $108,620 | Bachelor's degree | 114,110 |
| 26 | Kindergarten teacher Education and Library | $62,680 | – | $101,830 | Bachelor's degree | 108,870 |
| 27 | Adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructor Education and Library | $61,540 | $29.59 | $98,030 | Bachelor's degree | 37,310 |
| 28 | Self-enrichment teacher Education and Library | $46,800 | $22.50 | $92,840 | High school diploma | 332,110 |
| 29 | Library technician Education and Library | $44,580 | $21.43 | $63,080 | Certificate | 68,690 |
| 30 | Tutor Education and Library | $43,350 | $20.84 | $75,990 | Some college | 175,070 |
| 31 | Teaching assistant, postsecondary Education and Library | $42,910 | – | $76,420 | Bachelor's degree | 164,090 |
| 32 | Substitute teacher, short-term Education and Library | $41,670 | $20.03 | $65,790 | Bachelor's degree | 524,770 |
| 33 | Preschool teacher Education and Library | $38,140 | $18.34 | $61,390 | Associate's degree | 478,780 |
| 34 | Teaching assistant Education and Library | $36,780 | – | $50,040 | Some college | 1,420,350 |
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (published 2026), and Employment Projections education and training assignments (2025). Salaries are yearly medians before tax for wage and salary workers, not the self-employed. The median for all US jobs is $50,980. Jobs with fewer than 20,000 workers nationally are not listed.
About the Highest Paying Jobs
Highest Paying Jobs ranks 515 US jobs by what they actually pay, using the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey (May 2025, published 2026). Filter the list by field, by the education a job needs to start, or by a minimum salary, and sort it by median pay, average pay, what the top 10% earn, hourly wage or the number of people in the job. Ready-made rankings answer the common questions: the highest paying jobs without a degree, with only a high school diploma, with an associate, bachelor’s or master’s degree, entry-level and trade jobs, the best-paid jobs in healthcare, tech, engineering and ten other fields, and the highest paying jobs in each of the 50 states and Washington DC. Every job links to its own salary page with hourly pay, the full pay range and pay by state.
How to use it
- 1 Start with the full ranking, or pick a ready-made list such as jobs without a degree, a field or your state.
- 2 Narrow it down with the field, education and minimum pay filters, or search for a job.
- 3 Sort by median salary, top 10% pay, hourly wage or most workers.
- 4 Open any job to see its pay range, hourly and monthly pay and salary in every state.
Frequently asked questions
What is the highest paying education job?
Law teacher, postsecondary pays the most, with a median salary of $128,500 a year. The top three are law teacher, postsecondary ($128,500), engineering teacher, postsecondary ($109,270), health specialties teacher, postsecondary ($107,310).
How many education jobs pay over $100,000?
3 of the 34 education jobs have a median salary of $100,000 or more a year.
Which well-paid education job has the most openings?
Health specialties teacher, postsecondary employs the most people among the best-paid education jobs, with about 221,270 workers and a median salary of $107,310. More people in a job usually means more openings each year.
Which education job pays the most per hour?
Instructional coordinator has the highest median hourly wage, $37.23 an hour. Some jobs, such as teachers, are paid by the year only and have no hourly figure.
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