Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other · SOC 25-9099

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Others

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for educational instruction and library workers, all other. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (4 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 233 metro areas

Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Grand Junction, CO	$81,730	40	0.6
2	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$80,300	80	1.1
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$79,270	2,710	2.4
4	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$79,050	440	0.6
5	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$76,480	110	0.3
6	Redding, CA	$75,600	140	1.9
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$75,420	5,740	2.4
8	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$71,900	440	1.5
9	Kenosha, WI	$71,630	40	0.5
10	Hanford-Corcoran, CA	$71,430	40	0.7
11	Columbia, SC	$71,280	360	0.9
12	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$70,600	1,860	1.2
13	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$70,570	150	1.5
14	Duluth, MN-WI	$69,930	40	0.3
15	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$69,340	730	0.3
16	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$68,680	120	0.2
17	Barnstable Town, MA	$67,440	40	0.4
18	El Centro, CA	$67,400	140	2.1
19	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$67,140	120	0.3
20	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$66,920	2,590	1.5
21	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	$66,710	140	1.8
22	Madison, WI	$66,690	410	1.0
23	Greeley, CO	$66,140	90	0.7
24	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$65,420	750	1.2
25	Modesto, CA	$65,290	410	2.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.