Education, Training, and Library Occupation Profiles

The Education, Training, and Library occupation profiles below include specific information about the nature of the work; average earnings; underlying training and education; related occupations; and corresponding academic programs.

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Fast Facts:As of 2008, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated 8,451,250 employed in the Education, Training, and Library occupational group earning the mean annual income of $48,460.

Highest Paid Health Specialties Teachers, Post-Secondary Law Teachers, Post-Secondary Engineering Teachers, Post-Secondary Economic Teachers, Post-Secondary Biological Science Teachers, Post-Secondary

Lowest Paid Teachers Assistants Library Technicians Graduate Teaching Assistants Education, Training, and Library Workers, All Others Museum Technicians and Conservators

 

What’s Hot: While graduate school professors “Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary” ($102,000) and “Law Teachers, Postsecondary” ($101,170) (not surprising considering the high-paying Legal occupational group) rack up the highest average incomes in the Education, Training, and Library group, the “Elementary School Teachers (excluding Special Education)” (1,544,270) is the largest sized occupation.

What’s Not: The top four occupations in the Least Paid group: “Teacher Assistants” ($23,560); “Preschool Teachers (excluding Special Education)” ($26,610); “Library Technicians” ($30,130); and “Graduate Teaching Assistants” ($31,710) dramatically distance themselves from the next lowest “Education, Training, and Library Workers, All Other” ($40,560).

Sources: In addition to specific citations noted, supplementary source materials include the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.

• Philosophy and Religion Teachers
• Law Teachers
• Social Work Teachers
• Geography Teachers
• Library Science Teachers
• Anthropology and Archeology Teachers
• Environmental Science Teachers
• Sociology Teachers
• Teachers and Instructors
• Mathematical Science Teachers
• Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers
• Health Specialties Teachers
• Psychology Teachers
• History Teachers
• Agricultural Sciences Teachers
• Vocational Education Teachers
• Teacher Assistants
• Social Sciences Teachers
• Political Science Teachers
• Elementary School Teachers
• Biological Science Teachers
• Home Economics Teachers
• Economics Teachers
• Postsecondary Teachers
• Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers
• English Language and Literature Teachers
• Architecture Teachers
• Education, Training, and Library Workers
• Computer Science Teachers
• Business Teachers
• Instructional Coordinators

• Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers
• Art, Drama, and Music Teachers
• Education Teachers
• Adult Literacy, Remedial Education, and GED Teachers and Instructors
• Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers
• Vocational Education Teachers, Middle School
• Foreign Language and Literature Teachers
• Preschool Teachers
• Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
• Museum Technicians and Conservators
• Chemistry Teachers
• Physics Teachers
• Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers
• Archivists
• Curators
• Secondary School Teachers
• Audio-Visual Collections Specialists
• Self-Enrichment Education Teachers
• Communications Teachers
• Engineering Teachers
• Kindergarten Teachers
• Middle School Teachers
• Nursing Instructors and Teachers
• Special Education Teachers, Middle School
• Graduate Teaching Assistants
• Farm and Home Management Advisors
• Librarians
• Library Technicians
• Vocational Education Teachers
• Special Education, Preschool, Kindergarten, Elementary School Teachers