Whether you picture hard-working teachers buying school supplies for their students or genius professors shaping future leaders, it's fair to say education encompasses a wide variety of jobs. So much so that there's room to specialize and pursue your passion.
Historically, teachers' pay is a rather contentious topic. The average teacher salary is about $2,000 less than a decade ago after adjusting for inflation. Despite this, many of these jobs are rewarding in more ways than one. In other words, education can be very lucrative—particularly within specialty fields.
Stacker compiled a list of the highest and lowest paying education jobs in Portsmouth, NH-ME using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by 2021 annual mean wage. Keep reading to discover the highest and lowest paying education jobs in your city.
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1 / 15#15. Substitute teachers, short-term
Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $32,140
- #215 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140
National
- Annual mean salary: $38,410
- Employment: 374,620
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Prescott, AZ ($64,310)
--- Appleton, WI ($63,310)
--- Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL ($58,770)
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2 / 15#14. Preschool teachers, except special education
Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $33,760
- #244 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 260
National
- Annual mean salary: $36,460
- Employment: 391,670
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($49,990)
--- Ocean City, NJ ($49,720)
--- Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ ($49,560)
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3 / 15#13. Teaching assistants, except postsecondary
Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $36,470
- #60 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 840
National
- Annual mean salary: $31,760
- Employment: 1,187,270
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($46,390)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($45,080)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($42,820)
#12. Library technicians
Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $41,390
- #83 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
National
- Annual mean salary: $39,070
- Employment: 73,000
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Olympia-Tumwater, WA ($61,740)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($59,950)
--- Napa, CA ($57,890)
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5 / 15#11. Tutors
Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $43,700
- #64 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60
National
- Annual mean salary: $41,780
- Employment: 147,100
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Pittsfield, MA ($82,910)
--- Santa Fe, NM ($68,440)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($60,110)
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6 / 15#10. Self-enrichment teachers
Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $59,360
- #10 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200
National
- Annual mean salary: $49,230
- Employment: 216,910
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($70,350)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($66,650)
--- Utica-Rome, NY ($63,470)
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7 / 15#9. Kindergarten teachers, except special education
Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $63,950
- #109 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
National
- Annual mean salary: $64,490
- Employment: 120,730
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($95,420)
--- Kingston, NY ($92,160)
--- Salinas, CA ($90,490)
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8 / 15#8. Librarians and media collections specialists
Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $64,300
- #94 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120
National
- Annual mean salary: $64,180
- Employment: 127,790
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($94,230)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($89,990)
--- Kennewick-Richland, WA ($89,220)
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9 / 15#7. Elementary school teachers, except special education
Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $64,970
- #140 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 510
National
- Annual mean salary: $67,080
- Employment: 1,329,280
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ($92,860)
--- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($91,430)
--- Salinas, CA ($91,280)
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10 / 15#6. Special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school
Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $66,290
- #106 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100
National
- Annual mean salary: $67,090
- Employment: 187,070
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Salinas, CA ($102,210)
--- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ($92,730)
--- Chico, CA ($88,430)
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11 / 15#5. Special education teachers, secondary school
Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $67,050
- #101 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80
National
- Annual mean salary: $70,100
- Employment: 145,690
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Diego-Carlsbad, CA ($110,320)
--- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($106,590)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($103,540)
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12 / 15#4. Middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education
Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $67,940
- #108 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 360
National
- Annual mean salary: $66,880
- Employment: 592,000
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bakersfield, CA ($109,060)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($107,280)
--- Yuba City, CA ($94,480)
#3. Special education teachers, middle school
Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $69,210
- #72 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
National
- Annual mean salary: $68,860
- Employment: 79,070
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($117,940)
--- Worcester, MA-CT ($94,630)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($94,140)
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14 / 15#2. Instructional coordinators
Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $69,460
- #162 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
National
- Annual mean salary: $70,560
- Employment: 184,740
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Salem, OR ($93,890)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($93,760)
--- Kennewick-Richland, WA ($91,430)
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15 / 15#1. Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education
Portsmouth, NH-ME
- Annual mean salary: $70,370
- #107 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 700
National
- Annual mean salary: $69,530
- Employment: 1,020,240
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($104,010)
--- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($101,980)
--- Bakersfield, CA ($97,490)
