Teaching
6Driving InstructorTeach teenagers to drive from the passenger seat. Cheap to start, and calm is the whole job.$47kTypical payup to 1 yearTo qualifyModerateDemandEnglish as a Second Language TeacherYou teach English to people who already speak another language, in schools, adult centers or abroad. Work that can change someone's whole life.$62kTypical pay4 to 6 yearsTo qualifyLimitedDemandMusic TeacherTeach piano, guitar, voice or band. You can start with no license at all, or take a degree and teach in a public school.$47kTypical payup to 5 yearsTo qualifyModerateDemandSchool PrincipalRun a school: the staff, the budget, the discipline, the buses and the blame. You teach first, then you lead.$106kTypical pay7 to 12 yearsTo qualifyLimitedDemandSpecial Education TeacherYou teach students with disabilities and you write the legal plan that says what their school has to provide.$65kTypical pay4 to 6 yearsTo qualifyLimitedDemandTeacherRun a classroom of your own. A state license, a school calendar, and the most openings of almost any job on this site.$64kTypical pay4 to 5 yearsTo qualifyGoodDemand
Early years and support
2Preschool TeacherTeach three, four and five year olds how to be people. Meaningful work that the country underpays.$38kTypical pay1 to 4 yearsTo qualifyGoodDemandTeaching AssistantWork alongside a teacher and with the students who need the most help. The quickest way into a school.$37kTypical payup to 2 yearsTo qualifyLimitedDemand
Colleges and universities
2College InstructorTeach the trade you already know at a community or technical college. Your work history is the qualification.$64kTypical pay2 to 8 yearsTo qualifyLimitedDemandUniversity ProfessorTeach and research at a university. Ten years of training, and the secure jobs are disappearing.$78kTypical pay9 to 14 yearsTo qualifyLimitedDemand
Guidance and libraries
3LibrarianHelp people find what is true, run the collection and keep the doors open. A master's degree job that is mostly about people.$68kTypical pay6 to 7 yearsTo qualifyModerateDemandLibrary TechnicianRun the desk, the catalog and the shelves. The job that keeps a library working, reachable with a two-year degree.$45kTypical pay1 to 2 yearsTo qualifyLimitedDemandSchool CounselorCourse choices, college applications, crises and everything in between, for hundreds of students at once.$64kTypical pay6 to 7 yearsTo qualifyModerateDemand