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Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education

SOC 25-2012 · 2024-2034

Teach academic and social skills to kindergarten students.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

Shrinking -2.8%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$84,861per year
Projected openings
7,710
Projected change
-2.8%
Usually needs
Bachelor's degree

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Instructing
  2. Social Perceptiveness
  3. Active Listening
  4. Monitoring
  5. Learning Strategies
  6. Speaking

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$111,593190
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$109,343330
Merced MSA (Merced County)$108,912160
Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County)$108,912250
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$107,658280
Salinas MSA (Monterey County)$103,848150
El Centro MSA (Imperial County)$102,84150
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$101,4341,070
Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County)$95,32260
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$89,180450
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)$84,804110
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$84,229230
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$83,838550
Napa MSA (Napa County)$82,77040
Visalia MSA (Tulare County)$81,733320
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$81,546620
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)$80,993120
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$80,572300
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)$77,634100
Redding MSA (Shasta County)$77,58360
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$77,455350
Chico MSA (Butte County)$77,12060
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)$75,66280
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties)$74,76870
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$70,875530
San Rafael MD (Marin County)Not reported70

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$102,43996,800-1.7%
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$48,72780,570+13.1%
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$101,72023,240-1.7%
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$104,20857,820-1.5%
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$103,8897,850-1.7%
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors$104,8861,700-11.8%

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