Education
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
Teach academic and social skills to kindergarten students.
Median salary (BLS)
$62,680
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$47k – $102k
Job outlook
No separate BLS projection for this specific role
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $85,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
Education
Typical entry: Bachelor's degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
Entry / Junior
$46,990
~2 yrs to advance
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
Established
$62,680
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
Senior
$82,255
Key skills
A typical day
- •Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
- •Prepare children for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
- •Instruct students individually and in groups, adapting teaching methods to meet students' varying needs and interests.
- •Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
- •Demonstrate activities to children.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Education
Explore all- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
- University of Wisconsin–Madison49% admit · $72,000 grad pay
- Vanderbilt University7% admit · $88,000 grad pay
- University of Virginia19% admit · $85,000 grad pay
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