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Elementary School Teachers
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Job Numbers and Growth
Government data shows about 1,540,000 for elementary school teachers. The unemployment rate for this occupation is relatively very low.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
10% of people working as employees are employed part-time.
Training and Education
Education requirements for this career usually include a bachelor's degree. Approximately 95% of people working as workers have earned a degree. Among employees about 5% went to college but did not get a degree. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.
Area Job Conditions
Jobs are relatively more common in Hinesville (Georgia), Merced (California), and Hanford (California), and less common in San Francisco (California), Morgantown (West Virginia), and Portsmouth (New Hampshire).
Average income is highest in Nassau (New York), Santa Ana (California), and Kingston (New York) and lowest in Jefferson City (Missouri), Sioux Falls (South Dakota), and Dubuque (Iowa).
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Elementary School Teachers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Elementary School Teachers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Elementary School Teachers are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Elementary School Teachers are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 460 $44,370 1.1 Alabama Auburn 660 $39,870 1.7 Alabama Birmingham 3,910 $45,410 0.7 Alabama Decatur 760 $47,700 1.6 Alabama Dothan 530 $43,670 1 Alabama Florence 990 $43,600 2.2Alabama Gadsden 330 $42,810 1.1 Alabama Huntsville 2,410 $48,290 1.2 Alabama Mobile 1,600 $42,220 0.9 Alabama Montgomery 1,770 $43,240 1.1 Alabama Tuscaloosa 1,000 $41,430 1.2 Arizona Flagstaff 610 $38,800 1.2 Arizona Kingman 1,200 $37,700 2.6Arizona Prescott 930 $43,340 1.6 Arizona Tucson 4,020 $42,930 1.1 Arizona Yuma 860 $39,290 1.6 Arkansas Fayetteville 1,530 $43,730 0.8 Arkansas Fort Smith 1,480 $41,440 1.3 Arkansas Hot Springs 300 $42,040 0.9 Arkansas Jonesboro 520 $39,630 1.2 Arkansas Little Rock 2,290 $44,030 0.7 Arkansas Pine Bluff 440 $42,990 1.5 California Bakersfield 6,090 $54,980 2.3California Chico 1,030 $60,760 1.6 California El Centro 980 $62,420 2.1California Fresno 5,400 $70,710 1.6 California Hanford 920 $50,260 3.8California Madera 1,060 $54,030 3.4California Merced 2,060 $60,790 4California Modesto 2,800 $66,090 1.7 California Napa 700 $63,650 1.2 California Oakland 12,320 $61,860 1.2 California Oxnard 3,930 $63,290 1.3 California Redding 980 $56,690 1.6 California Riverside 24,520 $64,040 1.9 California Sacramento 9,600 $54,340 1.1 California Salinas 3,980 $54,870 2.6California San Diego 13,400 $67,020 1 California San Francisco 6,300 $60,420 0.6 California San Jose 8,930 $62,920 0.9 California San Luis Obispo 1,500 $60,500 1.6 California Santa Ana 11,350 $69,720 0.7 California Santa Barbara 1,380 $56,940 0.8 California Santa Cruz 990 $53,630 1.2 California Santa Rosa 2,810 $55,550 1.5 California Stockton 4,150 $59,340 2 California Vallejo 1,750 $60,860 1.5 California Visalia 2,470 $64,020 1.9 California Yuba City 920 $72,830 2.7Colorado Boulder 1,720 $49,940 1.1 Colorado Colorado Springs 3,380 $44,790 1.3 Colorado Denver 9,690 $50,380 0.8 Colorado Fort Collins 1,300 1.1 Colorado Greeley 1,000 $44,170 1.4 Connecticut Bridgeport 5,360 $66,820 1.2 Connecticut Danbury 720 $63,290 1.1 Connecticut Hartford 6,170 $65,620 1 Connecticut New Haven 3,320 $59,540 1.2 Connecticut Norwich 1,280 $61,740 1.1 Connecticut Waterbury 1,060 $66,070 1.7 Delaware Dover 1,030 $44,310 2.1Delaware Wilmington 3,850 $55,260 1.2 District of Columbia Washington 24,910 $63,620 1 Florida Cape Coral 1,700 0.8 Florida Jacksonville 6,730 $44,680 1.1 Florida Orlando 10,590 $47,370 1 Florida Port St Lucie 1,600 1.3 Florida Sarasota 2,390 $49,430 0.9 Florida Sebastian 610 $54,450 1.4 Florida Tallahassee 1,460 $44,780 0.9 Florida Tampa 10,780 $52,300 0.9 Florida West Palm Beach 6,120 $46,570 1.1 Georgia Albany 850 $51,320 1.5 Georgia Athens 1,320 $50,590 1.9 Georgia Augusta 1,860 $47,130 0.9 Georgia Brunswick 520 $48,880 1.4 Georgia Columbus 1,390 $43,060 1.3 Georgia Dalton 1,010 $51,100 1.4 Georgia Gainesville 1,060 $51,390 1.6 Georgia Hinesville 630 $46,740 6.3Georgia Macon 1,150 $48,320 1.2 Georgia Rome 880 $51,330 2.8Georgia Savannah 1,390 $47,950 1 Georgia Valdosta 380 $45,070 0.8 Idaho Boise 2,950 $54,280 1.1 Idaho Coeur Dalene 560 $41,740 1.1 Idaho Idaho Falls 990 $41,650 2.3Idaho Lewiston 290 $53,480 1.5 Idaho Pocatello 510 $46,590 2 Illinois Bloomington 580 $51,180 0.9 Illinois Champaign 1,270 $46,880 1.4 Illinois Chicago 50,050 $63,980 1.3 Illinois Danville 400 $48,320 1.9 Illinois Decatur 380 $44,390 0.9 Illinois Kankakee 440 $47,850 1.3 Illinois Peoria 2,600 $46,260 1.6 Illinois Rockford 2,580 $62,990 1.7 Illinois Springfield 1,570 $53,940 1.6 Indiana Anderson 630 $47,250 1.8 Indiana Bloomington 700 $49,460 1.1 Indiana Elkhart 1,450 $44,590 1.2 Indiana Evansville 1,520 $47,100 0.9 Indiana Fort Wayne 1,910 $47,700 0.9 Indiana Gary 3,240 $47,590 1.2 Indiana Indianapolis 8,060 $47,620 0.9 Indiana Kokomo 510 $45,970 1.7 Indiana Lafayette 660 $49,410 0.9 Indiana Michigan City 460 $47,590 1.2 Indiana Muncie 310 $48,750 0.8 Indiana South Bend 1,300 $47,690 1 Indiana Terre Haute 550 $53,090 0.9 Iowa Ames 210 $40,230 0.6 Iowa Cedar Rapids 1,290 $39,620 1 Iowa Davenport 2,040 $47,130 1.1 Iowa Des Moines 3,650 $37,870 1.1 Iowa Dubuque 490 $36,790 1.1 Iowa Iowa City 660 $37,630 1 Iowa Sioux City 850 $39,180 1.3 Iowa Waterloo 1,090 $39,860 1.4 Kansas Lawrence 530 $39,230 1.3 Kansas Topeka 1,360 $41,580 1.3 Kansas Wichita 3,920 $45,200 1.3 Kentucky Bowling Green 650 $41,970 1.3 Kentucky Elizabethtown 430 $47,070 1.1 Kentucky Lexington 2,060 $45,760 0.8 Kentucky Louisville 5,070 $49,060 0.8 Kentucky Owensboro 540 $46,350 1.3 Louisiana Alexandria 950 $38,040 1.7 Louisiana Baton Rouge 4,830 $43,170 1.3 Louisiana Houma 1,900 $41,960 2.1Louisiana Monroe 1,240 $41,460 1.7 Louisiana New Orleans 5,310 $44,520 1 Louisiana Shreveport 2,890 $44,930 1.7 Maine Bangor 630 $40,820 1.1 Maine Lewiston 560 $41,990 1.3 Maine Portland 1,550 $49,140 0.8 Maryland Baltimore 14,200 $53,030 1.1 Maryland Bethesda 5,270 $68,500 0.9 Maryland Cumberland 690 $57,240 2.3Maryland Hagerstown 1,440 $45,640 1.5 Maryland Salisbury 590 $53,880 1.3 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 1,300 $56,390 1.4 Massachusetts Boston 13,810 $62,200 0.8 Massachusetts Brockton 1,300 $56,270 1.5 Massachusetts Framingham 1,600 $68,610 1 Massachusetts Haverhill 1,050 $57,380 1.5 Massachusetts Lawrence 720 $57,480 1.4 Massachusetts Leominster 610 $58,410 1.4 Massachusetts Lowell 1,430 $62,250 1.2 Massachusetts New Bedford 820 $53,320 1.4 Massachusetts Pittsfield 340 $56,440 1.2 Massachusetts Springfield 3,860 $53,660 1.3 Massachusetts Taunton 490 $57,420 1.2 Massachusetts Worcester 2,550 $56,380 1 Michigan Ann Arbor 1,430 $66,640 0.9 Michigan Battle Creek 650 $50,040 1.5 Michigan Bay City 470 $61,660 1.6 Michigan Detroit 7,400 $54,350 1 Michigan Flint 2,020 $58,620 1.5 Michigan Grand Rapids 3,270 $52,420 0.8 Michigan Holland 1,000 $54,030 1 Michigan Jackson 780 $49,570 1.7 Michigan Kalamazoo 1,350 $47,070 1 Michigan Lansing 2,110 $54,560 1.1 Michigan Monroe 670 $49,300 1.9 Michigan Muskegon 740 $58,010 1.4 Michigan Niles 710 $53,370 1.3 Michigan Saginaw 710 $53,290 1 Michigan Warren 10,930 $65,240 0.9 Minnesota Duluth 1,150 $48,750 0.9 Minnesota Minneapolis 16,570 $51,980 0.9 Minnesota Rochester 800 $46,560 0.9 Minnesota St Cloud 860 $49,990 0.9 Mississippi Gulfport 1,440 $45,210 1.4 Mississippi Hattiesburg 790 $40,120 1.5 Mississippi Jackson 2,330 $41,750 0.9 Mississippi Pascagoula 770 $40,660 1.8 Missouri Columbia 660 $38,430 0.9 Missouri Jefferson City 410 $36,260 0.6 Missouri Joplin 970 $37,600 1.3 Missouri Kansas City 12,100 $45,580 1.1 Missouri Springfield 1,780 $39,360 0.9 Missouri St Joseph 530 $36,490 1.2 Missouri St Louis 11,650 $49,270 0.8 Montana Billings 820 $43,940 1.1 Montana Great Falls 510 $41,780 1.7 Nebraska Lincoln 1,600 $46,440 1 Nebraska Omaha 4,050 $41,800 0.9 Nevada Las Vegas 8,260 $47,380 0.9 New Hampshire Manchester 870 $49,490 0.9 New Hampshire Nashua 1,690 $48,650 1.3 New Hampshire Portsmouth 230 $50,520 0.5 New Hampshire Rochester 750 $50,640 1.5 New Jersey Atlantic City 1,530 $55,720 1.1 New Jersey Camden 6,950 $60,570 1.3 New Jersey Edison 12,470 $58,500 1.2 New Jersey Newark 13,080 $61,640 1.3 New Jersey Ocean City 680 $62,380 1.9 New Jersey Trenton 1,790 $59,560 0.8 New Jersey Vineland 1,020 $55,620 2 New Mexico Albuquerque 3,950 $48,150 1 New Mexico Farmington 770 $48,170 1.6 New Mexico Las Cruces 1,210 $57,210 2.2New York Albany 3,950 $57,690 0.9 New York Binghamton 1,140 $55,450 1.1 New York Buffalo 6,030 $54,990 1.1 New York Elmira 580 $53,020 1.9 New York Glens Falls 680 $56,430 1.4 New York Ithaca 640 $60,610 1.7 New York Kingston 940 $69,870 1.7 New York Nassau 15,370 $82,050 1.2 New York New York 53,790 $65,120 1 New York Poughkeepsie 3,310 $64,480 1.4 New York Rochester 5,110 $54,470 1 New York Syracuse 3,610 $56,090 1.2 New York Utica 1,370 $55,600 1.1 North Carolina Asheville 1,410 $42,210 0.8 North Carolina Burlington 430 $40,700 0.8 North Carolina Charlotte 7,910 $42,610 0.9 North Carolina Durham 2,110 $43,020 0.8 North Carolina Greensboro 2,390 $42,280 0.6 North Carolina Greenville 1,160 $38,520 1.8 North Carolina Hickory 1,860 $41,450 1.2 North Carolina Raleigh 4,810 $42,030 0.9 North Carolina Rocky Mount 730 $42,830 1.4 North Carolina Wilmington 1,640 $40,100 1.2 North Carolina Winston Salem 1,960 $40,360 0.9 North Dakota Bismarck 790 $45,750 1.6 North Dakota Fargo 1,180 $41,610 1.1 North Dakota Grand Forks 670 $46,850 1.6 Ohio Akron 3,030 $55,040 0.9 Ohio Canton 1,580 $50,350 0.9 Ohio Cincinnati 7,770 $53,570 0.7 Ohio Cleveland 7,320 $60,590 0.7 Ohio Columbus 7,070 $56,510 0.7 Ohio Dayton 3,520 $52,020 0.9 Ohio Lima 640 $47,530 1.4 Ohio Mansfield 470 $45,150 1 Ohio Sandusky 380 $55,530 1.3 Ohio Springfield 860 $51,610 2.1Ohio Toledo 3,200 $53,690 1 Ohio Youngstown 2,040 $50,160 0.9 Oklahoma Lawton 690 $39,440 2.2Oklahoma Oklahoma City 5,940 $42,630 1 Oklahoma Tulsa 4,860 $42,000 1.1 Oregon Bend 410 $49,190 0.7 Oregon Eugene 1,240 $53,510 0.9 Oregon Medford 700 $50,370 0.9 Oregon Portland 10,010 $51,830 0.9 Oregon Salem 1,690 $48,910 1.2 Pennsylvania Allentown 5,070 $55,020 1.5 Pennsylvania Altoona 880 $45,060 1.6 Pennsylvania Erie 2,000 $45,990 1.7 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 2,650 $49,250 0.8 Pennsylvania Johnstown 960 $49,580 1.9 Pennsylvania Lancaster 2,510 $56,280 1.1 Pennsylvania Lebanon 800 $51,520 2 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 24,180 $53,160 1.2 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 14,880 $51,590 1.3 Pennsylvania Reading 2,280 $51,690 1.4 Pennsylvania Scranton 2,810 $51,210 1.1 Pennsylvania State College 650 $52,070 1.3 Pennsylvania Williamsport 740 $46,230 1.6 Pennsylvania York 2,460 $57,900 1.4 Rhode Island Providence 5,210 $65,050 0.9 South Carolina Anderson 670 $43,260 1.2 South Carolina Charleston 3,210 $43,920 1.1 South Carolina Columbia 4,450 $45,960 1.3 South Carolina Florence 970 $44,460 1.2 South Carolina Greenville 3,590 $43,170 1.2 South Carolina Spartanburg 1,760 $44,930 1.5 South Carolina Sumter 440 $41,630 1.5 South Dakota Rapid City 590 $45,730 1 South Dakota Sioux Falls 930 $36,590 0.7 Tennessee Chattanooga 1,780 $46,440 0.8 Tennessee Clarksville 1,220 $52,880 1.7 Tennessee Cleveland 540 $43,290 1.8 Tennessee Jackson 640 $43,060 1.2 Tennessee Johnson City 790 $43,100 1.1 Tennessee Kingsport 1,400 $41,920 1.3 Tennessee Knoxville 2,990 $44,520 0.9 Tennessee Memphis 8,600 $45,000 1.4 Tennessee Morristown 370 $40,870 0.9 Tennessee Nashville 7,090 $45,700 0.9 Texas Abilene 810 $42,640 1.4 Texas Austin 10,340 $43,730 1.3 Texas Beaumont 1,920 $43,780 1.2 Texas Brownsville 2,780 $47,890 2.3Texas College Station 1,010 $42,160 1.4 Texas Corpus Christi 2,020 $42,990 1.2 Texas Dallas 23,740 $47,320 1.1 Texas El Paso 5,360 $47,730 2Texas Fort Worth 12,310 $48,230 1.4 Texas Houston 35,720 $47,440 1.3 Texas Killeen 2,380 $42,720 2.1Texas Longview 1,160 $40,790 1.3 Texas Lubbock 1,400 $40,350 1.2 Texas Mcallen 6,200 $45,420 2.8Texas San Angelo 630 $40,970 1.8 Texas San Antonio 12,650 $47,990 1.5 Texas Sherman 560 $40,830 1.6 Texas Texarkana 800 $39,520 1.6 Texas Tyler 1,200 $42,070 1.4 Texas Victoria 830 2Texas Waco 1,130 $40,740 1.2 Texas Wichita Falls 800 $42,970 1.5 Utah Logan 1,110 $43,310 2.7Utah Ogden 2,700 $51,090 1.4 Utah Provo 3,400 $46,180 2.1Utah Salt Lake City 4,720 $48,670 0.7 Vermont Burlington 1,010 $53,100 1 Virginia Blacksburg 670 $47,290 1.2 Virginia Charlottesville 1,130 $56,590 1.3 Virginia Lynchburg 1,340 $41,170 1.4 Virginia Richmond 5,360 $54,260 0.9 Virginia Roanoke 1,440 $51,250 0.9 Virginia Virginia Beach 8,290 $52,030 1.1 Washington Bellingham 800 $51,290 1.1 Washington Bremerton 970 $56,900 1.3 Washington Kennewick 1,060 $52,260 1.3 Washington Longview 410 $54,120 1.5 Washington Mount Vernon 420 $55,090 1.1 Washington Olympia 840 $53,090 1 Washington Seattle 9,100 $54,460 0.6 Washington Spokane 1,740 $53,250 0.8 Washington Tacoma 3,090 $55,150 1.1 Washington Wenatchee 460 $52,340 1.3 Washington Yakima 1,420 $53,830 1.9 West Virginia Charleston 1,290 $43,340 0.9 West Virginia Huntington 1,190 $44,100 1.1 West Virginia Morgantown 230 $41,920 0.6 West Virginia Parkersburg 980 $44,370 1.5 West Virginia Weirton 510 $44,670 1.4 West Virginia Wheeling 450 $43,300 0.8 Wisconsin Appleton 1,230 $52,590 1.1 Wisconsin Eau Claire 700 $50,100 1 Wisconsin Green Bay 1,110 $47,510 0.7 Wisconsin Janesville 820 $48,600 1.4 Wisconsin La Crosse 680 $41,950 1.1 Wisconsin Madison 2,560 $46,920 0.8 Wisconsin Milwaukee 8,260 $55,130 0.9 Wisconsin Oshkosh 940 $50,090 1.2 Wisconsin Racine 840 $47,020 1.2 Wisconsin Sheboygan 470 $46,620 0.9 Wisconsin Wausau 490 $49,930 0.8 Wyoming Cheyenne 520 $55,800 1.4
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