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Pre-School Teachers

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

Pre-school teachers in the US number about 437,000. Compared to other occupations, unemployment is considered low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

About 25% of employees work fewer than 40 hours per week. About 1% of pre-school teachers are self-employed.

Training and Education

Expect to need to get a postsecondary vocational award if you pursue this occupation. 43% of employees have a bachelor's degree. 38 of people working as pre-school teachers have had some college education, but stopped short of a degree. About 20% of those working as workers have a high-school diploma, but no further education. 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 per capita for employees are most common in Greenville (North Carolina), Yuba City (California), and Rochester (New Hampshire), and least common in Anderson (South Carolina), Mobile (Alabama), and Columbia (South Carolina).

Jobs for pre-school teachers pay the most in Napa (California), Vineland (New Jersey), and Owensboro (Kentucky), and the least in Kingsport (Tennessee), Clarksville (Tennessee), and Shreveport (Louisiana).

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Pre-School Teachers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Pre-School Teachers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Pre-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 Pre-School Teachers are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston70$26,4800.6
AlabamaAuburn220$22,9501.9
AlabamaBirmingham680$22,5200.4
AlabamaDecatur80$22,9200.6
AlabamaDothan130$27,4200.8
AlabamaFlorence60$21,4200.5
AlabamaMobile120$30,3100.2
AlabamaTuscaloosa140$20,0800.6
AlaskaAnchorage390$25,9400.8
AlaskaFairbanks100$29,5601.2
ArizonaKingman120$21,3400.9
ArizonaPhoenix4,230$22,3600.8
ArizonaPrescott180$19,7301.1
ArizonaTucson1,590$25,7501.5
ArizonaYuma170$18,5601.1
ArkansasFayetteville520$23,5500.9
ArkansasFort Smith160$29,3200.5
ArkansasHot Springs100$20,6101.1
ArkansasJonesboro120$22,3100.9
ArkansasLittle Rock1,170$22,8601.2
ArkansasPine Bluff100$25,8301.2
CaliforniaBakersfield890$27,3901.1
CaliforniaChico330$21,0601.8
CaliforniaEl Centro180$28,0301.3
CaliforniaFresno940$24,1301
CaliforniaMadera230$26,000 2.5
CaliforniaMerced160$30,2001.1
CaliforniaModesto340$32,7000.7
CaliforniaNapa210$48,3401.2
CaliforniaOakland4,690$32,8701.5
CaliforniaOxnard1,130$27,3701.3
CaliforniaRedding150$26,9400.8
CaliforniaRiverside3,510$24,7900.9
CaliforniaSacramento2,730$24,3101
CaliforniaSan Diego3,580$28,8100.9
CaliforniaSan Francisco3,380$36,0501.1
CaliforniaSan Jose4,140$33,8601.5
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo430$28,6601.6
CaliforniaSanta Ana3,940$28,6800.9
CaliforniaSanta Barbara370$30,9900.8
CaliforniaSanta Cruz520$28,830 2.2
CaliforniaSanta Rosa470$30,6100.9
CaliforniaStockton870$30,0101.4
CaliforniaVallejo380$26,8701.1
CaliforniaYuba City270$30,550 2.7
ColoradoBoulder720$27,7501.6
ColoradoColorado Springs820$26,2701.1
ColoradoDenver2,560$26,0200.7
ColoradoFort Collins460$28,7301.4
ColoradoGrand Junction140$22,6400.9
ColoradoGreeley320$23,2301.6
ColoradoPueblo110$25,7600.8
ConnecticutBridgeport2,100$31,5801.6
ConnecticutHartford2,330$28,3201.3
ConnecticutNorwich270$32,0100.8
ConnecticutWaterbury210$29,5601.1
DelawareDover190$20,8301.3
DelawareWilmington1,320$25,0801.4
District of ColumbiaWashington8,830$30,3401.3
FloridaCape Coral300$28,7800.5
FloridaDeltona170$23,9400.4
FloridaFort Lauderdale1,780$27,9800.8
FloridaFort Walton Beach250$21,7501.2
FloridaGainesville570$20,3001.8
FloridaJacksonville1,320$23,0900.7
FloridaLakeland270$27,0200.5
FloridaMiami2,150$27,5000.7
FloridaNaples290$26,1500.9
FloridaOcala310$21,0201.2
FloridaOrlando2,070$26,7000.7
FloridaPalm Bay480$23,9800.8
FloridaPanama City240$21,5101.3
FloridaPensacola470$21,9701.1
FloridaPort St Lucie340$23,8101
FloridaSarasota510$28,5200.7
FloridaSebastian130$23,9701
FloridaTallahassee430$26,0200.9
FloridaTampa2,970$26,1700.8
FloridaWest Palm Beach1,690$24,2801.1
GeorgiaAlbany350$24,570 2.2
GeorgiaAthens350$17,7501.7
GeorgiaAtlanta10,490$22,1601.5
GeorgiaAugusta550$29,1100.9
GeorgiaBrunswick210$26,0201.9
GeorgiaColumbus740$17,850 2.4
GeorgiaDalton110$25,5100.5
GeorgiaGainesville180$20,5901
GeorgiaMacon500$22,6801.8
GeorgiaSavannah450$22,8701.1
GeorgiaWarner Robins220$25,4801.7
HawaiiHonolulu1,820$28,8801.4
IdahoCoeur Dalene90$17,4000.6
IdahoIdaho Falls120$20,2201
IdahoLewiston80$19,8301.5
IllinoisBloomington300$23,9701.6
IllinoisChampaign260$26,3201
IllinoisChicago8,300$28,7200.7
IllinoisDanville80$25,6601.3
IllinoisDecatur240$21,8002
IllinoisPeoria410$28,4400.8
IllinoisRockford300$21,5500.7
IllinoisSpringfield150$24,7500.5
IndianaAnderson30$16,8400.3
IndianaBloomington170$19,7400.9
IndianaElkhart100$21,3900.3
IndianaEvansville450$21,5900.9
IndianaFort Wayne630$22,6201
IndianaGary1,150$32,3101.4
IndianaIndianapolis1,590$23,8000.6
IndianaKokomo70$26,1100.8
IndianaLafayette110$23,0500.5
IndianaMichigan City80$27,6700.7
IndianaMuncie200$18,1701.7
IndianaSouth Bend350$28,3200.9
IndianaTerre Haute100$27,7900.5
IowaAmes140$19,2901.5
IowaCedar Rapids410$21,7201.1
IowaDavenport500$23,5500.9
IowaDes Moines1,030$24,6401.1
IowaDubuque130$20,9301
IowaWaterloo200$26,5900.9
KansasLawrence100$29,5000.9
KansasTopeka250$29,9900.8
KansasWichita490$26,2800.5
KentuckyBowling Green130$22,7000.9
KentuckyLexington790$23,5401.1
KentuckyLouisville970$26,7300.5
KentuckyOwensboro40$43,9400.3
LouisianaAlexandria260$18,7801.6
LouisianaBaton Rouge1,000$18,3100.9
LouisianaLafayette510$18,0001.2
LouisianaLake Charles170$20,2400.7
LouisianaMonroe100$19,0000.5
LouisianaNew Orleans790$24,1000.5
LouisianaShreveport200$18,6200.4
MaineBangor110$25,7400.6
MaineLewiston170$26,9501.3
MainePortland480$26,3900.8
MarylandBaltimore4,080$29,2901
MarylandBethesda2,090$29,3601.2
MarylandCumberland80$29,7300.9
MarylandHagerstown220$24,7400.8
MarylandSalisbury180$26,4401.3
MassachusettsBarnstable Town480$31,9401.7
MassachusettsBoston6,970$32,1001.3
MassachusettsBrockton450$31,5001.8
MassachusettsFramingham680$35,1901.5
MassachusettsHaverhill450$27,610 2.1
MassachusettsLawrence250$31,1701.7
MassachusettsLeominster140$24,4101.1
MassachusettsLowell760$26,950 2.2
MassachusettsNew Bedford420$22,790 2.4
MassachusettsPittsfield200$28,210 2.4
MassachusettsSpringfield1,140$28,8201.3
MassachusettsWorcester670$33,5500.9
MichiganAnn Arbor340$28,0000.7
MichiganBattle Creek170$24,9001.3
MichiganBay City50$37,6400.6
MichiganDetroit1,270$33,9500.6
MichiganFlint510$28,5501.3
MichiganGrand Rapids620$33,9200.6
MichiganHolland270$23,7901
MichiganJackson120$28,8000.9
MichiganKalamazoo130$30,6400.3
MichiganLansing380$29,0800.7
MichiganMonroe100$25,5301
MichiganMuskegon80$38,1600.5
MichiganNiles100$30,9000.6
MichiganSaginaw110$25,0800.5
MichiganWarren2,030$34,0600.6
MinnesotaDuluth460$29,3201.3
MinnesotaMinneapolis5,180$30,3701
MinnesotaRochester250$29,9901
MinnesotaSt Cloud260$25,6300.9
MississippiGulfport180$18,3800.6
MississippiHattiesburg130$20,7600.9
MississippiJackson520$24,5500.7
MississippiPascagoula120$23,9801
MissouriColumbia380$20,8201.7
MissouriJefferson City250$22,3201.4
MissouriJoplin200$22,9600.9
MissouriKansas City2,320$25,4900.7
MissouriSpringfield310$21,6100.5
MissouriSt Joseph130$19,2001
MissouriSt Louis3,400$26,1300.8
MontanaBillings80$23,1700.4
MontanaMissoula240$23,8601.8
NebraskaLincoln370$22,9200.8
NebraskaOmaha1,190$24,0100.9
NevadaLas Vegas2,460$23,8900.9
NevadaReno320$25,2600.5
New HampshireManchester530$25,1501.8
New HampshireNashua780$27,1002
New HampshirePortsmouth110$27,9500.7
New HampshireRochester400$26,570 2.7
New JerseyAtlantic City240$31,9600.6
New JerseyCamden1,630$29,6801
New JerseyEdison3,630$29,8701.2
New JerseyNewark3,340$38,8301.1
New JerseyOcean City50$40,7900.5
New JerseyTrenton1,040$32,1301.7
New JerseyVineland170$48,9201.1
New MexicoAlbuquerque1,300$21,9501.1
New MexicoFarmington180$19,7801.3
New MexicoSanta Fe140$31,6700.8
New YorkAlbany1,160$24,5600.9
New YorkBinghamton340$28,1401.1
New YorkBuffalo1,900$26,5401.2
New YorkElmira110$26,9401.2
New YorkGlens Falls180$22,6201.3
New YorkIthaca100$25,4100.9
New YorkKingston170$28,4501.1
New YorkNassau4,330$31,8101.1
New YorkNew York16,760$35,2601.1
New YorkPoughkeepsie970$30,1701.4
New YorkRochester1,850$25,6001.2
New YorkSyracuse920$23,8401
New YorkUtica430$26,3201.2
North CarolinaAsheville570$23,1001.1
North CarolinaBurlington300$20,7101.9
North CarolinaCharlotte4,610$22,0701.7
North CarolinaDurham1,350$24,7701.7
North CarolinaFayetteville810$17,890 2.4
North CarolinaGoldsboro230$22,410 2.4
North CarolinaGreensboro1,070$21,8901
North CarolinaGreenville630$20,530 3.3
North CarolinaHickory490$22,4701.1
North CarolinaJacksonville220$18,890 2.1
North CarolinaRaleigh3,810$22,410 2.5
North CarolinaRocky Mount230$19,3901.5
North CarolinaWilmington680$19,4201.7
North CarolinaWinston Salem360$23,0100.6
North DakotaFargo360$25,1001.1
North DakotaGrand Forks80$28,9900.6
OhioAkron1,390$22,3501.4
OhioCanton380$21,5100.8
OhioCincinnati3,500$22,8501.1
OhioCleveland4,180$22,2901.3
OhioColumbus3,280$22,4601.2
OhioDayton1,190$23,0201
OhioLima80$20,1700.6
OhioMansfield60$27,9800.4
OhioSandusky50$25,5400.6
OhioSpringfield200$23,0501.6
OhioToledo1,150$21,8501.3
OhioYoungstown580$19,5300.9
OklahomaOklahoma City1,770$26,2301
OklahomaTulsa1,150$21,2300.9
OregonBend300$23,3601.6
OregonCorvallis110$21,0301.4
OregonEugene610$24,4501.4
OregonMedford250$22,5601.1
OregonPortland3,520$25,4901.1
OregonSalem580$26,7101.4
PennsylvaniaAllentown1,020$24,3601
PennsylvaniaAltoona90$19,9900.6
PennsylvaniaErie430$22,4301.2
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg670$21,3700.7
PennsylvaniaJohnstown210$26,3301.4
PennsylvaniaLancaster520$24,4200.8
PennsylvaniaLebanon170$23,7001.4
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia5,370$25,5800.9
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh2,270$22,3700.7
PennsylvaniaReading320$26,9700.7
PennsylvaniaScranton760$25,1901
PennsylvaniaState College200$21,3801.4
PennsylvaniaYork480$22,3500.9
Rhode IslandProvidence2,170$27,1601.3
South CarolinaAnderson40$32,2800.3
South CarolinaCharleston670$25,4400.8
South CarolinaColumbia210$24,6400.2
South CarolinaFlorence80$26,4200.3
South CarolinaGreenville470$19,1500.5
South CarolinaSpartanburg230$31,6500.7
South DakotaRapid City100$28,6400.6
South DakotaSioux Falls260$26,5300.7
TennesseeChattanooga990$24,9301.5
TennesseeClarksville420$18,440 2.1
TennesseeCleveland110$25,6201.2
TennesseeJackson150$21,6701
TennesseeKingsport500$19,3001.6
TennesseeKnoxville900$21,9300.9
TennesseeMemphis1,570$17,8000.8
TennesseeMorristown180$26,2901.5
TennesseeNashville2,360$24,6001
TexasAbilene210$21,3301.3
TexasAmarillo440$20,5601.6
TexasAustin2,640$22,7701.2
TexasBrownsville640$34,4901.8
TexasCollege Station370$20,6301.8
TexasCorpus Christi570$22,7801.1
TexasDallas7,000$23,7801.1
TexasEl Paso1,050$26,0401.4
TexasFort Worth2,770$23,8701.1
TexasHouston9,600$22,1301.2
TexasKilleen540$27,9401.6
TexasLaredo320$30,8401.4
TexasLongview350$20,9701.4
TexasLubbock420$20,2201.2
TexasMcallen550$31,2800.9
TexasMidland180$22,5201
TexasOdessa270$25,1101.8
TexasSan Angelo110$20,2701.1
TexasSan Antonio2,710$23,2301.1
TexasSherman60$36,4700.6
TexasTexarkana140$20,4001
TexasTyler390$18,8701.6
TexasWaco270$22,9701
TexasWichita Falls150$22,8401
UtahLogan60$21,8100.5
UtahOgden260$25,0600.5
UtahProvo350$20,5900.7
VermontBurlington250$27,0800.8
VirginiaBlacksburg130$24,0000.8
VirginiaCharlottesville230$29,7700.9
VirginiaDanville30$31,0600.3
VirginiaHarrisonburg190$19,4801.3
VirginiaLynchburg220$32,6800.8
VirginiaRichmond2,000$24,2801.1
VirginiaRoanoke470$28,8601
VirginiaVirginia Beach2,360$24,0401
VirginiaWinchester130$33,3201
WashingtonBellingham100$26,0800.5
WashingtonBremerton70$31,1000.3
WashingtonKennewick80$26,8400.3
WashingtonLongview120$23,8601.5
WashingtonMount Vernon100$25,0100.9
WashingtonOlympia300$25,7101.2
WashingtonSeattle2,840$28,8600.7
WashingtonSpokane240$28,3600.4
WashingtonTacoma670$24,1200.8
WashingtonWenatchee40$25,7200.4
WashingtonYakima270$25,7301.2
West VirginiaCharleston160$25,0800.4
West VirginiaHuntington210$25,1400.7
West VirginiaMorgantown160$27,5401.3
West VirginiaWeirton90$32,8300.8
West VirginiaWheeling160$21,3800.9
WisconsinAppleton420$23,3301.3
WisconsinEau Claire280$19,4701.3
WisconsinGreen Bay440$22,8800.9
WisconsinLa Crosse200$21,5701.1
WisconsinMadison1,160$23,7501.2
WisconsinMilwaukee3,830$22,3101.5
WisconsinOshkosh230$19,8701
WisconsinRacine370$21,7001.8
WisconsinSheboygan140$26,7400.9
WisconsinWausau210$23,0901.2
WyomingCasper80$24,0200.8
WyomingCheyenne150$20,8401.4
 

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