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Pre-School Teachers
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Job Numbers and Growth
The number of employed pre-school teachers is about 437,000. This occupation has a low unemployment rating.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Approximately 25% of employees work part time. 1% of pre-school teachers have ended up working for themlseves.
Training and Education
People with a postsecondary vocational award have an easier time finding a job in this career. The percentage of employees with at least a 4 year degree or higher is 43%. Approximately 38% of pre-school teachers started in college but were able to get a job without a degree. Workers with a high school diploma but no further education represent 20% of the total. 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 for this occupation are more popular (on a per capita basis) in Greenville (North Carolina), Yuba City (California), and Rochester (New Hampshire), and less popular in Anderson (South Carolina), Mobile (Alabama), and Columbia (South Carolina).
Without adjusting for the cost of living, pre-school teachers get paid 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 .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 70 $26,480 0.6 Alabama Auburn 220 $22,950 1.9 Alabama Birmingham 680 $22,520 0.4 Alabama Decatur 80 $22,920 0.6 Alabama Dothan 130 $27,420 0.8 Alabama Florence 60 $21,420 0.5 Alabama Mobile 120 $30,310 0.2 Alabama Tuscaloosa 140 $20,080 0.6 Alaska Anchorage 390 $25,940 0.8 Alaska Fairbanks 100 $29,560 1.2 Arizona Kingman 120 $21,340 0.9 Arizona Phoenix 4,230 $22,360 0.8 Arizona Prescott 180 $19,730 1.1 Arizona Tucson 1,590 $25,750 1.5 Arizona Yuma 170 $18,560 1.1 Arkansas Fayetteville 520 $23,550 0.9 Arkansas Fort Smith 160 $29,320 0.5 Arkansas Hot Springs 100 $20,610 1.1 Arkansas Jonesboro 120 $22,310 0.9 Arkansas Little Rock 1,170 $22,860 1.2 Arkansas Pine Bluff 100 $25,830 1.2 California Bakersfield 890 $27,390 1.1 California Chico 330 $21,060 1.8 California El Centro 180 $28,030 1.3 California Fresno 940 $24,130 1 California Madera 230 $26,000 2.5California Merced 160 $30,200 1.1 California Modesto 340 $32,700 0.7 California Napa 210 $48,340 1.2 California Oakland 4,690 $32,870 1.5 California Oxnard 1,130 $27,370 1.3 California Redding 150 $26,940 0.8 California Riverside 3,510 $24,790 0.9 California Sacramento 2,730 $24,310 1 California San Diego 3,580 $28,810 0.9 California San Francisco 3,380 $36,050 1.1 California San Jose 4,140 $33,860 1.5 California San Luis Obispo 430 $28,660 1.6 California Santa Ana 3,940 $28,680 0.9 California Santa Barbara 370 $30,990 0.8 California Santa Cruz 520 $28,830 2.2California Santa Rosa 470 $30,610 0.9 California Stockton 870 $30,010 1.4 California Vallejo 380 $26,870 1.1 California Yuba City 270 $30,550 2.7Colorado Boulder 720 $27,750 1.6 Colorado Colorado Springs 820 $26,270 1.1 Colorado Denver 2,560 $26,020 0.7 Colorado Fort Collins 460 $28,730 1.4 Colorado Grand Junction 140 $22,640 0.9 Colorado Greeley 320 $23,230 1.6 Colorado Pueblo 110 $25,760 0.8 Connecticut Bridgeport 2,100 $31,580 1.6 Connecticut Hartford 2,330 $28,320 1.3 Connecticut Norwich 270 $32,010 0.8 Connecticut Waterbury 210 $29,560 1.1 Delaware Dover 190 $20,830 1.3 Delaware Wilmington 1,320 $25,080 1.4 District of Columbia Washington 8,830 $30,340 1.3 Florida Cape Coral 300 $28,780 0.5 Florida Deltona 170 $23,940 0.4 Florida Fort Lauderdale 1,780 $27,980 0.8 Florida Fort Walton Beach 250 $21,750 1.2 Florida Gainesville 570 $20,300 1.8 Florida Jacksonville 1,320 $23,090 0.7 Florida Lakeland 270 $27,020 0.5 Florida Miami 2,150 $27,500 0.7 Florida Naples 290 $26,150 0.9 Florida Ocala 310 $21,020 1.2 Florida Orlando 2,070 $26,700 0.7 Florida Palm Bay 480 $23,980 0.8 Florida Panama City 240 $21,510 1.3 Florida Pensacola 470 $21,970 1.1 Florida Port St Lucie 340 $23,810 1 Florida Sarasota 510 $28,520 0.7 Florida Sebastian 130 $23,970 1 Florida Tallahassee 430 $26,020 0.9 Florida Tampa 2,970 $26,170 0.8 Florida West Palm Beach 1,690 $24,280 1.1 Georgia Albany 350 $24,570 2.2Georgia Athens 350 $17,750 1.7 Georgia Atlanta 10,490 $22,160 1.5 Georgia Augusta 550 $29,110 0.9 Georgia Brunswick 210 $26,020 1.9 Georgia Columbus 740 $17,850 2.4Georgia Dalton 110 $25,510 0.5 Georgia Gainesville 180 $20,590 1 Georgia Macon 500 $22,680 1.8 Georgia Savannah 450 $22,870 1.1 Georgia Warner Robins 220 $25,480 1.7 Hawaii Honolulu 1,820 $28,880 1.4 Idaho Coeur Dalene 90 $17,400 0.6 Idaho Idaho Falls 120 $20,220 1 Idaho Lewiston 80 $19,830 1.5 Illinois Bloomington 300 $23,970 1.6 Illinois Champaign 260 $26,320 1 Illinois Chicago 8,300 $28,720 0.7 Illinois Danville 80 $25,660 1.3 Illinois Decatur 240 $21,800 2 Illinois Peoria 410 $28,440 0.8 Illinois Rockford 300 $21,550 0.7 Illinois Springfield 150 $24,750 0.5 Indiana Anderson 30 $16,840 0.3 Indiana Bloomington 170 $19,740 0.9 Indiana Elkhart 100 $21,390 0.3 Indiana Evansville 450 $21,590 0.9 Indiana Fort Wayne 630 $22,620 1 Indiana Gary 1,150 $32,310 1.4 Indiana Indianapolis 1,590 $23,800 0.6 Indiana Kokomo 70 $26,110 0.8 Indiana Lafayette 110 $23,050 0.5 Indiana Michigan City 80 $27,670 0.7 Indiana Muncie 200 $18,170 1.7 Indiana South Bend 350 $28,320 0.9 Indiana Terre Haute 100 $27,790 0.5 Iowa Ames 140 $19,290 1.5 Iowa Cedar Rapids 410 $21,720 1.1 Iowa Davenport 500 $23,550 0.9 Iowa Des Moines 1,030 $24,640 1.1 Iowa Dubuque 130 $20,930 1 Iowa Waterloo 200 $26,590 0.9 Kansas Lawrence 100 $29,500 0.9 Kansas Topeka 250 $29,990 0.8 Kansas Wichita 490 $26,280 0.5 Kentucky Bowling Green 130 $22,700 0.9 Kentucky Lexington 790 $23,540 1.1 Kentucky Louisville 970 $26,730 0.5 Kentucky Owensboro 40 $43,940 0.3 Louisiana Alexandria 260 $18,780 1.6 Louisiana Baton Rouge 1,000 $18,310 0.9 Louisiana Lafayette 510 $18,000 1.2 Louisiana Lake Charles 170 $20,240 0.7 Louisiana Monroe 100 $19,000 0.5 Louisiana New Orleans 790 $24,100 0.5 Louisiana Shreveport 200 $18,620 0.4 Maine Bangor 110 $25,740 0.6 Maine Lewiston 170 $26,950 1.3 Maine Portland 480 $26,390 0.8 Maryland Baltimore 4,080 $29,290 1 Maryland Bethesda 2,090 $29,360 1.2 Maryland Cumberland 80 $29,730 0.9 Maryland Hagerstown 220 $24,740 0.8 Maryland Salisbury 180 $26,440 1.3 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 480 $31,940 1.7 Massachusetts Boston 6,970 $32,100 1.3 Massachusetts Brockton 450 $31,500 1.8 Massachusetts Framingham 680 $35,190 1.5 Massachusetts Haverhill 450 $27,610 2.1Massachusetts Lawrence 250 $31,170 1.7 Massachusetts Leominster 140 $24,410 1.1 Massachusetts Lowell 760 $26,950 2.2Massachusetts New Bedford 420 $22,790 2.4Massachusetts Pittsfield 200 $28,210 2.4Massachusetts Springfield 1,140 $28,820 1.3 Massachusetts Worcester 670 $33,550 0.9 Michigan Ann Arbor 340 $28,000 0.7 Michigan Battle Creek 170 $24,900 1.3 Michigan Bay City 50 $37,640 0.6 Michigan Detroit 1,270 $33,950 0.6 Michigan Flint 510 $28,550 1.3 Michigan Grand Rapids 620 $33,920 0.6 Michigan Holland 270 $23,790 1 Michigan Jackson 120 $28,800 0.9 Michigan Kalamazoo 130 $30,640 0.3 Michigan Lansing 380 $29,080 0.7 Michigan Monroe 100 $25,530 1 Michigan Muskegon 80 $38,160 0.5 Michigan Niles 100 $30,900 0.6 Michigan Saginaw 110 $25,080 0.5 Michigan Warren 2,030 $34,060 0.6 Minnesota Duluth 460 $29,320 1.3 Minnesota Minneapolis 5,180 $30,370 1 Minnesota Rochester 250 $29,990 1 Minnesota St Cloud 260 $25,630 0.9 Mississippi Gulfport 180 $18,380 0.6 Mississippi Hattiesburg 130 $20,760 0.9 Mississippi Jackson 520 $24,550 0.7 Mississippi Pascagoula 120 $23,980 1 Missouri Columbia 380 $20,820 1.7 Missouri Jefferson City 250 $22,320 1.4 Missouri Joplin 200 $22,960 0.9 Missouri Kansas City 2,320 $25,490 0.7 Missouri Springfield 310 $21,610 0.5 Missouri St Joseph 130 $19,200 1 Missouri St Louis 3,400 $26,130 0.8 Montana Billings 80 $23,170 0.4 Montana Missoula 240 $23,860 1.8 Nebraska Lincoln 370 $22,920 0.8 Nebraska Omaha 1,190 $24,010 0.9 Nevada Las Vegas 2,460 $23,890 0.9 Nevada Reno 320 $25,260 0.5 New Hampshire Manchester 530 $25,150 1.8 New Hampshire Nashua 780 $27,100 2 New Hampshire Portsmouth 110 $27,950 0.7 New Hampshire Rochester 400 $26,570 2.7New Jersey Atlantic City 240 $31,960 0.6 New Jersey Camden 1,630 $29,680 1 New Jersey Edison 3,630 $29,870 1.2 New Jersey Newark 3,340 $38,830 1.1 New Jersey Ocean City 50 $40,790 0.5 New Jersey Trenton 1,040 $32,130 1.7 New Jersey Vineland 170 $48,920 1.1 New Mexico Albuquerque 1,300 $21,950 1.1 New Mexico Farmington 180 $19,780 1.3 New Mexico Santa Fe 140 $31,670 0.8 New York Albany 1,160 $24,560 0.9 New York Binghamton 340 $28,140 1.1 New York Buffalo 1,900 $26,540 1.2 New York Elmira 110 $26,940 1.2 New York Glens Falls 180 $22,620 1.3 New York Ithaca 100 $25,410 0.9 New York Kingston 170 $28,450 1.1 New York Nassau 4,330 $31,810 1.1 New York New York 16,760 $35,260 1.1 New York Poughkeepsie 970 $30,170 1.4 New York Rochester 1,850 $25,600 1.2 New York Syracuse 920 $23,840 1 New York Utica 430 $26,320 1.2 North Carolina Asheville 570 $23,100 1.1 North Carolina Burlington 300 $20,710 1.9 North Carolina Charlotte 4,610 $22,070 1.7 North Carolina Durham 1,350 $24,770 1.7 North Carolina Fayetteville 810 $17,890 2.4North Carolina Goldsboro 230 $22,410 2.4North Carolina Greensboro 1,070 $21,890 1 North Carolina Greenville 630 $20,530 3.3North Carolina Hickory 490 $22,470 1.1 North Carolina Jacksonville 220 $18,890 2.1North Carolina Raleigh 3,810 $22,410 2.5North Carolina Rocky Mount 230 $19,390 1.5 North Carolina Wilmington 680 $19,420 1.7 North Carolina Winston Salem 360 $23,010 0.6 North Dakota Fargo 360 $25,100 1.1 North Dakota Grand Forks 80 $28,990 0.6 Ohio Akron 1,390 $22,350 1.4 Ohio Canton 380 $21,510 0.8 Ohio Cincinnati 3,500 $22,850 1.1 Ohio Cleveland 4,180 $22,290 1.3 Ohio Columbus 3,280 $22,460 1.2 Ohio Dayton 1,190 $23,020 1 Ohio Lima 80 $20,170 0.6 Ohio Mansfield 60 $27,980 0.4 Ohio Sandusky 50 $25,540 0.6 Ohio Springfield 200 $23,050 1.6 Ohio Toledo 1,150 $21,850 1.3 Ohio Youngstown 580 $19,530 0.9 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 1,770 $26,230 1 Oklahoma Tulsa 1,150 $21,230 0.9 Oregon Bend 300 $23,360 1.6 Oregon Corvallis 110 $21,030 1.4 Oregon Eugene 610 $24,450 1.4 Oregon Medford 250 $22,560 1.1 Oregon Portland 3,520 $25,490 1.1 Oregon Salem 580 $26,710 1.4 Pennsylvania Allentown 1,020 $24,360 1 Pennsylvania Altoona 90 $19,990 0.6 Pennsylvania Erie 430 $22,430 1.2 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 670 $21,370 0.7 Pennsylvania Johnstown 210 $26,330 1.4 Pennsylvania Lancaster 520 $24,420 0.8 Pennsylvania Lebanon 170 $23,700 1.4 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 5,370 $25,580 0.9 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 2,270 $22,370 0.7 Pennsylvania Reading 320 $26,970 0.7 Pennsylvania Scranton 760 $25,190 1 Pennsylvania State College 200 $21,380 1.4 Pennsylvania York 480 $22,350 0.9 Rhode Island Providence 2,170 $27,160 1.3 South Carolina Anderson 40 $32,280 0.3 South Carolina Charleston 670 $25,440 0.8 South Carolina Columbia 210 $24,640 0.2 South Carolina Florence 80 $26,420 0.3 South Carolina Greenville 470 $19,150 0.5 South Carolina Spartanburg 230 $31,650 0.7 South Dakota Rapid City 100 $28,640 0.6 South Dakota Sioux Falls 260 $26,530 0.7 Tennessee Chattanooga 990 $24,930 1.5 Tennessee Clarksville 420 $18,440 2.1Tennessee Cleveland 110 $25,620 1.2 Tennessee Jackson 150 $21,670 1 Tennessee Kingsport 500 $19,300 1.6 Tennessee Knoxville 900 $21,930 0.9 Tennessee Memphis 1,570 $17,800 0.8 Tennessee Morristown 180 $26,290 1.5 Tennessee Nashville 2,360 $24,600 1 Texas Abilene 210 $21,330 1.3 Texas Amarillo 440 $20,560 1.6 Texas Austin 2,640 $22,770 1.2 Texas Brownsville 640 $34,490 1.8 Texas College Station 370 $20,630 1.8 Texas Corpus Christi 570 $22,780 1.1 Texas Dallas 7,000 $23,780 1.1 Texas El Paso 1,050 $26,040 1.4 Texas Fort Worth 2,770 $23,870 1.1 Texas Houston 9,600 $22,130 1.2 Texas Killeen 540 $27,940 1.6 Texas Laredo 320 $30,840 1.4 Texas Longview 350 $20,970 1.4 Texas Lubbock 420 $20,220 1.2 Texas Mcallen 550 $31,280 0.9 Texas Midland 180 $22,520 1 Texas Odessa 270 $25,110 1.8 Texas San Angelo 110 $20,270 1.1 Texas San Antonio 2,710 $23,230 1.1 Texas Sherman 60 $36,470 0.6 Texas Texarkana 140 $20,400 1 Texas Tyler 390 $18,870 1.6 Texas Waco 270 $22,970 1 Texas Wichita Falls 150 $22,840 1 Utah Logan 60 $21,810 0.5 Utah Ogden 260 $25,060 0.5 Utah Provo 350 $20,590 0.7 Vermont Burlington 250 $27,080 0.8 Virginia Blacksburg 130 $24,000 0.8 Virginia Charlottesville 230 $29,770 0.9 Virginia Danville 30 $31,060 0.3 Virginia Harrisonburg 190 $19,480 1.3 Virginia Lynchburg 220 $32,680 0.8 Virginia Richmond 2,000 $24,280 1.1 Virginia Roanoke 470 $28,860 1 Virginia Virginia Beach 2,360 $24,040 1 Virginia Winchester 130 $33,320 1 Washington Bellingham 100 $26,080 0.5 Washington Bremerton 70 $31,100 0.3 Washington Kennewick 80 $26,840 0.3 Washington Longview 120 $23,860 1.5 Washington Mount Vernon 100 $25,010 0.9 Washington Olympia 300 $25,710 1.2 Washington Seattle 2,840 $28,860 0.7 Washington Spokane 240 $28,360 0.4 Washington Tacoma 670 $24,120 0.8 Washington Wenatchee 40 $25,720 0.4 Washington Yakima 270 $25,730 1.2 West Virginia Charleston 160 $25,080 0.4 West Virginia Huntington 210 $25,140 0.7 West Virginia Morgantown 160 $27,540 1.3 West Virginia Weirton 90 $32,830 0.8 West Virginia Wheeling 160 $21,380 0.9 Wisconsin Appleton 420 $23,330 1.3 Wisconsin Eau Claire 280 $19,470 1.3 Wisconsin Green Bay 440 $22,880 0.9 Wisconsin La Crosse 200 $21,570 1.1 Wisconsin Madison 1,160 $23,750 1.2 Wisconsin Milwaukee 3,830 $22,310 1.5 Wisconsin Oshkosh 230 $19,870 1 Wisconsin Racine 370 $21,700 1.8 Wisconsin Sheboygan 140 $26,740 0.9 Wisconsin Wausau 210 $23,090 1.2 Wyoming Casper 80 $24,020 0.8 Wyoming Cheyenne 150 $20,840 1.4
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