Preschool & kindergarten teachers

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2024 Workforce
820k
Average Age
39.7
Average Salary
$36,848
Average Male Salary
$40,428
Average Female Salary
$36,749

Employment

Employment and salary information for the Preschool & kindergarten teachers workforce. Preschool & kindergarten teachers workforce in 2024 was 820,234 people, of which 97.3% were women and 2.7% were men.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
22,110
Male Workforce
± 3.65k
798,124
Female Workforce
± 21.9k

The Preschool & kindergarten teachers workforce in 2024 was 820,234 people (97.3% women and 2.7% men). This implies an average annual growth of 46.5% between 2014 (559,871) and 2024 (820,234).

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Employment by Location

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During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Wyoming ($57,972), District of Columbia ($55,105), and New York ($51,562).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$36,848
AVERAGE WAGE
#422 in the ranking (2014)
$69,878
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2024, Preschool & kindergarten teachers earned an average of $36,848, $33,030 less than the average national salary of $69,878

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.377
WAGE GINI

In 2024, Preschool & kindergarten teachers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.377, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Preschool & kindergarten teachers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Preschool & kindergarten teachers and on wages for those in the field. Child day care services is the industry that employs the most Preschool & kindergarten teachers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Preschool & kindergarten teachers, by average wage, is Elementary & secondary schools ($53,884).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
820k
2024 Workforce
± 22,176
0.317%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 3.81%

This graphic shows the share of Preschool & kindergarten teachers employed by various industries. Child day care services employs the largest share of Preschool & kindergarten teachers at 66.7%, followed by Elementary & secondary schools with 31.9% and Individual & family services with 0.707%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Preschool & kindergarten teachers in the US. The workforce of Preschool & kindergarten teachers in 2024 was 820,234 people, with 97.3% woman, and 2.7% men. The average age of male Preschool & kindergarten teachers in the workforce is 36.3 and of female Preschool & kindergarten teachers is 39.8, and the most common race/ethnicity for Preschool & kindergarten teachers is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Preschool & kindergarten teachers in 2024 was 820,234 people, with 97.3% woman, and 2.7% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (114,087 people), 20 to 24 years (107,370  people), and 30 to 34 years (103,776 people). Among them they concentrated 39.7% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

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In 2024, 16.9% of Preschool & kindergarten teachers workers were Hispanic and 83.1% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (52.7%), Puerto Rican (12.9)%, and Cuban (4.69)%

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Races

In 2024, 65% of the Preschool & kindergarten teachers workforce were White, of which 97.5% were women and 2.5% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (13.2%) and Two or More Races (10.9%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Preschool & kindergarten teachers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Preschool & kindergarten teachers is Education but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Human Sciences.

Among the necessary skills for Preschool & kindergarten teachers, Learning Strategies stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Preschool & kindergarten teachers need more than the average amount of Learning Strategies.

Majors

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Type of Majors
Degree

The most common majors achieved by Preschool & kindergarten teachers in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Education (207,567 people), Psychology (28,147 people), and Business (27,898 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Preschool & kindergarten teachers workers were Bachelors Degree (270,291 people), Some college (165,437 people), and Graduate Degree (141,015 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Preschool & kindergarten teachers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Preschool & kindergarten teachers need many skills, but most especially Learning Strategies, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination.

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