Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education Career, Salary and Skills
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $62,680 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 108,870. Wage data is published for 345 locations.
Occupation description
Teach academic and social skills to kindergarten students.
O*NET code
25-2012.00
Job zone
4
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
None
National salary and employment
Median annual
$62,680
Hourly median
Not published
Employment
108,870
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
$46,990
10th
$52,180
25th
$62,680
Median
$79,910
75th
$101,830
90th
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Instructing | 4.12 | 3.25 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 4.12 | 4.00 |
| Monitoring | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Active Listening | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Speaking | 4.00 | 3.25 |
| Learning Strategies | 4.00 | 3.88 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.88 | 3.75 |
| Coordination | 3.88 | 3.38 |
| Time Management | 3.75 | 3.25 |
| Service Orientation | 3.62 | 3.12 |
Typical tasks
- 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.
- Guide and counsel students with adjustment or academic problems or special academic interests.
- Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
- Read books to entire classes or to small groups.
Technology
- Bloomz
- Children's educational software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- Padlet
- Seesaw
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education Salary in FLMedian $58,100 · Employment 8,810
- Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education Salary in New York, NYMedian $77,400 · Employment 8,180
- Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education Salary in CAMedian $82,550 · Employment 7,430
- Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education Salary in NYMedian $77,630 · Employment 6,950
- Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education Salary in NJMedian $74,210 · Employment 5,370
- Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education Salary in WAMedian $99,960 · Employment 5,270
- Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education Salary in ILMedian $64,020 · Employment 4,660
- Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education Salary in GAMedian $65,680 · Employment 4,530
- Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education Salary in PRMedian $61,760 · Employment 4,120
- Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education Salary in TXMedian $63,780 · Employment 3,820
- Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education Salary in VAMedian $63,920 · Employment 3,740
- Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education Salary in LAMedian $53,130 · Employment 3,730
Related careers
- Substitute Teachers, Short-TermNational median $41,670
- School PsychologistsNational median $95,990
- Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and DaycareNational median $59,300
- Self-Enrichment TeachersNational median $46,800
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle SchoolNational median $65,030
- Instructional CoordinatorsNational median $77,440
- Education Teachers, PostsecondaryNational median $75,350
- Teaching Assistants, Special EducationNational median not published
Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.