Education & Library

Kindergarten Teachers

SOC 25-2012

Guide five-year-olds through their first real year of school.

Median pay

$63k

$52k to $80k typical range

Outlook

Declining

13k openings / yr

Education

Bachelor's plus license

AI exposure

45%

modeled estimate · 68th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

48/100

Key skills

Active Listening
Speaking
Learning Strategies
Monitoring
Reading Comprehension
Writing

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How we model AI exposure.