Salary by Metro

SOC 25-2011 · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations

Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education wages by metro

National median annual wage

$38,140

10th percentile
$28,990
25th percentile
$34,530
Median
$38,140
75th percentile
$47,550
90th percentile
$61,390
Mean
$43,030

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

National employment in May 2025: 478,780.

That median is 25.2% lower than the all-occupations national median of $50,980.

The metro and state figures below are the same May 2025 release. A blank wage means BLS did not publish it. See when a wage is not published.

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Asparagus pickers in the Maneadero valley, Baja California. Photograph by Tomas Castelazo. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Highest published medians

Metros with the highest published annual medians for Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education.
OccupationEmployment10thMedian90th
Vineland, NJ330$36,430$63,340$85,790
Albany, GA400$27,760$62,680$98,480
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ460$36,710$59,320$96,700
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA100$28,600$58,000$99,960
Fairbanks-College, AK60$35,170$57,680$63,550
Visalia, CA430$37,080$56,930$75,100
Kahului-Wailuku, HI160$37,860$55,340$74,960
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA10,280$45,960$53,810$71,800
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA140$22,560$51,310$61,690
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA3,570$45,460$51,190$72,900
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ28,140$37,130$50,230$78,740
Hinesville, GA150$28,640$49,690$102,130
Modesto, CA640$37,830$49,500$77,400
Manhattan, KS70$34,060$49,160$59,940
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT1,500$37,540$48,820$81,130
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA180$37,060$48,510$60,940
Urban Honolulu, HI1,070$36,440$48,410$61,200
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA630$38,430$48,130$64,040
Merced, CA290$37,000$48,120$71,020
Wichita, KS290$26,960$47,920$66,120

Where employment is largest

Metros with the most Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education jobs in the May 2025 tables.
OccupationEmployment10thMedian90th
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ28,140$37,130$50,230$78,740
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA18,430$37,670$46,600$61,670
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN17,180$36,650$43,050$61,120
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD15,260$30,350$36,750$59,280
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH14,500$36,360$46,030$59,340
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV11,910$35,430$44,660$77,650
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL11,650$29,110$36,380$47,050
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX11,100$26,430$35,190$47,850
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX11,000$28,280$33,860$55,540
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA10,630$28,160$39,870$75,700
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA10,280$45,960$53,810$71,800
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA8,590$40,840$46,380$60,620
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI7,650$36,080$43,960$61,190
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ6,880$33,850$36,500$48,770
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL5,150$29,960$36,270$50,380
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA5,130$38,140$44,940$60,420
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL5,120$30,220$35,540$45,190
Columbus, OH4,890$27,610$35,370$43,990
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD4,610$35,540$39,280$67,510
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC4,570$29,930$36,480$48,560

States and territories

State estimates for Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education, May 2025.
OccupationEmployment10thMedian90th
District of Columbia2,350$40,240$62,150$108,270
Vermont940$36,650$49,730$66,020
Hawaii1,410$37,160$48,780$64,110
New Jersey16,190$37,020$48,220$86,910
Kansas1,330$27,850$47,750$61,790
California55,700$37,870$47,400$65,350
Nebraska1,630$31,620$47,040$73,620
New York23,870$36,050$46,520$75,660
Alaska520$35,090$46,130$76,950
Massachusetts18,710$35,890$45,890$60,440
Connecticut5,230$35,460$45,740$80,400
Washington13,210$38,080$45,660$60,130
Colorado5,210$35,820$45,500$84,700
Oregon6,300$35,680$45,140$63,550
Virgin Islands100$22,540$44,790$55,160
Maryland8,020$35,760$44,600$67,510
South Dakota1,470$30,980$44,500$56,370
New Mexico2,490$32,270$44,070$79,560
Georgia16,850$28,150$43,920$77,130
Maine1,110$36,170$43,890$60,110
Minnesota10,320$36,060$43,430$61,190
Illinois22,420$36,030$40,910$60,890
North Dakota540$25,990$39,720$59,560
New Hampshire2,220$34,670$39,350$51,470
Nevada2,360$30,100$38,870$64,590
Louisiana3,570$23,700$38,020$59,970
Virginia13,570$30,290$37,140$60,710
Michigan10,950$30,310$37,110$50,720
Rhode Island1,890$31,200$36,830$46,180
Indiana7,110$28,720$36,650$50,920
Montana960$28,370$36,540$49,550
Delaware2,000$31,200$36,360$44,270
Arizona9,400$31,760$36,300$47,790
Mississippi3,600$20,980$36,250$53,370
Wisconsin11,330$28,530$36,160$46,090
Missouri5,580$29,030$36,090$54,610
Pennsylvania22,760$29,590$36,050$46,460
Florida35,740$29,550$35,860$46,980
North Carolina18,370$28,700$35,710$47,530
Ohio19,840$27,260$35,180$48,240
Utah3,670$28,770$35,010$47,300
South Carolina4,550$26,820$34,500$49,900
Tennessee5,420$27,160$34,280$64,480
Arkansas3,270$27,190$34,190$56,690
Texas41,200$26,430$33,860$49,680
Iowa5,910$27,730$33,830$48,390
Idaho1,010$26,500$32,800$46,950
West Virginia2,190$23,520$32,480$58,810
Puerto Rico2,960$22,450$32,120$44,580
Oklahoma7,010$23,100$31,790$58,130
Wyoming1,040$23,600$29,930$58,880
Kentucky8,520$23,490$29,780$51,760
Alabama7,910$21,150$28,310$47,350
Guam160$20,830$22,120$37,700

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Questions this page answers

What is the national median wage for Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, the national median annual wage for Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education is $38,140. Employment is 478,780.

How does Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education pay compare with all occupations?

The national median for Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education is 25.2% lower than the all-occupations median of $50,980.

Which metro has the highest published median for Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education?

Among metros with a published annual median in the May 2025 tables, Vineland, NJ is highest on this page's list at $63,340.