Headline risk
2%
Very Low RiskKindergarten teachers, except special education
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Weighted task overlap from O*NET
Median annual from BLS OEWS
BLS employment projections
O*NET job zone level
Occupation profile
Teach academic and social skills to kindergarten students.
Task evidence
99% weighted task match · 12% effective coverage
Method contract
structural_pressure = exposure × (1 - bottleneck)
headline_risk = structural_pressure × (1 - country_demand_resilience)
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 61,430
Employment 2024
117.2K
Projected Change
-1.6%
Openings
12.8K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Overall employment of kindergarten and elementary school teachers is projected to grow 2 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students. AI 0%
- 2. Instruct students individually and in groups, adapting teaching methods to meet students' varying needs and interests. AI 0%
- 3. Prepare children for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks. AI 0%
- 4. Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills. AI 0%
- 5. Demonstrate activities to children. AI 0%
- 6. Read books to entire classes or to small groups. AI 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 43.4 · 349K employed
Under 25: 7% · 25–54: 75% · 55+: 18%
Related
No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
crosswalk_exact · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Kindergarten and elementary school teachers instruct young students in basic subjects in order to prepare them for future schooling.
Kindergarten and elementary school teachers work in public and private schools. They generally work during school hours when students are present and use nights and weekends to prepare lessons and grade papers. Most kindergarten and elementary school teachers do not work during the summer.
Kindergarten and elementary school teachers usually must have at least a bachelor’s degree. In addition, public school teachers must have a state-issued certification or license.
The median annual wage for elementary school teachers, except special education was $62,340 in May 2024.
Overall employment of kindergarten and elementary school teachers is projected to grow 2 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.