Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019
25-2052 Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School
This occupation includes the 2018 SOC occupations 25-2055 Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and 25-2056 Special Education Teachers, Elementary School and the 2010 SOC occupation 25-2052 Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School.
National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Mean wage
RSE (3) |
| 193,830 |
1.3 % |
(4) |
$64,420 |
1.2 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$40,560 |
$48,800 |
$60,460 |
$77,420 |
$97,210 |
(4)
Industry profile for this occupation:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
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Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
Top paying industries for this occupation:
Geographic profile for this occupation:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
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States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York |
20,500 |
2.15 |
1.63 |
(4) |
$81,660 |
| Texas |
15,600 |
1.25 |
0.95 |
(4) |
$57,360 |
| California |
15,320 |
0.88 |
0.67 |
(4) |
$78,440 |
| New Jersey |
11,810 |
2.89 |
2.19 |
(4) |
$71,410 |
| Illinois |
11,090 |
1.84 |
1.39 |
(4) |
$65,060 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Delaware |
1,450 |
3.20 |
2.42 |
(4) |
$59,780 |
| New Jersey |
11,810 |
2.89 |
2.19 |
(4) |
$71,410 |
| Hawaii |
1,690 |
2.66 |
2.01 |
(4) |
$55,310 |
| Kentucky |
4,570 |
2.41 |
1.83 |
(4) |
$52,660 |
| Louisiana |
4,480 |
2.33 |
1.76 |
(4) |
$50,120 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
22,710 |
2.35 |
1.78 |
(4) |
$82,190 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
8,890 |
1.90 |
1.44 |
(4) |
$67,020 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
4,940 |
1.72 |
1.30 |
(4) |
$67,410 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
4,420 |
1.39 |
1.05 |
(4) |
$77,490 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
4,380 |
1.57 |
1.19 |
(4) |
$77,060 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
4,300 |
1.18 |
0.89 |
(4) |
$58,710 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
4,300 |
0.69 |
0.52 |
(4) |
$82,320 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
3,740 |
1.22 |
0.93 |
(4) |
$60,120 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
3,130 |
1.14 |
0.87 |
(4) |
$63,070 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
2,640 |
1.72 |
1.30 |
(4) |
$81,260 |
United States Department of Labor
