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Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

Occupation · SOC 2018 25-2011 · United States

SOC 2018 code
25-2011
Share of U.S. applications
0.04%
Applications on record
4,780
FY2025
307
Median offered wage
$49,000
Certified (last three years)
94.0%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$49,000certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education (SOC 25-2011). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

295589FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
295589FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200898
FY2009191
FY2010589
FY2011537
FY2012449
FY2013300
FY2014288
FY2015218
FY2016274
FY2017196
FY2018201
FY2019147
FY2020122
FY2021108
FY2022143
FY2023208
FY2024240
FY2025307
FY2026*164
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*0011648
FY20250221689
FY20240316572
FY20230214759
FY20221010537
FY2021116541
FY2020207149
FY20191010739
FY20180013962
FY20170114154
FY20160119479
FY20150117146
FY20140125532
FY20130125940
FY20120339155
FY201101429107
FY201000474115
FY20090013259
FY200800098
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Su Escuela Language Academy LLC271
  2. New York City Department of Education90
  3. Children's Hut LLC78
  4. Language In Motion Inc67
  5. Young Learners School66
  6. Arkansas Early Learning, Inc.56
  7. Prince George's County Public Schools54
  8. Leaders in Education Inc., D/b/a Young Learners School51
  9. Avenues New York LLC43
  10. Three Affiliated Tribes Head Start37
  11. Love and Care Child Development Center34
  12. Leport Educational Institute, Inc.27
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education: applications by worksite state

1+3+9+31+82+
1+3+9+31+82+
Data table
StateApplications
NY922
CA703
MA598
DC377
TX354
MD289
FL218
VA190
NJ165
IL142
WA82
GA75
AR72
MN72
NC55
PA47
ND42
CO41
CT41
OK35
MI31
AZ31
NM23
OR19
WI16
TN14
MP13
MO12
AK12
OH11
UT9
SC9
LA8
AL7
NE6
KS5
HI4
ID4
PR4
RI3
IN3
DE2
IA2
VT2
NH2
KY2
MT1
NV1
ME1
SD1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,042
  2. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV748
  3. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH579
  4. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA290
  5. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX246
  6. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA228
  7. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL147
  8. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN138
  9. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA71
  10. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI68
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $49,000; middle half $41,900 to $56,935 · median prevailing wage $37,544 (marker) · 452 applications.

$20k$35k$50k$65k$80k
$20k$35k$50k$65k$80k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I238
  2. Level II90
  3. Level III64
  4. Level IV69
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Preschool Teacher636
  2. Teacher294
  3. Lead Teacher228
  4. Spanish Preschool Teacher172
  5. Group Teacher136
  6. Montessori Teacher113
  7. Bilingual Teacher86
  8. Head Teacher82
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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