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Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education

Occupation · SOC 2018 25-2012 · United States

SOC 2018 code
25-2012
Share of U.S. applications
0.03%
Applications on record
3,852
FY2025
213
Median offered wage
$57,670
Certified (last three years)
97.8%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$57,670certified 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 Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education (SOC 25-2012). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education

163326FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
163326FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200828
FY200990
FY2010315
FY2011298
FY2012326
FY2013253
FY2014310
FY2015222
FY2016240
FY2017210
FY2018185
FY2019170
FY2020109
FY2021124
FY2022126
FY2023222
FY2024234
FY2025213
FY2026*177
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*14037
FY202518330
FY202420925
FY202319131
FY20221206
FY202110123
FY20209019
FY201914525
FY201813550
FY201717337
FY201619545
FY201520319
FY201426545
FY201321835
FY201229036
FY201126236
FY201028332
FY20096426
FY2008028
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. Milwaukee Board of School Directors103
  2. Fort Worth Independent School District100
  3. Guidepost A LLC85
  4. Leport Educational Institute, Inc.71
  5. Montessori West, Inc.50
  6. New York City Department of Education46
  7. Pacific Rim International School37
  8. Appleseed Montessori School36
  9. Prince George's County Public Schools30
  10. Koguma Youchien, Inc.29
  11. Dayton Independent School District29
  12. Avenues New York LLC24
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).

Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
CA1,203
TX442
NY283
MD143
AZ141
WI131
WA130
NC125
IL114
FL100
NJ94
GA90
DC83
MA77
NM70
VA64
LA63
CO51
MI47
SC40
MN36
OR28
SD25
OK25
UT24
MO21
AK20
OH19
CT16
GU14
PA14
IA11
PR10
KS10
HI9
IN9
NE8
DE8
TN8
KY7
MP7
AR6
ME6
WY5
ND4
MT3
NV3
MS2
NH1
ID1
VT1
Metropolitan areas
  1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA497
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ369
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA301
  4. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA272
  5. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV230
  6. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX204
  7. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX149
  8. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA128
  9. Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI123
  10. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN111
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 $57,670; middle half $51,889 to $65,000 · median prevailing wage $51,880 (marker) · 513 applications.

$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I347
  2. Level II83
  3. Level III22
  4. Level IV24
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Kindergarten Teacher1,044
  2. Teacher370
  3. Montessori Teacher230
  4. Lead Teacher70
  5. Bilingual Kindergarten Teacher68
  6. Kindergarten Bilingual Teacher52
  7. Public School Teacher49
  8. Music Teacher44
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.

  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
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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