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Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education

Occupation · SOC 2018 25-2021 · United States

SOC 2018 code
25-2021
Share of U.S. applications
0.28%
Applications on record
34,509
FY2025
3,004
Median offered wage
$60,000
Certified (last three years)
98.5%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$60,000certified 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 Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education (SOC 25-2021). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education

1,5023,004FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
1,5023,004FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008264
FY2009741
FY20102,680
FY20112,336
FY20122,017
FY20131,814
FY20141,871
FY20151,811
FY20161,623
FY20171,420
FY20181,467
FY20191,367
FY20201,346
FY20211,435
FY20221,966
FY20232,267
FY20242,857
FY20253,004
FY2026*2,223
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*201,780441
FY2025712,572424
FY2024812,534314
FY2023302,033231
FY2022501,705256
FY20211301,219203
FY2020701,138201
FY20191101,150206
FY2018001,205262
FY2017001,137283
FY2016001,325298
FY2015011,395415
FY2014011,424446
FY2013011,602211
FY2012001,686331
FY2011001,883453
FY2010002,153527
FY200900537204
FY2008000264
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. Dallas Independent School District4,403
  2. Savannah Chatham County Public School System864
  3. Denver Public Schools District 1814
  4. Houston Independent School District679
  5. Alief Independent School District578
  6. Garland Independent School District358
  7. Prince George's County Public Schools341
  8. Austin Independent School District298
  9. Bryan Independent School District293
  10. Fort Worth Independent School District276
  11. Mesquite Independent School District258
  12. New York City Department of Education256
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).

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education: applications by worksite state

2+48+108+319+803+
2+48+108+319+803+
Data table
StateApplications
TX11,840
CA2,496
NC2,336
GA1,452
AZ1,379
CO1,269
NY1,167
UT1,145
LA897
SC892
MD807
MN803
DC706
IL701
NM653
FL605
VA480
AK372
MI349
WI343
NJ334
MA333
SD319
MO293
OH246
DE220
WA178
OR174
OK158
KS132
PA128
MP114
IN108
NE108
GU107
MS99
ND85
VI77
IA76
CT65
KY61
TN61
NV50
MT50
ID48
WY41
AR27
RI25
AL23
ME22
HI21
WV10
PR5
NH5
VT2
Metropolitan areas
  1. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX5,819
  2. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX3,510
  3. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,400
  4. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV1,337
  5. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO1,048
  6. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA935
  7. Savannah, GA867
  8. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA790
  9. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ702
  10. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI701
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 $60,000; middle half $51,889 to $69,000 · median prevailing wage $53,570 (marker) · 6,693 applications.

$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I2,810
  2. Level II1,725
  3. Level III332
  4. Level IV333
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Elementary Bilingual Teacher4,769
  2. Elementary School Teacher4,316
  3. Teacher2,444
  4. Elementary Teacher1,770
  5. Bilingual Elementary Teacher1,583
  6. Bilingual Teacher898
  7. Public School Teacher491
  8. Bilingual Elementary School Teacher358
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.

  • Albuquerque, NM
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • College Station-Bryan, TX
  • Columbia, SC
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
  • Dover, DE
  • Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
  • Fayetteville, NC
  • Florence, SC
  • Goldsboro, NC
  • Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
  • Grants, NM
  • Greensboro-High Point, NC
  • Harrisonburg, VA
  • Henderson, NC
  • Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Kansas City, MO-KS
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Macon-Bibb County, GA
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • New Orleans-Metairie, LA
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Ogden, UT
  • Oklahoma City, OK
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
  • Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
  • Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT
  • Raleigh-Cary, NC
  • Roanoke Rapids, NC
  • Rocky Mount, NC
  • Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Savannah, GA
  • Sioux Falls, SD-MN
  • St. George, UT
  • Tucson, AZ
  • Tyler, TX
  • Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
  • Wilson, NC
  • Winston-Salem, NC
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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