Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
Education, Training, and Library · SOC 25-2012
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 25-2012 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 0.0%
- Low · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 57/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $62,680
- H-1B offered wage $58,230; LCAs are filings.
- Projected openings
- 14,300
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change -1.6%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 172
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 18,754 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
Transition context
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
AI Exposure Analysis
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
AI could do ~23.3% of this role but only ~0% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.
Top Skills
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
Teach academic and social skills to kindergarten students.
Common titles: Bilingual Kindergarten Teacher, Classroom Teacher, Educator, Instructor, Kinder Teacher, Kindergarten Classroom Teacher
Representative Tasks
- •Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
- •Prepare children for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
- •Instruct students individually and in groups, adapting teaching methods to meet students' varying needs and interests.
- •Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
- •Demonstrate activities to children.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Establish rules or policies governing student behavior.
- •Encourage students.
- •Modify teaching methods or materials to accommodate student needs.
- •Teach life skills.
- •Apply multiple teaching methods.
Tools & Technologies
Related Occupations
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 0.0% | 17.9% |
| Outlook | Average | 47% Bright |
| Median Salary | $62,680 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 100/100 | N/A |