Kindergarten Teachers
(Except Special Education)

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JOB SCORE
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Job Score (higher is better):

We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Risk & user votes

Calculated automation risk

6% (Minimal Risk)

Minimal Risk (0-20%): This occupation appears difficult to replace end-to-end with current or near-future automation, including AI software and robotics. Roles in this range usually depend on human judgement, creativity, care, leadership, specialist expertise, or adapting to messy real-world situations. AI and machines may still change parts of the work, but the occupation is likely to remain a distinct human role.

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Human strengths important in this job

These are human abilities and work contexts that are important in this occupation. They may help explain why parts of the role are harder to replace end-to-end, but they are not the only inputs into the automation score.

Thinking creatively

Very important
Why this matters
Coming up with original ideas and designs—creating new concepts, products, systems, or artistic work. This kind of open-ended invention and taste-based judgment is harder to automate end-to-end than routine, rule-based tasks.
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Social perceptiveness

Very important
Why this matters
Noticing others’ emotions and reactions in the moment and adjusting what you say or do based on why they’re responding that way.
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Developing objectives and strategies

Very important
Why this matters
Sets long-term goals and chooses strategies and actions to reach them, weighing tradeoffs and adapting plans as conditions change.
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Education and training expertise

Very important
Why this matters
Designing and delivering instruction—adapting lessons to different learners and measuring whether training actually works.
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Assisting and caring for others

Quite important
Why this matters
Provide hands-on help, emotional support, or personal care to people—work that depends on empathy, trust, and responding to individual needs in the moment.
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Persuasion

Quite important
Why this matters
Influencing people to change their minds or behavior through conversation, trust, and negotiation.
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Decision-making and problem solving

Quite important
Why this matters
Analyze information, weigh tradeoffs, and choose the best solution—especially when situations are ambiguous, high-stakes, or have real-world consequences.
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Coordinating others’ work

Quite important
Why this matters
Bringing people together, assigning tasks, and keeping a group aligned so work gets done.
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Communicating with people outside the organization

Quite important
Why this matters
Represents the organization to customers, the public, or government—handling questions, concerns, and relationship-building through conversations, writing, calls, or email.
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Active learning

Quite important
Why this matters
Keeps learning from new information and applying it to make better decisions now and in the future, especially when situations change.
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What users think

Based on 142 votes

25% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 6% chance of automation.

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What is the likelihood that Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

Sentiment

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Pay & outlook

Wages

Moderately paid relative to other professions

In 2024, the median annual wage for Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education was $61,430 ($30 per hour).

The median annual wage for Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education was 24.1% higher than the national median annual wage, which stood at $49,500.

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Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Growth

Slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education' job openings is expected to decline 1.6% by 2034

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Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Volume

Greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2024 there were 114,410 people employed as 'Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education' within the United States.

This represents around 0.07% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 1 thousand people are employed as 'Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education'.

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What people are saying (5)

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Sondos (Low)
27 Jul 2025 19:55
Kids interact better with a teacher, who can understand their emotions and individuality
Magnus (No chance)
02 Sep 2023 14:38
u need emotions with the child
Salvador (No chance)
12 Aug 2019 12:45
An Early Years Educator teaches the essence of what is to be a moral human being by imitation of quality of care: empathy, emotional self-regulation, conflict resolution, tact, respect, gesture, etc...
Yasin (Low)
02 Jul 2019 00:50
Elementary teachers has to have human emotions
Sarah (No chance)
25 Jun 2019 22:29
Kindergarden teachers would never be replaced by robots because these teachers are there to teach children how to read, write and do math.
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Job description

Teach academic and social skills to kindergarten students.

O*NET-SOC code: 25-2012.00