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Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education · SOC 25-2012

Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education Salary in the San Jose Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Jose city limits.

Median annual wage$84,620

BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).

Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area earned a median of $84,620 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $54,880 at the 10th percentile to $142,430 at the 90th. BLS estimates 430 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education in the San Jose metro area earn more than $84,620 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $64,390 and $118,400.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$54,880$64,390$84,620$118,400$142,430

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • San Jose metro areathis metro area
    $84,620
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $82,550
  • United Statesnational
    $62,680

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +3% vs California overall and +35% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$46,180$68,080$89,980$111,880Columbia, MO — $46,180Great Falls, MT — $46,230Jefferson City, MO — $46,600Enid, OK — $46,810Lawton, OK — $46,910Springfield, MO — $46,970Hattiesburg, MS — $47,020Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $47,110Missoula, MT — $47,410Tulsa, OK — $47,500Hammond, LA — $47,540Bangor, ME — $47,650Fayetteville, NC — $47,680Oklahoma City, OK — $47,860Tucson, AZ — $48,100Joplin, MO-KS — $48,340Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $48,490Yuma, AZ — $48,820Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $48,980Waco, TX — $49,140Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $49,240Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $49,500South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $49,500Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $49,580Jackson, MS — $49,680Fargo, ND-MN — $49,720Iowa City, IA — $49,880Monroe, LA — $49,890Lynchburg, VA — $49,900Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $49,960Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $50,320Manhattan, KS — $50,330Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $50,380Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $51,390Chattanooga, TN-GA — $51,510Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $51,630Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $51,990Tyler, TX — $52,040Jackson, TN — $52,110Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $52,160Lake Charles, LA — $52,180Burlington, NC — $52,460Dubuque, IA — $52,490Grand Junction, CO — $52,850Jonesboro, AR — $52,950Winston-Salem, NC — $53,050Greensboro-High Point, NC — $53,310Port St. Lucie, FL — $53,340Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $53,660Lawrence, KS — $54,400Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $54,520Terre Haute, IN — $55,440Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $55,630Hot Springs, AR — $55,670Athens-Clarke County, GA — $55,770Greenville, NC — $56,160Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $56,360Topeka, KS — $56,600Tallahassee, FL — $56,680Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $56,780Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $56,880Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $56,920Kankakee, IL — $56,960Urban Honolulu, HI — $56,970Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $57,300Ann Arbor, MI — $57,310Raleigh-Cary, NC — $57,410Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $57,480Sheboygan, WI — $57,520Flagstaff, AZ — $57,670Baton Rouge, LA — $57,760Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $57,910Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $58,000Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $58,200Evansville, IN — $58,600Janesville-Beloit, WI — $58,620Rapid City, SD — $58,670Eugene-Springfield, OR — $58,690Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $58,920Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $58,950New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $58,970Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $58,980Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $58,990Fort Smith, AR-OK — $59,050Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $59,160Fort Wayne, IN — $59,310Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $59,360Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $59,370Madison, WI — $59,390Roanoke, VA — $59,390Clarksville, TN-KY — $59,400Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $59,580Greeley, CO — $59,580Canton-Massillon, OH — $59,680Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $59,680Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $59,740Pittsburgh, PA — $59,770Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $59,780Wichita, KS — $59,790Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $59,820Colorado Springs, CO — $59,830Corpus Christi, TX — $59,840Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $59,840Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $59,860Asheville, NC — $59,980Sebring, FL — $59,980Peoria, IL — $60,140Harrisonburg, VA — $60,150Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $60,180Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $60,290Flint, MI — $60,320Kansas City, MO-KS — $60,410Portland-South Portland, ME — $60,440Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $60,530Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $60,680Springfield, OH — $60,750Appleton, WI — $60,800Green Bay, WI — $60,840Mayaguez, PR — $60,860Columbia, SC — $60,880St. Cloud, MN — $60,880Wheeling, WV-OH — $60,880Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $60,930Champaign-Urbana, IL — $60,970Coeur d'Alene, ID — $60,970Knoxville, TN — $61,030Spartanburg, SC — $61,040Rome, GA — $61,110Rochester, NY — $61,150Grand Forks, ND-MN — $61,210Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $61,260Richmond, VA — $61,300Johnson City, TN — $61,500Toledo, OH — $61,520Paducah, KY-IL — $61,530Bismarck, ND — $61,590Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $61,600Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $61,630Bowling Green, KY — $61,720San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $61,760Idaho Falls, ID — $61,820Omaha, NE-IA — $61,870Aguadilla, PR — $61,940Pueblo, CO — $61,990Dalton, GA — $62,100Medford, OR — $62,100Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $62,150Elmira, NY — $62,150St. Louis, MO-IL — $62,150Columbus, GA-AL — $62,180Lincoln, NE — $62,200Cleveland, TN — $62,210Ogden, UT — $62,210Arecibo, PR — $62,240Cheyenne, WY — $62,260Battle Creek, MI — $62,340Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $62,350Bend, OR — $62,400Killeen-Temple, TX — $62,480Erie, PA — $62,530San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $62,600Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $62,740Reno, NV — $62,750Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $62,780Eau Claire, WI — $62,840Manchester-Nashua, NH — $62,860Ponce, PR — $62,860Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $62,940Wausau, WI — $62,950Gainesville, GA — $63,020Savannah, GA — $63,190Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $63,200Boise City, ID — $63,230Guayama, PR — $63,230McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $63,280Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $63,300Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $63,330Cedar Rapids, IA — $63,360Rochester, MN — $63,510Decatur, IL — $63,530Youngstown-Warren, OH — $63,730Mankato, MN — $63,890Lexington-Fayette, KY — $63,950Valdosta, GA — $64,020Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $64,190Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $64,250Springfield, IL — $64,270Salisbury, MD — $64,730Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $64,810Glens Falls, NY — $64,890El Paso, TX — $64,900Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $64,930Grand Island, NE — $64,940Bloomington, IL — $65,180Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $65,200Rockford, IL — $65,310Owensboro, KY — $65,430Minot, ND — $65,450Binghamton, NY — $65,680Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $65,970Akron, OH — $66,240Albuquerque, NM — $66,440Macon-Bibb County, GA — $68,610Albany, OR — $68,710North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $68,950Gainesville, FL — $69,610Hinesville, GA — $69,720Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $70,250Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $70,800Vineland, NJ — $70,940San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $71,690Johnstown, PA — $71,850La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $72,580Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $72,920Warner Robins, GA — $72,930Duluth, MN-WI — $73,900Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $73,940Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $74,070Lexington Park, MD — $74,160Las Cruces, NM — $74,400Salem, OR — $74,480San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $74,600Chambersburg, PA — $74,780Syracuse, NY — $74,800Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $74,960Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $74,990Pittsfield, MA — $75,160Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $75,460Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $75,690Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $75,920Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $76,120Jacksonville, FL — $76,440Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $76,740Utica-Rome, NY — $76,790Naples-Marco Island, FL — $77,170Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $77,200San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $77,290Stockton-Lodi, CA — $77,370New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $77,400Springfield, MA — $77,880Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $78,330Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $78,400Lebanon, PA — $78,460Lancaster, PA — $78,480Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $78,580Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $78,620Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $78,910Boulder, CO — $79,150New Haven, CT — $79,420Reading, PA — $79,420Columbus, OH — $79,470Traverse City, MI — $80,090Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $80,400Redding, CA — $80,550Longview-Kelso, WA — $80,660York-Hanover, PA — $80,710Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $80,780Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $81,090Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $81,700Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $81,770Cleveland, OH — $82,080Chico, CA — $82,170Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $82,550San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $84,620Yakima, WA — $84,700Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $85,470Kennewick-Richland, WA — $86,420Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $89,330Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $89,710Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $89,740Worcester, MA — $89,770Vallejo, CA — $91,640Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $91,670Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $92,910Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $93,040Napa, CA — $94,500Barnstable Town, MA — $95,540Visalia, CA — $96,380Merced, CA — $96,430Yuba City, CA — $96,570Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $96,980Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $97,070Kingston, NY — $97,110Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $97,830Bellingham, WA — $98,460Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $99,660Walla Walla, WA — $99,770Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $101,580Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $101,780Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $102,450Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $103,610Modesto, CA — $103,790Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $106,000El Centro, CA — $111,880

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The San Jose metro area has the 31st-highest published median for this occupation among the 294 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for kindergarten teachers, except special education, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Jose metro areathis page
    $84,620
  • El Centro metro area
    $111,880
  • Sacramento metro area
    $106,000
  • Modesto metro area
    $103,790
  • Santa Maria metro area
    $102,450
  • Oxnard metro area
    $101,780
  • Hanford metro area
    $96,980

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$102,860Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$49,010Self-Enrichment Teachers$58,330Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$108,230Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$72,330Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$51,190

Highest-paying metro areas for kindergarten teachers, except special educations · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.