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Special Education Teachers, Preschool

SOC 25-2051 · 2024-2034

Teach academic, social, and life skills to preschool-aged students with learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Includes teachers who specialize and work with students who are blind or have visual impairments; students who are deaf or have hearing impairments; and students with intellectual disabilities.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

What California expects of this job

Typical pay in California
$61,217per year
Projected openings
1,750
Projected change
0%
Usually needs
Bachelor's degree

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Speaking
  2. Active Listening
  3. Critical Thinking
  4. Reading Comprehension
  5. Social Perceptiveness
  6. Learning Strategies

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$85,142120
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$85,14290
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)$58,775110
San Rafael MD (Marin County)Not reported20

What the pay actually ranges across

The lowest-paid tenth earn under
$39,115
A quarter earn under
$49,755
Half earn under
$61,217
Three quarters earn under
$85,704
The highest-paid tenth earn over
$120,995

A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

OccupationTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Special Education Teachers, Middle School$104,3723,120-2.1%
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$103,8897,850-1.7%
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$84,8617,710-2.8%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$102,43996,800-1.7%
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$48,72780,570+13.1%

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