Self-Enrichment Teachers
SOC 25-3021 · 2024-2034
Teach or instruct individuals or groups for the primary purpose of self-enrichment or recreation, rather than for an occupational objective, educational attainment, competition, or fitness.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $50,958per year
- Projected openings
- 97,020
- Projected change
- +10.2%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
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.
- Speaking
- Learning Strategies
- Active Listening
- Instructing
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $62,924 | 6,700 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $61,579 | 120 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $58,744 | 6,760 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $57,627 | 1,030 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $56,903 | 7,610 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $54,533 | 630 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $52,088 | 940 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $49,192 | 280 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $49,168 | 24,780 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $48,493 | 1,130 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $48,236 | 420 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $47,941 | 9,720 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $47,784 | 9,980 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $46,706 | 5,280 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $46,706 | 1,330 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $46,439 | 1,840 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $46,387 | 120 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $46,182 | 510 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $46,089 | 550 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $46,069 | 380 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $45,781 | 4,730 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $45,668 | 550 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $45,370 | 780 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $45,278 | 260 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $44,734 | 1,380 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $44,579 | 210 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $42,207 | 410 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $39,598 | 260 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $38,355 | 120 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $37,841 | 480 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $37,882
- A quarter earn under
- $41,613
- Half earn under
- $50,958
- Three quarters earn under
- $76,729
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $105,595
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.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | $104,208 | 57,820 | -1.5% |
| Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | $101,720 | 23,240 | -1.7% |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | $102,439 | 96,800 | -1.7% |
| Tutors | $46,362 | 91,790 | +6.8% |
| Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors | $104,886 | 1,700 | -11.8% |
| Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary | $102,193 | 8,060 | +0.9% |
Programs that train for this job — 1
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