Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$37,120

National average

Salary Range

$28,300 – $60,070

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$61,180$33,200$100,850
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$60,480$31,860$84,490
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$59,110$33,750$92,860
Vineland, NJ$58,830$31,470$84,540
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$58,520$39,300$69,340
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$55,060$44,580$97,310
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$54,780$21,530$79,300
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$54,410$36,140$79,250
Nebraska$50,270$29,280$68,230
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$49,860$20,900$61,760
Rome, GA$49,660$29,450$77,700
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$49,600$28,110$77,720
Omaha, NE-IA$49,260$30,640$66,060
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$49,190$43,560$70,990
Modesto, CA$48,630$37,090$78,590
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$48,570$35,210$63,090
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$48,340$27,110$58,960
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$48,290$25,520$58,960
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$48,220$45,380$70,010
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$48,220$28,840$72,650
Hinesville, GA$47,790$30,680$68,410
Grand Island, NE$47,710$35,720$63,070
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$47,470$37,250$89,840
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$47,430$35,590$75,790
Alexandria, LA$46,930$26,220$48,690
Santa Fe, NM$46,880$31,360$83,310
Napa, CA$46,850$38,390$62,480
Jonesboro, AR$46,660$27,040$58,410
Minot, ND$46,620$29,480$72,430
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$46,590$28,740$58,070
Vallejo, CA$46,580$37,960$62,270
New Jersey$46,570$31,470$78,010
Salinas, CA$46,550$38,110$63,290
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$46,480$25,520$59,640
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$46,210$29,160$54,750
Fairbanks-College, AK$46,160$33,570$59,540
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$46,090$29,340$79,880
Lake Charles, LA$46,040$18,820$57,880
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$45,990$38,610$59,960
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$45,990$35,750$78,350
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$45,990$27,120$62,170
California$45,880$36,860$60,890
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$45,740$25,010$62,080
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$45,670$22,920$63,110
Manhattan, KS$45,660$32,420$57,720
Warner Robins, GA$45,620$29,550$98,360
New York$45,580$34,720$73,320
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$45,380$36,810$59,960
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$45,370$37,160$58,510
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$45,360$37,250$81,280
Boulder, CO$45,350$36,760$77,480
Barnstable Town, MA$45,330$35,740$72,800
Merced, CA$45,320$35,620$68,840
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$45,320$35,080$74,570
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$45,250$38,080$61,450
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$45,210$20,040$57,360
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$45,190$37,360$60,890
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$45,110$37,100$61,900
District of Columbia$45,090$38,720$98,440
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$45,080$37,170$64,340
Massachusetts$45,030$36,490$72,920
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$44,940$36,100$62,310
Hawaii$44,780$35,210$60,100
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$44,770$36,460$63,680
Vermont$44,760$35,640$62,310
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$44,740$32,640$75,430
Urban Honolulu, HI$44,710$34,280$58,250
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$44,640$36,750$59,950
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$44,610$36,790$58,860
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$44,580$37,580$56,260
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$44,560$35,630$80,100
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$44,550$32,120$84,900
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$44,520$22,720$60,490
St. Joseph, MO-KS$44,420$27,860$78,650
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$44,310$36,140$59,500
Topeka, KS$44,020$27,050$59,800
Worcester, MA$44,000$35,780$74,530
North Dakota$43,990$29,640$59,120
Colorado$43,890$35,240$81,280
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$43,860$35,570$76,430
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$43,770$33,810$75,150
Pittsfield, MA$43,720$34,880$60,810
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$43,720$36,100$60,860
Ithaca, NY$43,720$33,320$58,840
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$43,700$36,340$57,110
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$43,690$35,770$58,340
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$43,680$31,710$62,130
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$43,660$21,940$61,620
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$43,630$29,640$58,020
Stockton-Lodi, CA$43,590$36,210$59,030
Grants Pass, OR$43,560$32,410$58,410
Chico, CA$43,480$35,290$57,920
Visalia, CA$43,390$36,460$76,750
Washington$43,350$36,090$55,420
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$43,350$30,160$61,680
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$43,310$34,170$47,650
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$43,310$34,500$61,870
Kansas$43,200$25,950$61,500
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$43,200$18,130$54,460
Springfield, MA$43,160$35,570$75,140
Connecticut$43,160$33,510$78,090
Fresno, CA$43,140$36,120$58,970
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$43,020$25,580$57,460
Longview-Kelso, WA$42,910$36,710$55,070
Virgin Islands$42,820$21,840$52,240
El Centro, CA$42,730$36,020$70,200
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$42,690$33,950$81,190
Yuba City, CA$42,650$35,640$61,860
Wichita, KS$42,620$25,950$63,450
Bend, OR$42,620$34,420$56,140
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$42,360$28,700$74,990
Georgia$42,330$28,600$70,490
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$42,250$36,860$59,200
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$42,170$35,140$58,220
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$42,060$33,040$72,960
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$41,590$36,070$57,280
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$41,440$23,730$56,860
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$41,350$34,430$61,680
Gainesville, GA$41,180$28,810$79,970
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$40,980$22,930$58,560
Albany, OR$40,560$32,510$54,780
Decatur, IL$40,540$30,000$57,250
Bismarck, ND$40,360$35,870$66,600
New Haven, CT$40,140$34,310$74,050
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$39,970$27,000$52,280
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$39,890$26,670$63,810
Salem, OR$39,800$30,770$57,520
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$39,630$20,510$57,590
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$39,620$34,230$58,900
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$39,580$30,730$61,790
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$39,470$29,900$49,750
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$39,450$33,040$66,190
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$39,440$27,470$72,090
Oregon$39,360$31,030$57,870
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$39,190$28,140$61,120
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$39,130$36,870$48,500
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$39,050$27,540$60,420
Oklahoma City, OK$38,980$24,730$64,210
Fargo, ND-MN$38,880$32,060$53,670
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$38,670$36,440$59,030
Minnesota$38,650$35,080$59,030
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$38,620$30,840$57,610
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$38,610$35,320$57,030
Maryland$38,560$32,020$65,800
Lawton, OK$38,550$22,620$58,840
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$38,540$32,640$74,140
Rochester, MN$38,470$31,900$56,910
Rockford, IL$38,470$29,750$72,320
Dalton, GA$38,430$27,670$73,690
Redding, CA$38,400$34,830$57,590
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$38,260$34,910$51,830
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$38,200$29,400$59,020
Kennewick-Richland, WA$38,140$34,980$46,170
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$38,130$31,010$56,790
Savannah, GA$38,110$30,150$62,250
Elmira, NY$38,110$31,200$78,470
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$38,080$34,640$50,360
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$38,070$31,270$49,540
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$38,060$30,940$52,750
Oklahoma$37,970$22,620$60,890
Baton Rouge, LA$37,950$27,140$58,280
Lexington Park, MD$37,940$31,200$95,660
New Mexico$37,900$27,770$78,960
Medford, OR$37,860$31,130$57,160
Kingston, NY$37,840$34,210$62,720
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$37,830$34,570$73,250
Alaska$37,820$33,920$74,060
Mankato, MN$37,730$31,560$55,470
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$37,730$31,200$59,070
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$37,730$31,200$62,870
Idaho Falls, ID$37,700$23,410$70,160
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$37,690$27,460$54,080
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$37,620$35,480$49,410
Rochester, NY$37,590$31,200$67,530
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$37,560$32,180$60,750
Eugene-Springfield, OR$37,550$30,930$51,490
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$37,540$34,840$55,190
Hot Springs, AR$37,530$24,710$60,080
Richmond, VA$37,510$29,440$48,000
Lincoln, NE$37,510$26,300$54,830
New Hampshire$37,500$31,420$48,630
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$37,480$30,720$51,070
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$37,460$32,700$57,000
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$37,430$29,630$62,820
St. Cloud, MN$37,370$32,120$58,910
Syracuse, NY$37,350$31,460$63,940
Virginia$37,320$29,480$61,210
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$37,300$31,050$49,560
Albany, GA$37,260$28,410$57,070
Greeley, CO$37,240$33,060$59,170
Winchester, VA-WV$37,230$29,060$61,600
Illinois$37,220$30,960$57,250
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$37,110$27,470$79,740
Grand Forks, ND-MN$37,080$30,690$59,540
Maine$37,070$34,980$50,280
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$37,050$31,800$59,860
Ann Arbor, MI$37,030$30,360$49,590
Madison, WI$36,970$29,830$45,030
Salisbury, MD$36,900$31,200$91,440
Pueblo, CO$36,890$31,060$54,150
Glens Falls, NY$36,850$31,200$67,750
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$36,850$29,930$58,930
Traverse City, MI$36,830$28,450$50,070
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$36,810$29,120$51,500
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$36,800$27,820$60,850
Michigan$36,720$29,490$50,240
Saginaw, MI$36,700$29,070$62,470
Roanoke, VA$36,690$28,830$65,280
Portland-South Portland, ME$36,680$36,050$50,370
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$36,680$31,200$64,900
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$36,660$29,710$64,840
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$36,660$29,190$58,530
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$36,590$20,040$61,050
Corvallis, OR$36,540$30,880$50,250
Macon-Bibb County, GA$36,530$27,900$58,230
Duluth, MN-WI$36,520$30,480$59,090
Bozeman, MT$36,510$32,530$50,760
Colorado Springs, CO$36,510$32,500$56,600
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$36,490$29,120$62,450
Bellingham, WA$36,490$33,860$48,460
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$36,450$28,940$54,920
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$36,420$27,510$60,720
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$36,400$30,840$50,180
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$36,400$28,260$50,560
Louisiana$36,390$21,390$58,840
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$36,380$30,240$48,630
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$36,380$28,390$59,200
Utica-Rome, NY$36,350$31,200$59,020
Binghamton, NY$36,340$31,200$76,520
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$36,320$31,200$58,470
Albuquerque, NM$36,320$27,990$78,870
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$36,310$28,840$49,720
Grand Junction, CO$36,300$30,980$47,010
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$36,280$28,740$49,240
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$36,270$24,530$61,340
Champaign-Urbana, IL$36,250$29,200$60,000
Charlottesville, VA$36,240$29,520$54,950
Manchester-Nashua, NH$36,230$31,330$46,540
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$36,190$28,760$47,220
Athens-Clarke County, GA$36,140$24,860$51,340
Yakima, WA$36,070$33,960$54,530
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$36,060$24,820$61,160
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$36,060$29,120$58,530
Rhode Island$36,040$29,120$51,700
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$36,010$29,450$56,460
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$36,000$21,450$60,820
Tennessee$35,980$26,980$61,880
Victoria, TX$35,970$22,190$62,500
Nevada$35,970$28,160$59,370
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$35,930$27,310$47,450
Naples-Marco Island, FL$35,910$29,530$49,040
Harrisonburg, VA$35,900$28,350$52,880
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$35,890$26,170$60,510
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$35,890$28,880$49,220
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$35,860$27,050$45,400
Tulsa, OK$35,840$22,440$66,030
Flagstaff, AZ$35,830$32,990$46,350
Bloomington, IL$35,810$29,120$53,790
Monroe, MI$35,810$26,450$50,780
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$35,750$31,200$70,810
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$35,740$28,300$45,970
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$35,710$34,980$49,750
Valdosta, GA$35,700$21,870$73,940
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$35,670$28,430$44,610
Florence, SC$35,660$26,090$80,800
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$35,660$28,160$61,980
Bangor, ME$35,620$34,090$50,250
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$35,620$29,060$45,530
Montana$35,590$28,960$48,480
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$35,590$28,660$43,390
Johnson City, TN$35,580$26,680$59,930
Missoula, MT$35,570$29,740$45,870
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$35,540$28,180$75,800
Kansas City, MO-KS$35,540$28,860$52,160
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$35,520$26,670$56,970
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$35,480$28,190$59,260
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$35,470$22,780$57,280
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$35,460$28,170$65,350
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$35,460$28,960$48,220
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$35,450$30,440$44,560
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$35,430$29,360$58,920
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$35,430$28,660$47,340
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$35,390$31,130$46,080
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$35,390$28,950$48,280
Niles, MI$35,380$27,830$46,910
Battle Creek, MI$35,350$28,140$46,340
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$35,350$30,090$58,100
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$35,350$28,810$48,480
Indiana$35,320$28,430$47,570
Midland, MI$35,320$29,850$45,490
Reno, NV$35,290$29,460$44,440
Terre Haute, IN$35,290$27,460$47,780
Farmington, NM$35,280$27,860$79,620
St. Louis, MO-IL$35,240$28,990$51,370
Arizona$35,240$30,660$45,720
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$35,210$28,670$48,460
Kankakee, IL$35,200$29,120$46,490
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$35,170$28,330$42,090
Walla Walla, WA$35,150$33,860$55,050
Peoria, IL$35,130$29,390$46,210
Missouri$35,120$28,190$52,950
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$35,120$23,490$47,670
Knoxville, TN$35,110$26,640$61,940
Jackson, MI$35,070$29,380$47,870
Springfield, IL$34,980$29,120$47,770
Anchorage, AK$34,980$33,920$74,060
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$34,980$28,410$43,470
Wisconsin$34,950$28,320$43,690
Fort Smith, AR-OK$34,940$24,880$58,550
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$34,940$28,040$49,130
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$34,940$21,180$62,010
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$34,860$26,920$48,060
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$34,850$28,650$46,940
Great Falls, MT$34,830$27,780$46,120
Bay City, MI$34,820$28,780$48,580
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$34,810$22,780$61,100
Bloomington, IN$34,810$27,730$44,880
Kenosha, WI$34,810$28,950$39,730
Janesville-Beloit, WI$34,700$27,210$43,080
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$34,660$28,860$43,230
Punta Gorda, FL$34,660$28,000$81,310
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$34,650$27,550$42,690
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$34,630$28,340$45,910
Yuma, AZ$34,630$29,850$42,990
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$34,600$23,870$58,450
Springfield, MO$34,580$26,310$56,410
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$34,570$27,310$55,710
Sheboygan, WI$34,560$28,340$43,690
Fort Wayne, IN$34,520$28,380$47,070
Fond du Lac, WI$34,510$28,220$38,490
Appleton, WI$34,480$29,140$38,740
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$34,440$28,790$48,520
Billings, MT$34,430$28,920$49,420
Flint, MI$34,430$29,600$47,510
Reading, PA$34,400$28,100$47,500
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$34,380$28,590$50,230
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$34,370$28,590$44,330
Eau Claire, WI$34,370$27,790$37,960
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$34,340$25,770$59,510
Raleigh-Cary, NC$34,320$23,860$43,210
Cleveland, OH$34,320$27,970$50,030
Green Bay, WI$34,320$27,900$40,950
Lewiston, ID-WA$34,320$28,710$47,020
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$34,270$28,050$60,230
Florida$34,270$28,170$44,800
Pennsylvania$34,250$26,980$47,030
Ogden, UT$34,220$27,580$46,600
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$34,210$28,630$46,060
Utah$34,210$27,580$46,720
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$34,200$28,120$48,930
Lawrence, KS$34,200$28,960$50,430
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$34,190$27,830$38,500
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$34,160$26,610$58,430
Pittsburgh, PA$34,110$22,600$45,390
Sandusky, OH$34,080$23,570$46,190
Waco, TX$34,080$22,830$60,290
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$34,060$28,400$44,250
Evansville, IN$34,060$28,090$44,630
Muncie, IN$34,040$27,650$44,090
Asheville, NC$34,020$28,250$46,450
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$33,980$26,660$48,890
St. George, UT$33,920$23,760$46,530
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$33,900$27,580$58,560
Port St. Lucie, FL$33,870$27,800$44,040
Texas$33,860$23,140$63,250
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$33,840$28,150$64,570
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$33,830$26,910$46,370
Killeen-Temple, TX$33,790$22,710$62,840
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$33,710$22,880$57,380
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$33,690$27,960$44,370
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$33,650$28,090$45,200
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$33,600$29,700$46,020
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$33,500$25,650$51,380
Jefferson City, MO$33,450$25,740$45,300
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$33,400$23,560$58,420
South Dakota$33,350$28,940$47,050
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$33,300$28,300$36,810
South Carolina$33,260$27,040$60,230
Joplin, MO-KS$33,260$26,980$57,200
Logan, UT-ID$33,240$27,260$45,750
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$33,230$26,610$49,940
Tucson, AZ$33,170$30,440$45,680
Columbus, IN$33,140$27,690$44,720
York-Hanover, PA$33,130$27,030$45,460
Gainesville, FL$32,950$27,680$43,180
Columbia, SC$32,780$27,040$63,390
Ohio$32,760$27,210$47,580
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$32,670$24,650$50,490
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$32,610$26,880$49,530
Akron, OH$32,420$27,780$41,600
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$32,070$29,850$37,810
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$31,880$24,410$38,750
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$31,870$28,290$41,950
Columbus, OH$31,610$26,600$38,550
Laredo, TX$31,560$21,930$38,770
Las Cruces, NM$31,390$25,260$60,410
Delaware$31,380$28,140$38,400
State College, PA$31,310$27,420$41,150
Abilene, TX$31,300$22,750$54,440
Spartanburg, SC$31,200$27,680$59,850
Monroe, LA$31,200$19,650$51,500
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$31,190$23,750$46,190
Lancaster, PA$31,100$23,340$45,800
North Carolina$30,980$24,020$45,820
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$30,970$28,130$60,770
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$30,960$24,630$50,030
Carson City, NV$30,910$24,340$61,340
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$30,860$29,850$36,370
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$30,840$20,680$55,090
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$30,750$26,710$42,040
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$30,650$28,120$38,060
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$30,610$27,400$47,340
Wausau, WI$30,600$28,270$37,800
Jackson, TN$30,600$24,920$56,590
Jacksonville, FL$30,530$28,290$40,670
Ponce, PR$30,510$21,980$34,570
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$30,510$22,990$61,900
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$30,510$23,610$57,690
Columbia, MO$30,440$26,310$44,960
Rapid City, SD$30,370$29,340$44,850
Chattanooga, TN-GA$30,340$25,940$59,070
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$30,330$27,500$43,000
El Paso, TX$30,280$21,880$63,140
Erie, PA$30,260$22,850$43,010
Morgantown, WV$30,260$22,610$51,030
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$30,260$28,060$49,820
Altoona, PA$30,250$21,160$44,390
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$30,240$21,990$44,980
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$30,230$28,170$45,510
Lexington-Fayette, KY$30,220$24,670$50,490
Puerto Rico$30,170$21,910$44,950
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$30,150$27,860$47,380
Arkansas$30,050$25,470$55,160
Aguadilla, PR$30,030$26,620$49,560
Kentucky$29,980$23,260$51,730
Paducah, KY-IL$29,930$23,700$59,730
Arecibo, PR$29,930$19,760$39,040
Lafayette, LA$29,930$18,360$50,820
Columbus, GA-AL$29,910$20,860$56,270
Mobile, AL$29,910$21,080$59,570
College Station-Bryan, TX$29,880$21,900$59,600
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$29,860$22,940$46,740
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$29,830$26,700$46,770
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$29,810$18,380$55,630
Greenville, NC$29,800$27,050$45,190
Sebring, FL$29,790$26,020$50,160
Iowa$29,790$26,220$48,740
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$29,790$22,420$60,370
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$29,770$26,540$58,140
Lynchburg, VA$29,680$27,860$47,370
West Virginia$29,610$22,240$57,560
Iowa City, IA$29,610$26,340$47,670
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$29,600$24,240$45,120
Wilmington, NC$29,570$23,100$39,730
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$29,570$23,570$39,730
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$29,560$28,040$37,180
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$29,550$27,460$45,670
Tyler, TX$29,540$21,880$56,180
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$29,540$20,940$52,610
Greensboro-High Point, NC$29,460$27,020$40,090
Williamsport, PA$29,460$26,960$44,300
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$29,460$20,620$62,240
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$29,410$22,320$45,760
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$29,400$22,020$57,750
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$29,400$22,280$43,540
Winston-Salem, NC$29,390$26,730$48,390
Cedar Rapids, IA$29,380$24,010$46,400
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$29,380$24,160$49,450
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$29,360$26,540$58,240
Lebanon, PA$29,340$27,610$45,010
Owensboro, KY$29,290$23,430$63,770
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$29,270$22,940$49,690
Wyoming$29,250$23,260$48,660
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$29,230$24,780$49,990
Homosassa Springs, FL$29,220$26,950$51,240
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$29,210$24,570$46,470
Bowling Green, KY$29,190$23,080$49,070
Ames, IA$29,180$27,600$48,740
Mayaguez, PR$29,160$20,030$42,130
Gettysburg, PA$29,140$23,160$50,090
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$29,130$27,560$36,490
Ocala, FL$29,120$27,580$36,450
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$29,120$25,580$46,680
Elizabethtown, KY$29,080$23,480$46,340
Fayetteville, NC$29,040$26,630$40,920
Chambersburg, PA$29,020$22,040$44,910
Lubbock, TX$29,000$22,040$48,520
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$28,950$22,580$51,750
Dubuque, IA$28,950$24,400$47,480
Wheeling, WV-OH$28,940$21,740$48,160
Burlington, NC$28,910$22,130$37,610
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$28,890$22,470$46,620
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$28,880$24,670$51,190
Guayama, PR$28,830$28,290$36,610
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$28,810$24,590$50,100
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$28,810$22,230$55,440
Amarillo, TX$28,800$22,640$60,540
Wichita Falls, TX$28,800$21,850$63,180
Springfield, OH$28,790$26,760$69,060
Tallahassee, FL$28,790$27,100$38,440
Toledo, OH$28,770$27,890$46,200
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$28,740$22,210$55,990
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$28,690$24,530$47,550
Canton-Massillon, OH$28,680$23,640$37,200
Coeur d'Alene, ID$28,670$25,850$50,410
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$28,650$25,940$49,780
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$28,620$23,060$50,180
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$28,600$22,750$39,710
Sumter, SC$28,570$26,250$35,300
Mansfield, OH$28,570$22,920$43,700
Charleston, WV$28,550$22,760$51,230
Birmingham, AL$28,530$21,490$60,450
Lima, OH$28,510$23,480$44,880
Dover, DE$28,450$27,560$34,320
Youngstown-Warren, OH$28,450$23,110$47,360
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$28,350$22,380$56,240
Casper, WY$28,340$25,420$48,660
Idaho$28,330$22,530$50,410
Boise City, ID$28,320$22,310$39,760
Longview, TX$28,290$22,030$52,260
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$28,230$25,720$55,040
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$28,210$19,940$56,190
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$28,140$22,410$48,750
Clarksville, TN-KY$28,130$22,920$45,550
Texarkana, TX-AR$28,120$21,620$61,900
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$28,120$22,830$46,530
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$28,100$25,260$50,040
Rocky Mount, NC$28,080$23,620$45,480
Huntsville, AL$27,980$21,620$39,460
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$27,980$20,960$57,310
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$27,980$20,840$37,310
Beckley, WV$27,950$21,760$48,510
Corpus Christi, TX$27,920$22,500$47,530
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$27,850$24,770$53,210
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$27,850$20,480$49,460
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$27,810$21,090$58,310
San Angelo, TX$27,770$21,760$49,740
Hammond, LA$27,740$20,660$60,270
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$27,680$22,340$48,100
Goldsboro, NC$27,650$23,080$43,090
Alabama$27,630$19,590$56,470
Tuscaloosa, AL$27,580$21,130$35,690
Jacksonville, NC$27,540$22,880$36,410
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$27,480$22,960$48,930
Johnstown, PA$27,460$22,560$43,530
Auburn-Opelika, AL$27,360$23,640$33,790
Sherman-Denison, TX$27,230$20,330$42,220
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$27,210$20,680$45,970
Cleveland, TN$27,200$25,760$47,180
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area$27,170$19,940$49,130
Eagle Pass, TX$27,160$21,720$36,120
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$27,090$18,620$43,880
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$27,040$21,110$72,590
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$26,830$18,630$44,160
Dothan, AL$26,680$20,200$58,130
Montgomery, AL$26,670$18,830$37,990
Mississippi$26,620$18,760$44,820
Jackson, MS$26,620$20,040$43,200
Anniston-Oxford, AL$26,250$18,930$55,530
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$24,990$17,900$49,990
Gadsden, AL$24,610$19,450$55,330
Enid, OK$23,810$17,710$48,410
Twin Falls, ID$23,780$20,040$49,950
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$23,490$18,240$57,630
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$23,140$17,860$30,040
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$22,990$18,630$46,470
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$22,870$18,630$43,470
Hattiesburg, MS$22,440$19,090$38,440
Guam$21,750$20,140$27,710
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$21,480$18,010$31,190

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Entry-level Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education positions typically start around $28,300 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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