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Special Education Teachers, Preschool, Kindergarten, and Elementary School
Teach elementary and preschool school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired.
Overview
| $46,360.00 | Median Annual Wage | 9,000 | Average Job Openings Per Year |
| 1.7 | Average Unemployment Percentage | 4.5 | Percentage That Completed High School |
| 219,000 | Employment Numbers in 2006 | 8.3 | Percentage That Had Some College |
| 262,000 | Employment Numbers in 2016 (est.) | 87.2 | Percentage That Went Beyond College Degree |
Sample Job Titles
Related Occupations
- School Psychologists
- Educational, Vocational, and School Counselors
- Health Educators
- Kindergarten Teachers
Related Academic Programs
- Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism.
- Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances.
- Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness.
- Education/Teaching of Individuals with Mental Retardation.
- Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities.
- Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic and Other Physical Health Impairments.
- Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities.
- Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments.
- Education/Teaching of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injuries.
- Education/Teaching of Individuals with Vision Impairments Including Blindness.
- Special Education and Teaching, General.
- Special Education and Teaching, Other.
Sources: Career Guide to Industries (CGI), Occupational Information Network (O*Net), Occupation Outlook Handbook (OOH)

