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Jobs in Education

Jobs in Education - According to the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the average beginning teacher pay across the United States was $35,284.

Education Administrators

Jobs in Education - Education Administrators held about 445,400 jobs in 2008. Of these, about 58,900 were held by preschool or child care administrators, about 230,600 by elementary or secondary school administrators, and 124,600 by postsecondary administrators. The great majority—more than 81 percent—worked in public or private educational institutions. Most of the remainder worked in child day care centers.

Teacher Assistants

Teacher assistants held about 1.3 million jobs in 2008. Many worked for public and private educational institutions. Child care centers and religious organizations employed most of the rest.

Kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, and secondary school teachers

Kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, and secondary school teachers, held about 3.5 million jobs in 2008. Of the teachers in those jobs, about 179,500 were kindergarten teachers, 1.5 million were elementary school teachers, 659,500 were middle school teachers, and 1.1 million were secondary school teachers. Employment of teachers is geographically distributed much the same as the population.

Teachers of Adult Literacy and Remedial Education

Teachers of adult literacy and remedial education held about 96,000 jobs in 2008. Additional teachers worked as unpaid volunteers. Many of the jobs are Federally funded, with additional funds coming from State and local governments. The majority of these teachers are employed by the educational services industry.

Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

Jobs in Education - Preschool teachers, except special education, held 457,200 jobs in 2008. They are most often employed in child day care services (65 percent), and public and private educational services (15 percent). Employment of teachers is geographically distributed much the same as the population.

Vocational Education Teachers

Jobs in Education - Vocational education teachers held 115,100 jobs in 2008. Of these jobs, vocational education teachers in middle schools held 15,600 jobs and vocational education teachers in secondary schools held 99,400 jobs. Most were employed in public and private educational institutions.

Postsecondary Teachers

Jobs in Education - Postsecondary teachers held nearly 1.7 million jobs in 2008. The following tabulation shows postsecondary teaching jobs in specialties having 20,000 or more jobs in 2008:

Postsecondary Teaching Jobs in Specialties	Employment
Graduate teaching assistants	159,700
Health specialties teachers	155,300
Vocational education teachers	120,200
Art, drama, and music teachers	93,800
Business teachers	85,400
English language and literature teachers	74,800
Education teachers	70,200
Biological science teachers	64,700
Nursing instructors and teachers	55,100
Mathematical science teachers	54,800
Engineering teachers	40,600
Psychology teachers	38,900
Computer science teachers	38,800
Foreign language and literature teachers	32,100
Communications teachers	29,900
History teachers	26,000
Philosophy and religion teachers	25,100
Chemistry teachers	24,800
Recreation and fitness studies teachers	21,000
Sociology teachers	20,300
Postsecondary teachers, all other	298,000

Source Information of Jobs in Education:www.bls.gov

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