What is a typical yearly salary for a preschool teacher with a Bachelor's degree?

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What is a typical yearly salary for a preschool teacher with a Bachelor's degree?

Answer 1

If you are worried about what your salary is going to be in preschool, then you are not in the right field, this cannot be your dream job. If so you know that most teachers do not teach for the money, they teach to make a difference in lives and enjoy children, not for the pay. I am going to school right now to be a preschool teacher.

Answer 2

For the most part, the average salary for a preschool teacher is anywhere between $15,000 and $20,000. This all depends on whether you have a degree, where you live, if the center is accrediated and what the preschool/learning center program entails.

For example, I have a degree, teach at an accrediated learning center and also teach the phonics program within the center, therefore my pay is closer to the $20,000.  Luckily, my income is just added onto my husband's income, b/c without it, we defintely could not afford basic living expenses.

Answer 3

In Alberta, a typical preschool teacher with a bachelor's degree, even with a B.Ed., does not make much.  Often it is $8-$10/hour, which works out to $16,640 to $20,800 annually, before taxes.  But if it's what you love to do, then you should do it, regardless of the income.  Whether or not you have a degree is sometimes irrelevant.  You just have to get your foot in the door and get experience.

Answer 4

not enough to support yourself well...did it for awhile because I loved it and found that I was using some of my meager wages to do more fun and better projects for the kids! - Kindergarten teachers make better money and you still have the young age that you like

Answer 5

I work in a Universal Pre-K program in New York, I get $18000 a year with no health benefits, sick days, etc.  Of course it will vary depending on where you are and what kind of program you're in.  My salary isn't enough to live on where I am, so it's just a stepping stone job until I can find a job in the public school system.  As for Princess saying that you're not in the right field if you're concerned about the salary, that's bull.  I've wanted to be a teacher since I was 5 years old but this is the real world and you can't work for free and survive.  You're smart to find out what it will pay!!

Answer 6

Depends on where you live, how much experience you have had (because experience counts for a LOT in childcare), what your bachelor degree is in (something obscure may not help you getting into childcare), and whether or not your center is public or private.  Some schools have set schedules to which employees are paid based on years of experience and education levels (a matrix), to which you move up based on those indicators.  Obviously, the more education, permits, and experience you have, the more you will make.  I live in So.  Calif, and preschool teachers in my area make anywhere from the minimum $6.50/hour for newbies with little-to-no experience, up to $25/hour for credentialed special education preschool teachers with years of service under their belt.   Call around to centers in the area you are thinking of working in and ask about their starting pay for the level of education and experience you have to get a ballpark figure.

Answer 7

you can look that up at the website below. go to salaries by state or metro area.

Answer 8

$14,000 in day care centers up to $28,000 if you are in a state-certified school preschool (and you have a state teaching certificate)