How people get into Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education

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The jobs people hold first

These are the jobs people hold before moving into this one. Doing one of them is not the only way in, and it is not a requirement. It is the route the data can actually see.

Work people come from	Typical pay	Step up	Evidence
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education No licence we can see I do this now →	$56,360	+$4,150	Named career step
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School No licence we can see I do this now →	$49,030	+$11,480	Named career step
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term No licence we can see I do this now →	$36,360	+$24,150	Named career step
Self-Enrichment Teachers No licence we can see I do this now →	$36,570	+$23,940	Named career step
Tutors No licence we can see I do this now →	$45,570	+$14,940	Named career step
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education No licence we can see I do this now →	$37,030	+$23,480	Named career step
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary No licence we can see I do this now →	$34,550	+$25,960	Related work
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School No licence we can see I do this now →	$60,220	+$290	Related work

Named career step Lightcast lists this as a career step from your kind of work, based on the skills the two jobs share and what local employers hire for. It is the strongest signal we have, though it is not a record of individual people moving.

Related work The federal O*NET occupation index lists this as related to your kind of work, because the two share skills and day-to-day activities. It is a match on the work itself, not a record of people moving between them.

We keep those labels apart because they are different strength claims, and none of them means we watched individual people make the move.

Routes that already pay more than elementary school teachers, except special education are left out, because those are side moves rather than ways in. So are routes needing more schooling than you told us about.

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