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Elementary Teacher Education

The tables below present the occupations that are most commonly associated with a degree in Elementary Teacher Education. We have separated the tables depending on whether we examine graduates who stop their education with the bachelors degree in Elementary Teacher Education, and those who get either a masters in Elementary Teacher Education, a Ph.D. in Elementary Teacher Education. While the list above describes the occupations of students with advanced degrees in Elementary Teacher Education some students with a bachelors degree in Elementary Teacher Education will get advanced degrees in other fields. The tables listed below descibe the types of advanced degrees that were chosen by students with a bachelors in Elementary Teacher Education. Since all of the above tables present information on the average salary, it is possible to lose sight of the fact that some majors place students in jobs with a narrow range of salaries near to the mean while others place students in many different income categories. For this reason, we have drawn two frequency distributions (histograms) of Elementary Teacher Education Salaries.









Histogram of Elementary Teacher Education Salaries: Bachelors Degree Only

The diagram below includes all students with a major in Elementary Teacher Education who received no degree beyond the bachelors.

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Histogram of Elementary Teacher Education Salaries: Bachelors and Beyond

The diagram below includes all students with a major in Elementary Teacher Education while an undergraduate. The data includes students who subsequently earned degrees beyond the bachelors.

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Bachelors Degree

The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a bachelors degree majoring in Elementary Teacher Education.

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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Occupation
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  $31,643       1414       51.16   Teachers:  Elementary
  $27,900        218        7.89   Teachers:  Pre-Kindergarten and kindergarten
  $42,826        107        3.87   Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
  $31,087        101        3.65   Teachers:  Special education - primary and secondary
  $26,387         87        3.15   OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
  $30,858         63        2.28   Teachers:  Secondary - other subjects
  $26,717         61        2.21   OTHER service occupations, except health
  $41,067         57        2.06   OTHER management related occupations
  $24,333         55        1.99   Secretaries, receptionists, typists
  $30,593         53        1.92   Teachers:  Secondary - computer, math or sciences
  $28,385         49        1.77   OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
  $37,469         39        1.41   Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services
  $28,330         38        1.37   Social Workers
  $25,211         36        1.30   Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics)
  $24,575         33        1.19   Accounting clerks, bookkeepers
  $36,043         28        1.01   OTHER marketing and sales occupations
  $32,936         25         .90   Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists
  $27,793         20         .72   OTHER health occupations
  $36,264         19         .69   OTHER computer, information science Occupations
  $29,479         18         .65   Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers
  $36,419         17         .62   Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists
  $24,419         17         .62   Operators and related occupations (e.g., machine set-up, machine operators and tenders, fabricators, assemblers)
  $27,529         17         .62   Librarians, Archivists, Curators Managers, Executives, Administrators (Also see 151-153)
  $42,988         17         .62   Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
  $25,369         15         .54   Health Technologists and Technicians (e.g., dental hygienists, health record technologists/technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical or laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists/technicians)
  $53,898         14         .51   Computer system analysts
  $40,282         13         .47   Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
  $36,265         11         .40   Unknown
  $28,323         11         .40   Food Preparation and Service (e.g., cooks, waitresses, bartenders)
  $28,976         11         .40   Counselors, Educational and Vocational (Also see 236)
  $35,078          9         .33   Clergy and Other Religious Workers
  $31,691          8         .29   Construction trades, miners and well drillers
  $26,718          8         .29   Teachers:  Secondary - social sciences
  $34,323          8         .29   Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants
  $43,555          8         .29   Farmers, Foresters and Fishermen
  $23,210          7         .25   Precision/production occupations (e.g., workers, woodworkers, butchers, bakers, printing occupations, tailors, shoemakers, photographic process)
  $30,053          6         .22   Transportation/material moving occupations
  $21,120          6         .22   Teachers:  OTHER precollegiate area
  $40,920          4         .14   Mechanics and repairers
  $37,977          4         .14   OTHER engineering technologists and technicians
  $61,495          4         .14   Information systems scientists or analysts
  $32,695          3         .11   Protective services (e.g., fire fighters, police, guards)
  $33,105          3         .11   Professors:  English
  $71,604          2         .07   Engineers:  Electrical, electronic, industrial, mechanical
  $23,000          2         .07   Professors:  Art, Drama, and Music
  $33,600          2         .07   Computer engineer - software
  $19,300          2         .07   Engineers:  Sales
  $17,056          1         .04   Computer engineer - hardware
  $54,308          1         .04   Computer scientists, except system analysts
  $19,800          1         .04   Drafting occupations, including computer drafting
  $45,000          1         .04   Engineers:  Electrical, electronic
  $21,700          1         .04   Engineers:  Environmental
  $43,000          1         .04   Political scientists
  $35,734          1         .04   Surveying and mapping
  $24,000          1         .04   Professors:  Computer Science
  $42,000          1         .04   Engineers:  Nuclear
  $26,400          1         .04   Engineers:  Petroleum
  $27,600          1         .04   Professors:  Business Commerce and Marketing
  $32,112          1         .04   Sociologists
  $33,000          1         .04   Psychologists, including clinical (Also see 070)
  $37,500          1         .04   Engineers: Industrial

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Masters

The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a masters degree in Elementary Teacher Education.

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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Occupation
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  $38,438        876       67.23   Teachers:  Elementary
  $40,258         92        7.06   Teachers:  Pre-Kindergarten and kindergarten
  $51,533         89        6.83   Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
  $34,308         42        3.22   Teachers:  Special education - primary and secondary
  $34,438         28        2.15   Teachers:  Secondary - other subjects
  $37,355         24        1.84   Counselors, Educational and Vocational (Also see 236)
  $37,368         21        1.61   Teachers:  Secondary - computer, math or sciences
  $50,935         11         .84   OTHER management related occupations
  $31,203         11         .84   Social Workers
  $45,133          7         .54   Teachers:  Secondary - social sciences
  $39,773          7         .54   OTHER service occupations, except health
  $34,131          7         .54   Librarians, Archivists, Curators Managers, Executives, Administrators (Also see 151-153)
  $35,188          7         .54   OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
  $20,765          6         .46   Secretaries, receptionists, typists
  $63,863          5         .38   Psychologists, including clinical (Also see 070)
  $35,960          5         .38   Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services
  $47,961          4         .31   Computer system analysts
  $47,844          4         .31   Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants
  $38,655          4         .31   OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
  $34,744          4         .31   OTHER postsecondary
  $22,490          4         .31   Accounting clerks, bookkeepers
  $63,750          4         .31   OTHER marketing and sales occupations
  $30,588          4         .31   Professors:  English
  $30,100          4         .31   Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists
  $59,000          3         .23   Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers
  $29,640          3         .23   Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics)
  $26,016          3         .23   OTHER health occupations
  $31,500          2         .15   Teachers:  OTHER precollegiate area
  $29,662          2         .15   Unknown
  $53,400          2         .15   Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists
  $82,500          2         .15   Professors:  Education
  $60,000          1         .08   Protective services (e.g., fire fighters, police, guards)
  $66,560          1         .08   Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
 $105,000          1         .08   Actuaries
  $55,120          1         .08   Computer engineer - software
  $75,000          1         .08   Construction trades, miners and well drillers
     -$10          1         .08   Engineers:  Electrical, electronic
  $50,000          1         .08   OTHER computer, information science Occupations
  $42,600          1         .08   Information systems scientists or analysts
  $42,000          1         .08   Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
  $38,000          1         .08   Professors:  OTHER social sciences
  $31,200          1         .08   Engineers:  Electrical, electronic, industrial, mechanical
  $30,664          1         .08   Professors:  Social Work
  $30,000          1         .08   Health Technologists and Technicians (e.g., dental hygienists, health record technologists/technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical or laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists/technicians)
  $26,000          1         .08   Engineers:  Sales
  $22,500          1         .08   Clergy and Other Religious Workers
  $15,600          1         .08   Operations research analysts, modelling

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Ph.D.

The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a Ph.D. degree in Elementary Teacher Education.

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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Occupation
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  $47,298         10       38.46   Professors:  Education
  $40,766          7       26.92   Teachers:  Elementary
  $50,300          6       23.08   Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
  $37,700          2        7.69   Teachers:  Pre-Kindergarten and kindergarten
  $43,000          1        3.85   Teachers:  Secondary - other subjects

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Masters Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors degree in Elementary Teacher Education



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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Field of Study
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  $38,996        854       40.59   Education:  Elementary teacher education
  $37,932        250       11.88   Education:  OTHER education
  $43,390        233       11.07   Education:  Administration
  $37,669        188        8.94   Education:  Special education
  $42,833        158        7.51   Education:  Counselor education/guidance services
  $36,810         41        1.95   Psychology:  Counseling
  $34,694         34        1.62   Education:  Secondary teacher education
  $39,034         33        1.57   Library Science
  $40,135         33        1.57   Education:  Educational psychology
  $40,135         33        1.57   Psychology:  Educational
  $34,164         33        1.57   Education:  Pre-elementary teacher education
  $42,206         32        1.52   Social Work
  $31,715         21        1.00   OTHER philosophy, religion, theology
  $53,406         17         .81   Business administration and management
  $43,619         16         .76   Education:  Mathematics teacher education
  $33,773         11         .52   English Language and Literature/Letters
  $32,772          9         .43   Education:  Computer teacher education
  $45,852          9         .43   Psychology:  General
  $43,125          8         .38   OTHER psychology
  $32,143          7         .33   Psychology:  Clinical
  $55,079          7         .33   OTHER FIELDS (Not Listed)
  $44,978          7         .33   OTHER business management/administrative services
  $49,739          7         .33   Liberal Arts/General Studies
  $46,942          6         .29   Computer science
  $38,167          6         .29   Education:  Physical education/coaching
  $26,820          6         .29   Home Economics
  $37,120          5         .24   Education:  Science teacher education
  $36,564          5         .24   Fine arts, all fields
  $42,000          5         .24   OTHER foreign languages and literature
  $42,811          5         .24   Mathematics, general
  $43,325          4         .19   Public administration
  $48,700          4         .19   History, other
  $25,864          4         .19   Physical therapy and other rehabilitation/therapeutic services
  $45,697          4         .19   Education:  Social science teacher education
  $43,607          3         .14   OTHER communications
  $31,784          3         .14   OTHER social sciences
  $51,933          3         .14   Sociology
  $32,120          3         .14   Communications, general
 $115,000          2         .10   Financial management
  $34,000          2         .10   OTHER physical sciences
  $27,040          2         .10   Criminal Justice/Protective Services
  $87,000          2         .10   Journalism
  $54,000          2         .10   Health services administration
  $46,960          2         .10   Audiology and speech pathology
  $35,733          2         .10   Geography
  $57,600          2         .10   Business marketing/marketing management
  $76,500          1         .05   Computer systems analysis
 $130,000          1         .05   Public health (including environmental health and epidemiology)
  $53,000          1         .05   OTHER public affairs
  $11,794          1         .05   Physics
  $49,514          1         .05   Business, general
  $49,000          1         .05   Dramatic arts
  $43,000          1         .05   Linguistics
  $42,000          1         .05   Information services and systems
  $40,000          1         .05   Music, all fields
  $38,000          1         .05   Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies
  $34,200          1         .05   OTHER mathematics
  $34,022          1         .05   OTHER visual and performing arts
  $34,000          1         .05   Economics
  $23,500          1         .05   Mathematics:  Applied

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PhD's earned by students with a Bachelors degree in Elementary Teacher Education



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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Field of Study
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  $60,831         39       35.78   Education:  Administration
  $43,043         14       12.84   Education:  OTHER education
  $44,760         14       12.84   Education:  Elementary teacher education
  $58,429          7        6.42   Education:  Educational psychology
  $51,165          7        6.42   Education:  Special education
  $58,429          7        6.42   Psychology:  Educational
  $70,609          3        2.75   Psychology:  Counseling
  $44,667          3        2.75   Education:  Pre-elementary teacher education
  $77,000          2        1.83   English Language and Literature/Letters
  $35,500          2        1.83   Education:  Mathematics teacher education
  $36,875          2        1.83   Education:  Science teacher education
  $85,000          1         .92   Public health (including environmental health and epidemiology)
  $72,000          1         .92   Education:  Counselor education/guidance services
  $65,520          1         .92   Microbiology
  $60,000          1         .92   OTHER social sciences
  $60,000          1         .92   OTHER FIELDS (Not Listed)
  $18,000          1         .92   OTHER foreign languages and literature
  $57,000          1         .92   Home Economics
  $54,180          1         .92   OTHER biological sciences
  $45,000          1         .92   Fine arts, all fields
  $39,996          1         .92   Social Work
  $33,500          1         .92   OTHER business management/administrative services
  $30,000          1         .92   Philosophy of science
  $25,000          1         .92   Psychology:  Clinical
  $24,000          1         .92   Psychology:  General
  $24,000          1         .92   Area/Ethnic Studies
  $21,000          1         .92   OTHER philosophy, religion, theology

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Other Professional Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors degree in Elementary Teacher Education

Other advanced degrees include: JD, LLB, ThD, MD, and the DDS.

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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Field of Study
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  $33,311         10       23.81   Education:  Elementary teacher education
  $51,680         10       23.81   Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies
  $55,907          9       21.43   Education:  Administration
  $25,920          4        9.52   OTHER philosophy, religion, theology
  $40,000          1        2.38   Psychology:  Educational
  $24,000          1        2.38   Business marketing/marketing management
  $49,962          1        2.38   OTHER psychology
  $45,600          1        2.38   Computer systems analysis
  $38,500          1        2.38   Psychology:  Counseling
  $40,000          1        2.38   Medicine (e.g., dentistry, optometry, osteopathic, podiatry, veterinary)
  $40,000          1        2.38   Education:  Educational psychology
  $36,000          1        2.38   Education:  Computer teacher education
  $33,800          1        2.38   Education:  Special education
  $25,000          1        2.38   Education:  Science teacher education

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Prepared by Prof. Ken Chapman: 73122.1717@compuserve.com