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Early childhood educator

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Key facts

+1.8%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United States

This job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is medium. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, moderate according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +1.8% (BLS).

The job

Early childhood educators (ISCO 2342). Early childhood educators promote the social, physical, and intellectual development of children below primary school age through the provision of educational and play activities.

Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.

39 job titles linked to this page

Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.

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  • Beauty teacher
  • composite class Montessori teacher
  • early years teacher
  • educator in beauty
  • educator in hair and beauty
  • Freinet class school teacher
  • Freinet pedagogy teacher
  • Freinet primary school teacher
  • Freinet school educator
  • Freinet school instructor
  • Freinet school teacher
  • Freinet school teaching practitioner
  • Freinet teacher
  • hair and beauty educator
  • hair and beauty teacher
  • kindergarten teacher
  • Modern School Movement methodology teacher
  • Modern School Movement teacher
  • Montessori assistant to infancy
  • Montessori educator
  • Montessori elementary teacher
  • Montessori multi-age classroom teacher
  • Montessori primary teacher
  • Montessori school instructor
  • Montessori school teacher
  • Montessori school teaching practitioner
  • Montessori teacher
  • Mouvement de l'École Moderne teacher
  • mulit-age classroom teacher
  • nursery teacher
  • preprimary school teacher
  • preschool teacher
  • reception teacher
  • teacher in a Montessori school
  • teacher in Freinet primary school
  • teacher in Freinet school
  • vocational beauty teacher
  • vocational hair and beauty teacher

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Gauges

Risk 4/5 · High
AI exposureMediumBLS AI exposure category "moderate" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookDeclineBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Kindergarten teachers, except special education; Preschool teachers, except special education)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayModestBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $52,163
EntryLongBLS, typical education needed for entry

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Sources

Checked on 27 October 2026.