AI Career Radar

Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education

Teach academic and social skills to kindergarten students.

AI exposure26 / 100Low exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation17
Freedom to set tasks71
Repeating the same tasks36
$62,680Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
-0.3%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (decline)BLS Employment Projections
60Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Active Listening
63
75
Speaking
63
75
Monitoring
63
75
Judgment and Decision Making
63
63
Critical Thinking
63
56
Coordination
62
72
Complex Problem Solving
62
60
Active Learning
62
56
Reading Comprehension
61
72
Time Management
61
69
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Social Perceptiveness
60
78
Writing
60
56
Instructing
58
78
Learning Strategies
58
75
Systems Analysis
57
47
Service Orientation
56
66
Systems Evaluation
56
50
Persuasion
54
56
Mathematics
53
31
Negotiation
52
53
Science
52
9
Management of Personnel Resources
50
50
Operations Analysis
49
16
Installation
48
0
Quality Control Analysis
47
22
Management of Material Resources
47
19
Technology Design
47
16
Troubleshooting
47
13
Management of Financial Resources
47
3
Equipment Selection
47
0
Equipment Maintenance
47
0
Operations Monitoring
46
22
Repairing
46
0
Programming
45
6
Operation and Control
43
0

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
17%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Active Learning, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$97,870
10-yr growth
+16.6%
Skill gap
15%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Analysis, Critical Thinking, Writing, Active Learning

81/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$123,860
10-yr growth
+24.2%
Skill gap
23%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Management of Financial Resources, Operations Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Management of Personnel Resources

81/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
20%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Critical Thinking, Systems Analysis

81/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$100,580
10-yr growth
+11.7%
Skill gap
12%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Writing, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Active Learning

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.