Kindergarten teachers, except special education job market in Maine

In short

In QCEW 2026 Q1, industries that employ Kindergarten teachers, except special education in Maine had +1.3% year-over-year employment change, compared with +2.2% nationally. Establishments changed -2.1%. Average weekly wages in those industries changed +0.3%.

QCEW measures employment, wages and establishments by industry. These figures weight those industry conditions by this occupation’s published industry mix, so they are not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.

+1.3%Industry employmentU.S. +2.2%State data coverage: 100%
-2.1%EstablishmentsU.S. +7.1%State data coverage: 100%
+0.3%Avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +2.3%State data coverage: 100%
6,414Represented establishmentsEstablishments in the industries that employ this occupation, not employers hiring itIndustry mix share 99.0%, separate from the data coverage on the trend cards

Industry employment change over time

Year-over-year change for the industries that employ Kindergarten teachers, except special education in Maine

Every published quarter

BLS does not publish a national quarterly series for this occupation’s industry mix, so only the Maine series is shown. The U.S. figure on the cards above is the latest quarter benchmark.

Quarterly year-over-year industry employment change for Kindergarten teachers, except special education in Maine, with the published state data coverage for each quarter
QuarterMaineState data coverage
2024 Q2+4.6%100%
2024 Q3+3.7%100%
2024 Q4+3.4%100%
2025 Q1+3.0%100%
2025 Q2+2.8%100%
2025 Q3+1.9%100%
2025 Q4+1.7%100%
2026 Q1+1.3%100%

Industry mix behind this view

Which industries are weighted into this view. Not a ranking of employers or of job quality.

Industries weighted into the local context for Kindergarten teachers, except special education in Maine
Industry groupShare of occupation employmentLocal employment changeEstablishmentsAvg. weekly wage
Private education and health services98.9%+1.3%6,414$1,214
Other services1.0%-0.1%3,879$991
QCEW release
QCEW 2026 Q1
Data period
January to March 2026
Release date
Not verified
Industry mix vintage
EP-2025-2035

The feed’s release date for this quarter cannot be verified as a publication date, so it is not presented as one. The data period above is the quarter the figures describe.

QCEW describes the industries that employ this occupation, not the occupation itself. It is not a count of job openings and is not part of the 0-100 Job Market Health score.

How to read this page

QCEW measures employment and wages by industry, not by occupation. We weight those industry conditions using the published industry mix for Kindergarten teachers, except special education. These figures describe the industries that employ Kindergarten teachers, except special education; they are not direct counts of people working in the occupation or of jobs currently open. This page is not part of the national 0 to 100 Job Market Health score.

Source: BLS QCEW. See the methodology, the national Kindergarten teachers, except special education report and about the data.