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title: "Jobs Working With Kids"
description: "Careers working mainly with children and teens: teachers, pediatric clinicians, child life and school specialists, counsellors and youth program leaders.…"
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last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z"
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# Jobs Working With Kids

Careers working mainly with children and teens: teachers, pediatric clinicians, child life and school specialists, counsellors and youth program leaders. Careers centred on this field come first, then the ones that touch it, each group ranked by national median pay from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. Specialty careers, which BLS reports inside a broader occupation, show that occupation’s figures and are labelled on their pages.

48 occupations, in the ranked order the career bank computed. Wages are BLS OEWS, May 2025. Growth figures are BLS Employment Projections and education is the BLS "typical education needed for entry".

| # | Occupation | Median annual wage | Projected growth | Typical education |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Education Administrator, Kindergarten through Secondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/education-administrator-kindergarten-through-secondary) | $105,870 | -0.3% | Master's |
| 2 | [Head of School](https://nuecareer.com/careers/head-of-school) | $105,870 | -0.3% | Master's |
| 3 | [Adapted Physical Education Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/adapted-physical-education-specialist) | $76,580 | +1.9% | Bachelor's |
| 4 | [Special Education Teacher, Secondary School](https://nuecareer.com/careers/special-education-teacher-secondary-school) | $74,260 | -0.2% | Bachelor's |
| 5 | [High School Teacher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/high-school-teacher) | $72,040 | -0.2% | Bachelor's |
| 6 | [Dyslexia Therapist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dyslexia-therapist) | $67,170 | -0.1% | Bachelor's |
| 7 | [Special Education Teacher, Elementary School](https://nuecareer.com/careers/special-education-teacher-elementary-school) | $67,170 | -0.1% | Not published by BLS |
| 8 | [Special Education Teacher, Kindergarten](https://nuecareer.com/careers/special-education-teacher-kindergarten) | $67,170 | -0.1% | Not published by BLS |
| 9 | [Teacher of the Visually Impaired](https://nuecareer.com/careers/teacher-of-the-visually-impaired) | $67,170 | -0.1% | Bachelor's |
| 10 | [Special Education Teacher, Middle School](https://nuecareer.com/careers/special-education-teacher-middle-school) | $66,810 | -0.4% | Bachelor's |
| 11 | [Career/Technical Education Teacher, Middle School](https://nuecareer.com/careers/career-technical-education-teacher-middle-school) | $65,030 | -0.5% | Bachelor's |
| 12 | [Special Education Teacher, Preschool](https://nuecareer.com/careers/special-education-teacher-preschool) | $64,830 | +2.4% | Bachelor's |
| 13 | [Middle School Teacher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/middle-school-teacher) | $64,370 | -0.4% | Bachelor's |
| 14 | [Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselor and Advisor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/educational-guidance-and-career-counselor-and-advisor) | $64,330 | +2.9% | Master's |
| 15 | [Independent Educational Consultant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/independent-educational-consultant) | $64,330 | +2.9% | Master's |
| 16 | [Elementary School Teacher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/elementary-school-teacher) | $63,970 | -0.4% | Bachelor's |
| 17 | [Reading Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/reading-specialist) | $63,970 | -0.4% | Master's |
| 18 | [Kindergarten Teacher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/kindergarten-teacher) | $62,680 | -0.3% | Bachelor's |
| 19 | [School Social Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/school-social-worker) | $59,550 | +4.4% | Bachelor's |
| 20 | [Education and Childcare Administrator, Preschool and Daycare](https://nuecareer.com/careers/education-and-childcare-administrator-preschool-and-daycare) | $59,300 | -3.1% | Bachelor's |
| 21 | [Youth Program Director](https://nuecareer.com/careers/youth-program-director) | $59,300 | -3.1% | Bachelor's |
| 22 | [Youth Pastor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/youth-pastor) | $52,100 | +3.3% | Bachelor's |
| 23 | [Bus Driver, School](https://nuecareer.com/careers/bus-driver-school) | $47,920 | +0.7% | High school |
| 24 | [Tutor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/tutor) | $43,350 | -0.2% | Some college |
| 25 | [Substitute Teacher, Short-Term](https://nuecareer.com/careers/substitute-teacher-short-term) | $41,670 | +2.0% | Bachelor's |
| 26 | [Preschool Teacher, Except Special Education](https://nuecareer.com/careers/preschool-teacher) | $38,140 | +4.5% | Associate's |
| 27 | [Teaching Assistant, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education](https://nuecareer.com/careers/teaching-assistant-preschool-elementary-middle-and-secondary-school) | $37,010 | 0.0% | Not published by BLS |
| 28 | [Teaching Assistant, Special Education](https://nuecareer.com/careers/teaching-assistant-special-education) | $37,010 | 0.0% | Not published by BLS |
| 29 | [School Bus Monitor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/school-bus-monitor) | $35,100 | -1.9% | High school |
| 30 | [Childcare Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/childcare-worker) | $34,980 | -2.0% | High school |
| 31 | [Nanny](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nanny) | $34,980 | -2.0% | High school |
| 32 | [Pediatric Surgeon](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatric-surgeon) | $559,030 | +2.0% | Doctorate |
| 33 | [Neonatologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/neonatologist) | $210,040 | +1.5% | Doctorate |
| 34 | [Pediatric Gastroenterologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatric-gastroenterologist) | $210,040 | +1.5% | Doctorate |
| 35 | [Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatric-hematologist-oncologist) | $210,040 | +1.5% | Doctorate |
| 36 | [Pediatric Pulmonologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatric-pulmonologist) | $210,040 | +1.5% | Doctorate |
| 37 | [Pediatrician, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatrician-general) | $210,040 | +1.5% | Doctorate |
| 38 | [Pediatric Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatric-dentist) | $170,950 | +5.7% | Doctorate |
| 39 | [Augmentative and Alternative Communication Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/augmentative-and-alternative-communication-specialist) | $97,870 | +16.6% | Master's |
| 40 | [Speech-Language Pathologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/speech-language-pathologist) | $97,870 | +16.6% | Master's |
| 41 | [School Psychologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/school-psychologist) | $95,990 | +0.8% | Master's |
| 42 | [Instructional Technologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/instructional-technologist) | $77,440 | +1.6% | Master's |
| 43 | [Lactation Consultant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/lactation-consultant) | $64,070 | +5.6% | Bachelor's |
| 44 | [International School Teacher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/international-school-teacher) | $63,970 | -0.4% | Bachelor's |
| 45 | [Child Life Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/child-life-specialist) | $61,960 | +4.8% | Bachelor's |
| 46 | [Play Therapist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/play-therapist) | $60,320 | +10.9% | Master's |
| 47 | [Children's Book Illustrator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/childrens-book-illustrator) | $55,490 | -2.9% | Bachelor's |
| 48 | [Museum Educator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/museum-educator) | $51,440 | +3.6% | Bachelor's |

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology

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