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Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 25-2011. 614 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $46,640, middle half $40,000–$55,120.

Applications (LCAs)614

Median offered salary$46,640

Middle half of salaries$40,000–$55,120

10th–90th percentile$36,000–$65,000

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	259	$42,000
Level II (qualified)	96	$43,410
Level III (experienced)	67	$52,000
Level IV (fully competent)	76	$56,430

The Department of Labor sets four prevailing wage levels for each occupation and area, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). The employer picks the level that matches the job's requirements.

Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Su Escuela Language Academy LLC	112	$40,000
Language In Motion INC	39	$45,000
Three Affiliated Tribes Head Start	37	$50,400
Montessori Escuela	19	$44,400
Solbe Learning Uno LLC	13	$48,000
Bright Start Child Care, LLC.	13	$65,520
Avenues New York LLC	12	$37,000
Campus Child Care, Inc.	11	$60,840
Stony Brook School, Inc.	9	$46,280
Aprende Spanish Immersion	8	$35,152
East Cambridge Services LLC	7	$49,000
Qualed, Inc	7	$37,232
New York City Department of Education	6	$63,846
West Harvey Dixmoor School District 147	6	$43,993
The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Inc.	5	$53,040
Hopscotch Montessori Inc.	5	$57,000
Children's Hut, LLC	5	$51,147
Special School District No. 1	5	$46,731
Kuei Luck Early Childhood Center LLC	5	$68,000
Family Access of Newton	5	$45,760
Houston Independent School District	5	$64,250
Grand Forks Public Schools	4	$60,219
Our Beginning LLC	4	$57,512
Cunae International School LLC	4	$45,000
Doeting Education Company	4	$40,560
North Slope Borough School District	4	$63,803
Fridley Public Schools Independent School District 14	4	$77,904
Tiger Cub Immersion School L.L.C.	4	$46,000
Portsmouth Public Schools	4	$59,647
Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School	4	$61,714
Nuestros Ninos Child Development Center Inc	3	$44,785
Vanderbilt University	3	$43,680
Haggard Campus Childcare	3	$39,520
Terra Marin School	3	$44,470
University of Minnesota	3	$53,872
Presidio Knolls School, Inc.	3	$74,810
Community Consolidated School District 15	3	$54,746
Emergent Preparatory Academy, LLC.	3	$65,000
Chinese American International School	3	$99,650
Montessori Community School	3	$65,000
Lexington Children's Center	3	$52,000
Playhouse NYC, Inc	3	$55,200
Tykarah Infant & Toddler Daycare LLC	3	$37,250
Young Innovators Academy Franchising Company LLC	3	$35,360
You be You Early Learning	3	$44,928
Early Steps Bilingual Pre-School II INC	3	$35,381
East Tennessee State University	2	$28,953
Living Stones Academy	2	$38,191
Center for Community Engagement	2	$28,434
Steeple on the Beach Montessori School, LLC.	2	$26,811

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	138	$39,520
FY2024	150	$50,400
FY2025	210	$46,000
FY2026	116	$50,000

Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications only. An LCA is not a visa approval and one LCA can cover several positions. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2023–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).