Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (25-2052)

Occupation description:  Teach elementary school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired. Substitute teachers are included in "Teachers and Instructors, All Other" (25-3099).

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Employment and Job Openings

Note: Prior to 2010, special education teachers for preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school were combined. These data include totals for both occupations.

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Note: Prior to 2010, special education teachers for preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school were combined. These data include totals for both occupations.

Labor Force Indicators

2011 Worker Characteristics
Total workers	Nonresident workers	Percent nonresident	Percent age 45 plus	Percent age 50 plus
452	35	7.7	53.5	41.7

2011 Potential Supply
Qualified but working in another occupation	222
Currently employed in a lower paid occupation	0
UI claimants previously working in occupation	12

2011 ALEXsys Employment Data
Number of registrants	53
Number of job position postings	8
Ratio of registrants to job position postings	6.6

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