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Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education: apprenticeship hours and pay
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Approved apprenticeship titles
One apprenticeship title on the Department of Labor's approved list fall under Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education, trained competency-based, hybrid, time-based. The shortest approved term is 6,000 hours, for Elementary School Teacher (NOF) (competency-based).
| Title | RAPIDS code | Approach and term |
|---|---|---|
| Elementary School Teacher (NOF) | 3077 | Competency-Based: 6,000 hours Hybrid: 6,000 to 8,000 hours Time-Based: 6,000 hours |
Time-based programs count hours on the job; competency-based programs move on when the apprentice shows the skills; hybrid programs use both, within a range of hours (29 CFR 29.5(b)(2)). Each registered program sets its own term inside what the approved title allows.
What elementary school teachers, except special education earn, by state
Washington has the highest state median for elementary school teachers, except special education ($102,350) and Oklahoma the lowest ($48,200), across the 54 states with a published figure.
| State | Median pay | Hourly | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | $102,350 | 28,980 | |
| California | $99,650 | 155,160 | |
| District of Columbia | $96,580 | 3,750 | |
| Massachusetts | $94,000 | 29,930 | |
| Rhode Island | $90,930 | 3,830 | |
| New York | $85,760 | 101,410 | |
| Connecticut | $80,600 | 16,330 | |
| Alaska | $79,260 | 3,500 | |
| New Jersey | $78,200 | 40,300 | |
| Maryland | $77,680 | 29,610 | |
| Ohio | $77,370 | 47,870 | |
| Oregon | $77,130 | 12,600 | |
| Pennsylvania | $77,060 | 48,370 | |
| Minnesota | $76,350 | 26,640 | |
| Delaware | $75,920 | 2,900 | |
| Illinois | $75,320 | 61,520 | |
| Utah | $74,810 | 14,820 | |
| New Mexico | $74,550 | 6,210 | |
| New Hampshire | $72,410 | 5,190 | |
| Georgia | $72,290 | 43,820 | |
| Hawaii | $71,410 | 6,040 | |
| Virginia | $65,550 | 37,880 | |
| Michigan | $65,110 | 40,910 | |
| Nevada | $65,040 | 9,550 | |
| Colorado | $63,410 | 24,860 | |
| Vermont | $63,070 | 3,610 | |
| Texas | $62,760 | 116,260 | |
| Maine | $62,390 | 7,490 | |
| Nebraska | $62,380 | 8,710 | |
| Guam | $62,240 | 1,000 | |
| Idaho | $61,600 | 6,850 | |
| Alabama | $61,380 | 22,030 | |
| Wisconsin | $61,210 | 24,920 | |
| Wyoming | $61,150 | 2,600 | |
| South Carolina | $60,820 | 25,030 | |
| Kentucky | $60,610 | 19,080 | |
| Iowa | $60,580 | 17,300 | |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $60,560 | 630 | |
| North Dakota | $60,030 | 4,430 | |
| Tennessee | $59,980 | 28,240 | |
| Indiana | $59,700 | 27,720 | |
| Florida | $58,930 | 79,090 | |
| Louisiana | $58,770 | 22,060 | |
| Montana | $57,530 | 4,960 | |
| Arizona | $56,590 | 24,240 | |
| Kansas | $56,450 | 14,350 | |
| West Virginia | $55,630 | 5,420 | |
| North Carolina | $54,930 | 42,410 | |
| Arkansas | $52,700 | 12,590 | |
| Puerto Rico | $51,540 | 4,370 | |
| Missouri | $50,910 | 33,180 | |
| South Dakota | $50,130 | 4,290 | |
| Mississippi | $49,790 | 11,060 | |
| Oklahoma | $48,200 | 18,500 |
Finding a program
The public sponsor file names the organizations that run registered apprenticeships but not the occupations each one trains, so this guide names no sponsor. Search apprenticeship.gov's Apprenticeship Finder for this title, or ask your American Job Center which local programs train it.
Apprenticeship sponsors by state (25,633) · All approved occupations
Sources: apprenticeship.gov approved occupations list (Last-Modified October 8, 2026); BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (all industries; blanks are figures BLS does not publish).