Kindergarten Teacher salary in New York, NY

Based on 20 certified H-1B filings in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Brooklyn, Stirling, Rye Brook, Bloomfield, Jersey City.

Also listed as: Montessori Teacher

Median salary$62,930
Middle 50%$56.5k–$69.8k
vs. national median+7%comparison median $58,710
Filings20FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $55,111 and $82,930.
PercentileSalary
10th$56,499
25th$56,500
50th (median)$62,930
75th$69,790
90th$71,669

Salary by year

Median salary

$40k $55k $70k FY2021: median $60,146 (10 filings) FY2022: median $53,270 (16 filings) FY2023: median $59,676 (11 filings) FY2025: median $58,250 (12 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 6 filings FY20 FY2021: 10 filings FY21 FY2022: 16 filings FY22 FY2023: 11 filings FY23 FY2024: 7 filings FY24 FY2025: 12 filings FY25 FY2026: 8 filings FY26 16
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––6
FY2021$60,146$58,428$64,84710
FY2022$53,270$51,040$62,14916
FY2023$59,676$53,210$66,67711
FY2024–––7
FY2025$58,250$56,500$65,46712
FY2026–––8

Cost of living

New York's median Kindergarten Teacher salary of $62,930 is worth about $55,900 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; New York = 112.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education in the New York, NY area earned a median of $77,400 in May 2025 (8,180 employed). The H-1B median here is $62,930, 19% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Bilingual Buds NYCtoo few5
New York City Department of Educationtoo few2
Ya-Ya Mandarin Seedstoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $56,500 13
Mid-level · Level II – 0
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$56,500$56,50013

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.