Kindergarten Teacher salary in San Jose, CA

Based on 19 certified H-1B filings in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Palo Alto, Milpitas, Santa Clara, Saratoga, Sunnyvale.

Also listed as: Montessori Teacher

Median salary$61,500
Middle 50%$56k–$65.7k
vs. national median+5%comparison median $58,710
Filings19FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $55,830 and $82,051.
PercentileSalary
10th$55,830
25th$56,000
50th (median)$61,500
75th$65,708
90th$72,244

Salary by year

Median salary

$40k $55k $70k FY2021: median $51,834 (12 filings) FY2022: median $63,211 (18 filings) FY2023: median $61,620 (12 filings) FY2024: median $66,460 (16 filings) FY2026: median $56,000 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 8 filings FY20 FY2021: 12 filings FY21 FY2022: 18 filings FY22 FY2023: 12 filings FY23 FY2024: 16 filings FY24 FY2025: 8 filings FY25 FY2026: 11 filings FY26 18
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–––8
FY2021$51,834$51,584$63,75012
FY2022$63,211$62,303$63,21118
FY2023$61,620$58,240$68,02612
FY2024$66,460$65,410$69,91916
FY2025–––8
FY2026$56,000$55,830$63,75011

Cost of living

San Jose's median Kindergarten Teacher salary of $61,500 is worth about $55,700 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; San Jose = 110.4).

Compared with all workers here

All Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education in the San Jose, CA area earned a median of $84,620 in May 2025 (430 employed). The H-1B median here is $61,500, 27% 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
Bowman International Schooltoo few2
Ds Montessoritoo few2
Early Learning Institutetoo few2
Odyssey Preschooltoo few2
Saratoga French Cultural Preschooltoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $60,320 17
Mid-level · Level II too few 2
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$55,830$60,32017

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.