California·Educational Instruction and Library Occupations·SOC 25-9099

Best Educational Instruction programs in California, ranked by enrollment

All educational instruction and library workers not listed.

3 schools in California run programs that feed this job, graduating 70 people a year. The job pays a median of $64,100 in California across about 39,440 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledTeacher AideCraft DemonstratorAptitude Test GraderEducation TechnicianEncyclopedia Research WorkerSatellite Instruction FacilitatorScholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) GraderIndividualized Education Plan (IEP) Aide
Graduates / yr
70
in California
Median pay · California
$64,100
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
39,440
people employed
Schools
3
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
73%
across those schools
Median net price
$31,817
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in California that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

1 programs in California that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in California (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own California page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
170
100.0%
3$33,086$26,000

Top 3 schools in California

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 3 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1National University
San Diego, CA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
43Learning Sciences43%$31,817
2University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
23Learning Sciences92%$26,87310%
3Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
4Learning Sciences83%$41,98663%

All 3 schools in California

Every school in California with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in California that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
National UniversitySan DiegoPrivate not-for-profit431
University of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesPrivate not-for-profit231
Pepperdine UniversityMalibuPrivate not-for-profit41

What educational instruction and library workers, all other earn in California

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in California
$64,100
Mean annual
$75,270
Jobs in state
39,440
What the range looks like
10th pct$34,320Median$64,10090th pct$130,030
Versus the national median
+26.0%

U.S. median $50,890. California pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
2.84×

Concentrated here: California employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in California

Hanford-Corcoran, CA
$71,430median
40 jobs
Redding, CA
$75,600median
140 jobs
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
$79,270median
2,710 jobs
Salinas, CA
$64,660median
390 jobs
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
$63,950median
2,040 jobs
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
$75,420median
5,740 jobs
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
$63,020median
15,120 jobs
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
$70,570median
150 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+1.5%
Little or no change
Openings per year
12,500
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
2,000
132,000 → 134,000
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other page.

How to become a Educational Instruction

Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 2 majors mapped to Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other2 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 13.0607Learning Sciences
  • 13.1599Teaching Assistants/Aides, Other

Common questions

Answers for people weighing educational instruction and library workers, all other programs in California.

What degree do you need to become an Educational Instruction?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Learning Sciences, which awarded 70 degrees in California in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming an Educational Instruction?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Educational Assessment. Together they graduate about 70 people a year in California.

How much do educational instruction and library workers, all other earn in California?+

The median is $64,100 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 26.0% above the U.S. median of $50,890. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for educational instruction and library workers, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +1.5% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, little or no change, with roughly 12,500 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in California?+

3 institutions in California reported graduates from at least one of the 1 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

Do you need training or experience beyond a degree?+

BLS lists 'None' for related work experience and 'None' for on-the-job training typically needed to reach competency.

Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other in other statesUtahNew YorkMassachusettsFloridaArizonaMarylandOhioIllinois
Programs in CaliforniaLearning Sciences

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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