300+ Education & Training Jobs in Seattle, WA

Observed local pay is solid. BLS puts the mean hourly wage for educational instruction and library occupations in Seattle at $39.45 in May 2025, versus $32.47 nationally. More current posting data is broader and noisier, but local salary listings center on about $76k to $123k for salaried roles and about $22 to $25 / hour for hourly roles.

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 281 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $47,393 at the 25th percentile, $65,520 at the median and $114,400 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is a balanced market for Education & Training: Seattle's education-and-health-services base grew to about 326,300 jobs in July 2026, but Washington's education-and-training postings were down 12.4% year-over-year in August even as occupation employment edged up 0.5%. You are not looking at a collapsed market; you are looking at a market with real institutional demand and slower external hiring turnover. Locally, we observed more than 750 postings across more than 175 companies over the last 90 days, and hiring was fragmented rather than dominated by one employer.

Best positioned: Licensed, on-site-ready educators who can show classroom management, curriculum implementation, and child-development strength, especially in K-12, early childhood, or adult basic-skills settings, have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not assume headline Seattle pay makes this an easy market; the biggest salaries cluster in specific district pay ladders and advanced-degree paths, while most openings are still on-site and statewide posting volume is tighter than last year.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 330 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Go Huskies: 29 open roles
2. Kent School District: 14 open roles
3. Bodyrok: 12 open roles
4. Chess Wizards, Inc.: 10 open roles
5. Edmonds School District: 9 open roles
6. Seattle YMCA: 9 open roles
7. Bright Horizons Family Solutions, LLC.: 7 open roles
8. Guidepost Montessori: 7 open roles
9. InstaSwim LLC: 7 open roles
10. Alignerr Corp.: 6 open roles

Where the openings are

• Seattle: 121
• Bellevue: 30
• Kent: 21
• Redmond: 19
• Kirkland: 13
• Bothell: 13
• Issaquah: 11
• Auburn: 9

Work arrangement

on-site 295 (96%), hybrid 7 (2%), remote 6 (2%)

Where the demand is

Most real opportunity is tied to institutions, not small independent employers. In the local posting sample, about 70% of Education & Training postings came from education employers and about 15% from healthcare, with sports & recreation and primary/secondary education each around 5%. The most consistently active named employers were Go Huskies with more than 75 postings, KinderCare Learning Companies with more than 50, and Seattle YMCA with more than 50, and overall hiring was fragmented across employers rather than concentrated in one dominant buyer. The practical split is between high-volume district hiring, early-childhood/community roles, and continuing/adult education. Tacoma-area districts showed 157 open K-12 teaching, support, and leadership positions in late August, with Tacoma Public Schools alone listing 142, while Bellevue College signals demand around early childhood, adult basic education, and part-time lifelong-learning instruction. Remote-first seekers should treat this as a narrow niche because about 95% of postings were on-site and less than 5% were remote.

• K-12 district hiring (high): Tacoma-area districts showed 157 open K-12 teaching, support, and leadership roles in late August, with Tacoma Public Schools listing 142 of them.
• Early childhood and youth-serving organizations (high): KinderCare Learning Companies is among the most active local employers, and Bellevue College continues to highlight preparation for lead teachers, supervisors, and program directors in early childhood settings.
• Adult, continuing, and community education (moderate): Bellevue College's Adult Basic Education, High School Plus, and lifelong-learning programs point to continuing demand for English, math, GED-prep, and noncredit instructors.

Where to focus: Focus first on on-site institutional roles in K-12, early childhood, and adult education rather than waiting for remote generalist openings.

Roles worth searching next

• Youth program coordinator: Seattle YMCA is one of the most active local employers, and sports & recreation accounts for about 5% of the local Education & Training posting mix, so classroom experience can transfer into structured youth programming.
• Early childhood center lead or program coordinator: KinderCare Learning Companies is among the most active local employers, and Bellevue College highlights preparation for lead teachers, supervisors, and program directors in early childhood settings.
• Academic program coordinator or student-services support: Bellevue College's continuing education, adult basic education, and lifelong-learning programs create neighboring roles around scheduling, learner support, and program operations even when the job is not pure classroom teaching.
• Community education or outreach specialist: CISC Seattle's recurring education events suggest ongoing work at the boundary of instruction, outreach, and community services for multilingual and immigrant populations.

What postings ask for

• Teaching licensure (table_stakes | immediate): Public-school teaching roles require grade-level licensure or certification, so career switchers without it are competing for a different slice of the market. Who: Career switchers and recent graduates targeting district roles.
• Classroom management (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most requested hard skill in the local posting sample, showing up in about 35% of Education & Training postings. Who: Entry-level candidates, substitute teachers, childcare educators, and anyone returning to classroom work.
• Curriculum implementation and lesson planning (table_stakes | immediate): Curriculum implementation and lesson planning each appear in about 15% of local postings, making them core proof points rather than nice-to-haves. Who: K-12 applicants, adult educators, and trainers translating classroom experience into structured instruction.
• Child development and early childhood education (differentiator | immediate): Child development appears in about 10% of local postings and early childhood education in about 5%, while KinderCare is one of the most active local employers and Bellevue College is highlighting preparation for lead-teacher and program-director paths. Who: Entry-level educators, early-childhood candidates, and career switchers looking for a faster-entry lane.
• CPR and first aid certification (differentiator | immediate): CPR and first aid certification is the most commonly cited certification in the local posting sample, appearing in about 5% of postings, and first aid also shows up among requested skills. Who: Early-childhood, youth-program, after-school, and community-education applicants.
• Accessibility guidelines and universal design (premium | near-term): Bellevue College's current course catalog emphasizes accessibility guidelines and universal design in digital content creation, which is a useful edge for educators moving into tech-enabled, cross-format, or inclusive instruction. Who: Mid-career educators, instructional staff moving online, and applicants targeting college or training environments.

Questions about this market

What do Education & Training roles pay in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

Observed local pay is solid. BLS puts the mean hourly wage for educational instruction and library occupations in Seattle at $39.45 in May 2025, versus $32.47 nationally. More current posting data is broader and noisier, but local salary listings center on about $76k to $123k for salaried roles and about $22 to $25 / hour for hourly roles. For a teacher-specific check, proxy sources place the local median at $102,670 for high school teachers, $81,977 for special education teachers, and $78,283 for elementary teachers. That is good pay by education standards, but the strongest compensation is tied to specialization, district salary ladders, and institutional prestige rather than to the whole category evenly.

Where is demand for Education & Training roles in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA concentrated?

Most real opportunity is tied to institutions, not small independent employers. In the local posting sample, about 70% of Education & Training postings came from education employers and about 15% from healthcare, with sports & recreation and primary/secondary education each around 5%. The most consistently active named employers were Go Huskies with more than 75 postings, KinderCare Learning Companies with more than 50, and Seattle YMCA with more than 50, and overall hiring was fragmented across employers rather than concentrated in one dominant buyer. The practical split is between high-volume district hiring, early-childhood/community roles, and continuing/adult education. Tacoma-area districts showed 157 open K-12 teaching, support, and leadership positions in late August, with Tacoma Public Schools alone listing 142, while Bellevue College signals demand around early childhood, adult basic education, and part-time lifelong-learning instruction. Remote-first seekers should treat this as a narrow niche because about 95% of postings were on-site and less than 5% were remote.

Which employers are hiring the most Education & Training talent in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

Recent postings show the most activity from Go Huskies (75 postings), KinderCare Learning Companies (50 postings), Seattle YMCA (50 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Education & Training roles in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 0% are remote and 5% hybrid, with 95% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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