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Primary education

Postgraduate
You study
Teaching methods, Child psychology
Jobs
Primary school teacher
Average for the education field · Age 25–29
5,800SAR

Average monthly pay in the education field for Saudi bachelor’s holders, GASTAT Labour Force Survey 2024 (1445–1446 AH)3; many earn less. Pay in a first job is usually lower.

Forecasts published in other countries for the occupation Elementary school and kindergarten teachers: roughly stable (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 2026 (Safar – Rabi' al-Awwal 1448 AH); Employment and Social Development Canada, June 2025 · Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 – Muharram 1447 AH)1,2. They are not a forecast for the Saudi market, nor by DataPulse.

What do Primary education students learn?

Preparing teachers for the early school grades, teaching several subjects to children.

  • Teaching methods
  • Child psychology
  • Primary curricula
  • Classroom management

In Arabic: التعليم الابتدائي

What jobs do Primary education graduates do?

Examples of graduates’ jobs, not a full or ranked list. A job is an occupation; the major is one route to it:

  • Primary school teacher
  • Early grades teacher
  • Learning coordinator
  • Student counsellor

You teach in a school by day on fixed hours; posts may be in a village or far town.

  • Sometimes outside the city
  • Moderate physical effort

Professional teaching licence from the Education and Training Evaluation Commission.

What do Primary education graduates earn?

GASTAT does not publish pay for each major; this is the average for the “Education” field among Saudi bachelor’s holders, 2024 (1445–1446 AH)3.

Age 25–295,800 SAR
Age 35–4411,900 SAR

What is unemployment in the education field?

Unemployment among Saudi graduates of the field (bachelor’s, all ages)3:

  • 20211442–1443 AH17.3%
  • 20221443–1444 AH15.6%
  • 20231444–1445 AH11.4%
  • 20241445–1446 AH9.1%

For the whole field, not this major alone. Past measurement, not a forecast.

Official decisions and signals

  • Starting basic salary for a practitioner teacher in government: SAR 7,570 a month. 2024 (1445–1446 AH) (basic, government, first grade)4
  • The job “Primary school teacher” is little affected by AI. May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH) (occupation, not major)5

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References

  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment projections for “Elementary school teachers” (BLS 25-2021), 2025–2035 (1446–1457 AH).
  2. Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System, “Elementary school and kindergarten teachers” (COPS 41221), 2024–2033 (1445–1455 AH).
  3. General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), Labour Force Survey: Saudi bachelor’s holders in “Education”, 2024 (1445–1446 AH).
  4. Ministry of Education, 2024 (1445–1446 AH).
  5. International Labour Organization · occupation code 2341, May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH).