Childcare Workers Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Childcare Workers positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$32,050

National average

Salary Range

$22,900 – $44,560

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Childcare Workers Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$47,730$29,270$75,900
District of Columbia$45,400$37,350$50,060
Ocala, FL$44,990$27,670$70,980
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$44,970$37,310$63,350
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$43,640$38,540$59,520
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$42,810$35,390$58,990
Boulder, CO$42,730$33,320$57,540
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$40,180$34,730$53,420
Modesto, CA$39,610$34,490$51,070
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$39,460$35,200$48,650
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$39,460$30,720$60,100
Massachusetts$39,290$33,880$49,090
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$39,290$33,920$49,090
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$38,720$31,590$47,170
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$38,610$33,840$46,760
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$38,560$34,860$50,350
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$38,460$34,150$50,180
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$38,430$31,200$46,530
Colorado$38,410$30,620$47,170
Barnstable Town, MA$38,410$35,250$47,900
Worcester, MA$38,390$32,490$47,470
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$38,290$34,420$45,080
California$38,220$34,130$49,920
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$38,070$34,360$48,370
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$38,060$35,030$49,140
Pittsfield, MA$38,010$31,770$50,570
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$37,970$33,580$50,650
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$37,970$34,280$46,710
Vallejo, CA$37,930$34,190$54,030
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$37,920$34,950$50,230
Flagstaff, AZ$37,910$32,050$43,480
Napa, CA$37,900$34,230$48,320
Vermont$37,830$31,000$49,910
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$37,820$29,770$52,510
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$37,820$30,810$49,910
Washington$37,800$33,860$49,720
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$37,610$34,090$49,000
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$37,540$32,450$47,170
Salinas, CA$37,540$35,290$51,620
Springfield, MA$37,520$33,060$47,560
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$37,250$30,800$46,800
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$37,170$29,990$47,720
Colorado Springs, CO$37,090$30,520$44,180
Greeley, CO$37,070$30,580$43,420
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$37,020$33,900$48,470
Stockton-Lodi, CA$36,990$33,980$48,500
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$36,870$34,400$50,760
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$36,780$29,990$47,060
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$36,760$33,860$44,110
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$36,720$26,650$53,420
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$36,690$33,930$46,020
New York$36,630$31,470$45,260
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$36,540$31,510$45,600
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$36,480$33,860$48,280
Hawaii$36,440$30,070$42,220
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$36,410$33,860$43,320
Fairbanks-College, AK$36,400$28,590$46,550
Urban Honolulu, HI$36,370$30,020$37,650
Visalia, CA$36,340$33,300$56,480
Santa Fe, NM$36,320$29,560$46,680
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$36,290$33,390$49,920
Longview-Kelso, WA$36,260$33,860$45,150
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$36,260$33,860$44,930
Oregon$36,250$30,900$45,400
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$36,220$30,110$45,930
Kennewick-Richland, WA$36,220$33,860$54,680
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$36,170$33,580$50,920
Bozeman, MT$36,170$29,410$41,920
Ithaca, NY$36,150$31,210$38,590
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$36,060$33,390$49,870
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$36,030$33,280$49,720
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$35,980$33,640$45,930
El Centro, CA$35,970$33,280$48,880
Yakima, WA$35,960$33,860$41,770
Pueblo, CO$35,950$29,990$42,810
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$35,920$30,130$45,120
Grand Junction, CO$35,840$29,990$41,720
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$35,690$30,600$44,050
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$35,680$28,010$44,100
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$35,640$33,860$45,780
Yuba City, CA$35,640$33,280$49,080
Redding, CA$35,570$33,280$47,940
Salem, OR$35,570$29,350$44,860
Chico, CA$35,520$33,280$47,740
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$35,460$30,230$47,860
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$35,440$31,200$44,130
Grants Pass, OR$35,420$30,310$36,400
Kingston, NY$35,370$31,250$40,850
Connecticut$35,290$32,640$42,430
Merced, CA$35,270$33,280$47,680
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$35,250$28,640$45,890
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$35,250$29,910$49,890
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$35,230$31,410$44,690
Bend, OR$35,200$30,020$42,410
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$35,170$32,640$43,690
Maryland$35,150$31,200$44,990
Arizona$35,140$29,850$45,930
Portland-South Portland, ME$35,130$30,950$36,480
Albuquerque, NM$35,010$28,890$40,220
Alaska$34,980$28,940$46,440
Anchorage, AK$34,980$28,890$45,730
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$34,970$29,430$47,240
Binghamton, NY$34,930$31,200$38,080
Rhode Island$34,920$30,070$42,010
Bellingham, WA$34,880$34,280$40,220
Maine$34,720$30,260$37,990
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$34,630$29,850$41,630
New Hampshire$34,570$23,890$43,910
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$34,550$32,640$38,890
New Haven, CT$34,530$32,640$43,640
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$34,520$31,470$40,120
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$34,520$32,640$36,860
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$34,520$27,390$45,940
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$34,440$31,200$42,940
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$34,380$30,940$39,070
Fresno, CA$34,380$33,280$45,260
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$34,310$27,660$42,990
New Jersey$34,290$31,470$43,370
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$34,290$30,650$46,710
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$34,270$32,640$39,100
New Mexico$34,240$28,140$39,230
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$34,240$31,200$43,480
Utica-Rome, NY$34,220$31,200$41,970
Eugene-Springfield, OR$34,200$29,090$38,650
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$34,170$29,640$42,890
Missoula, MT$34,140$24,790$38,540
Corvallis, OR$34,130$28,940$39,320
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$34,110$29,340$42,930
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$34,040$29,430$40,660
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$34,010$28,140$37,120
Glens Falls, NY$33,970$31,200$38,240
Medford, OR$33,970$31,660$40,830
Walla Walla, WA$33,860$33,860$35,860
Bangor, ME$33,850$29,430$37,900
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$33,770$28,810$39,950
Minnesota$33,610$27,510$44,840
Rochester, NY$33,580$31,200$37,330
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$33,320$31,470$36,620
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$33,290$21,320$38,660
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$33,290$31,200$38,700
Punta Gorda, FL$33,260$28,250$37,010
Syracuse, NY$33,200$31,200$38,000
Elmira, NY$33,170$31,200$38,650
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$33,060$31,200$39,370
Illinois$32,860$29,120$40,360
Lexington Park, MD$32,850$31,200$42,480
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$32,820$24,250$37,650
Asheville, NC$32,730$23,250$37,150
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$32,630$31,200$43,740
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$32,500$27,560$39,320
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$32,100$29,740$36,100
Vineland, NJ$31,980$31,470$39,720
Springfield, IL$31,970$29,120$40,530
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$31,910$27,820$35,910
Naples-Marco Island, FL$31,840$24,960$39,890
Green Bay, WI$31,830$22,120$37,330
Tucson, AZ$31,820$29,850$37,740
Madison, WI$31,820$23,090$43,130
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$31,810$27,850$45,790
Farmington, NM$31,760$29,050$35,880
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$31,710$25,080$44,280
Traverse City, MI$31,680$26,110$36,640
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$31,670$24,900$39,380
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$31,580$22,060$43,160
Albany, OR$31,510$30,170$37,920
Las Cruces, NM$31,510$28,000$38,920
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$31,510$28,280$49,160
Gettysburg, PA$31,500$22,970$34,380
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$31,500$29,850$39,820
Montana$31,440$26,100$38,470
Ogden, UT$31,320$20,880$44,100
Sheboygan, WI$31,280$20,590$38,460
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$31,260$22,740$40,600
Bloomington, IL$31,220$29,150$38,580
Salisbury, MD$31,200$31,200$36,990
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$31,200$31,200$45,610
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$31,200$27,230$38,070
Jacksonville, FL$31,200$24,960$46,940
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$31,200$31,200$42,950
Decatur, IL$31,070$29,120$37,800
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$31,020$22,730$36,660
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$30,980$23,590$38,450
Champaign-Urbana, IL$30,980$29,120$37,100
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$30,980$29,120$36,410
Mankato, MN$30,960$26,310$35,260
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$30,940$24,960$63,070
Reno, NV$30,900$25,950$37,340
Florida$30,880$26,280$46,440
St. Cloud, MN$30,860$27,190$35,270
Utah$30,860$21,590$43,160
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$30,860$22,580$38,460
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$30,850$26,730$39,310
Peoria, IL$30,820$29,120$37,240
Helena, MT$30,780$24,290$38,340
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$30,750$20,240$35,900
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$30,740$22,060$36,440
St. Louis, MO-IL$30,700$28,790$41,600
Kankakee, IL$30,700$29,120$35,430
Winchester, VA-WV$30,690$25,720$35,190
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$30,660$26,580$38,340
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$30,650$21,100$42,950
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$30,560$23,250$48,070
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$30,520$29,120$37,090
Fargo, ND-MN$30,470$28,750$36,140
Coeur d'Alene, ID$30,450$22,690$41,970
Kansas City, MO-KS$30,440$25,510$37,930
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$30,440$26,710$42,010
Rochester, MN$30,420$25,740$37,850
North Dakota$30,390$23,580$37,230
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$30,370$26,920$36,980
Bismarck, ND$30,330$25,140$35,530
Kenosha, WI$30,310$20,300$34,140
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$30,310$26,250$36,760
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$30,280$23,450$38,490
Dubuque, IA$30,260$22,280$39,060
Billings, MT$30,250$26,900$38,860
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$30,210$27,120$37,700
Rockford, IL$30,190$29,120$36,680
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$30,160$23,080$33,120
Virginia$30,150$26,450$39,460
Hot Springs, AR$30,100$23,230$35,570
St. George, UT$30,090$20,610$36,320
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$30,070$21,840$35,860
Delaware$30,060$27,560$36,560
Lewiston, ID-WA$30,020$23,600$38,100
Ann Arbor, MI$30,000$25,410$36,960
Great Falls, MT$29,940$26,110$37,060
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$29,930$25,160$38,870
Manchester-Nashua, NH$29,910$21,690$39,660
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$29,890$26,830$37,880
Port St. Lucie, FL$29,850$25,780$37,950
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$29,830$23,050$39,120
Missouri$29,810$26,450$40,210
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$29,780$24,920$37,720
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$29,760$22,990$40,220
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$29,710$29,120$35,630
Wisconsin$29,670$22,730$37,710
Charlottesville, VA$29,650$26,880$36,780
Omaha, NE-IA$29,640$27,760$36,620
Battle Creek, MI$29,620$23,790$35,740
Boise City, ID$29,620$15,910$38,240
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$29,620$22,850$38,800
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$29,590$22,350$49,170
Dover, DE$29,580$27,560$41,530
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$29,550$23,090$40,150
Carson City, NV$29,520$24,720$38,510
Muncie, IN$29,490$23,610$38,970
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$29,420$25,390$37,130
Grand Forks, ND-MN$29,390$24,300$37,170
Logan, UT-ID$29,390$21,220$38,390
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$29,380$25,120$36,330
Lexington-Fayette, KY$29,360$24,390$37,780
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$29,360$24,020$38,390
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$29,340$24,960$34,640
Indiana$29,340$22,080$37,160
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$29,300$25,290$36,410
Michigan$29,290$24,340$38,470
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$29,290$24,480$38,260
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$29,290$23,520$34,080
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$29,290$23,850$41,330
Midland, MI$29,270$26,580$36,270
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$29,270$22,850$37,300
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$29,220$29,120$36,550
Richmond, VA$29,190$26,640$36,160
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$29,140$22,760$35,720
Nevada$29,140$24,510$36,400
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$29,130$26,380$40,140
Idaho$29,110$16,270$37,900
Monroe, MI$29,110$22,880$35,560
Flint, MI$29,090$23,530$48,960
Cedar Rapids, IA$29,080$20,320$35,530
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$29,060$26,710$37,890
Cleveland, OH$29,050$23,540$37,450
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$29,050$22,580$37,830
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$29,040$21,510$34,870
Tennessee$29,030$21,860$36,000
Knoxville, TN$29,030$22,100$34,060
Midland, TX$29,020$22,190$36,780
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$28,980$21,590$36,870
Springfield, MO$28,980$26,400$36,630
York-Hanover, PA$28,980$20,670$41,600
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$28,960$22,230$37,110
Fort Wayne, IN$28,950$22,270$37,370
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$28,940$23,650$37,320
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$28,910$21,730$43,370
Gainesville, FL$28,900$24,960$38,100
Nebraska$28,860$24,960$36,420
Lawrence, KS$28,860$23,040$34,410
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$28,840$22,520$37,130
Topeka, KS$28,830$23,810$37,890
Kansas$28,800$22,500$36,430
Twin Falls, ID$28,790$21,310$35,670
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$28,790$18,470$36,340
Winston-Salem, NC$28,780$21,370$38,740
Evansville, IN$28,730$21,490$39,280
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$28,720$23,350$34,630
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$28,710$22,560$39,790
Savannah, GA$28,680$22,180$35,390
Chattanooga, TN-GA$28,670$21,370$33,540
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$28,670$23,420$37,210
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$28,640$23,360$34,720
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$28,600$21,750$35,250
Columbia, MO$28,590$26,710$43,550
Jackson, MI$28,590$23,700$38,470
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$28,590$23,350$35,510
Kentucky$28,570$22,060$37,440
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$28,530$20,800$34,970
Texas$28,520$21,370$38,210
Duluth, MN-WI$28,490$26,310$37,390
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$28,490$22,170$37,660
North Carolina$28,480$21,860$37,940
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$28,480$23,100$36,040
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$28,480$21,030$39,630
Lincoln, NE$28,470$24,960$36,750
Akron, OH$28,450$23,050$45,650
Jonesboro, AR$28,450$24,130$33,890
South Carolina$28,440$21,080$36,670
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$28,440$21,970$42,210
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$28,430$25,640$34,340
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$28,430$24,040$34,820
Columbia, SC$28,410$21,230$35,400
Harrisonburg, VA$28,400$26,190$35,360
Kokomo, IN$28,390$22,840$37,180
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$28,370$24,960$37,400
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$28,370$25,060$35,580
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$28,360$23,860$35,970
Spartanburg, SC$28,350$22,100$37,160
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$28,340$25,640$35,530
Pennsylvania$28,330$21,090$38,150
Columbus, OH$28,330$23,660$36,910
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$28,330$25,620$34,700
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$28,310$20,800$35,860
Bloomington, IN$28,310$20,110$35,170
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$28,300$23,470$34,440
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$28,300$25,700$34,740
Raleigh-Cary, NC$28,290$22,660$40,360
Saginaw, MI$28,270$23,500$37,450
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$28,260$25,910$43,780
Sandusky, OH$28,240$23,290$38,990
Sebring, FL$28,240$24,960$36,330
Tallahassee, FL$28,240$24,960$35,450
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$28,240$21,730$35,310
Ohio$28,230$22,860$37,400
Janesville-Beloit, WI$28,200$24,270$33,610
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$28,190$21,200$36,360
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$28,180$26,020$36,120
Eau Claire, WI$28,170$21,890$34,970
Grand Island, NE$28,160$24,960$35,150
Greensboro-High Point, NC$28,160$21,480$35,790
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$28,150$24,960$37,600
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$28,140$24,690$35,110
Lancaster, PA$28,130$21,460$37,200
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$28,090$21,080$33,880
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$28,090$21,400$37,590
Appleton, WI$28,070$23,460$37,020
Wilmington, NC$28,050$22,060$39,910
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$28,040$25,580$35,480
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$28,030$25,580$38,490
Pittsburgh, PA$28,020$18,630$36,130
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$28,020$21,620$37,300
Toledo, OH$28,000$22,500$36,270
Fayetteville, NC$27,960$21,990$36,550
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$27,960$19,100$31,070
Joplin, MO-KS$27,950$25,580$36,280
Georgia$27,940$21,750$35,840
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$27,940$19,450$35,680
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$27,940$26,000$35,840
Iowa$27,930$20,390$42,650
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$27,920$20,040$32,240
Terre Haute, IN$27,910$18,390$29,140
Iowa City, IA$27,910$21,010$46,600
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$27,900$23,440$34,210
Jefferson City, MO$27,850$26,020$34,190
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$27,810$24,960$35,370
Roanoke, VA$27,790$24,960$33,050
Bowling Green, KY$27,790$20,060$30,670
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$27,780$19,300$35,100
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$27,770$20,940$44,020
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$27,750$24,960$34,970
Odessa, TX$27,710$21,420$36,800
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$27,650$21,930$34,720
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$27,650$20,800$45,770
Elizabethtown, KY$27,600$19,230$32,660
Niles, MI$27,590$23,310$34,510
Ames, IA$27,580$21,720$46,820
Wichita, KS$27,570$20,850$34,390
Wyoming$27,560$20,800$43,110
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$27,560$20,800$43,110
Cheyenne, WY$27,530$18,160$32,450
Reading, PA$27,510$21,010$36,260
Clarksville, TN-KY$27,510$21,370$34,130
Lynchburg, VA$27,490$24,960$33,800
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$27,490$21,770$34,810
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$27,480$24,960$37,740
Williamsport, PA$27,450$21,440$33,080
Paducah, KY-IL$27,440$23,180$30,230
Owensboro, KY$27,420$23,340$30,830
Cleveland, TN$27,400$21,980$33,710
Lebanon, PA$27,400$17,780$34,380
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$27,380$20,900$36,540
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$27,380$23,860$31,030
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$27,370$24,960$35,530
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$27,340$25,010$33,690
Morristown, TN$27,340$22,290$29,910
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$27,310$23,770$33,400
Morgantown, WV$27,300$23,300$34,670
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$27,280$20,580$34,940
Goldsboro, NC$27,280$20,630$32,670
St. Joseph, MO-KS$27,260$25,580$36,840
Burlington, NC$27,260$21,510$34,540
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$27,240$21,680$32,870
Rocky Mount, NC$27,230$20,640$35,300
Waco, TX$27,220$21,400$35,000
Johnson City, TN$27,210$21,120$29,550
Manhattan, KS$27,210$22,240$35,600
Tulsa, OK$27,200$21,790$37,780
Dalton, GA$27,190$20,830$29,350
Macon-Bibb County, GA$27,190$21,560$35,620
Arkansas$27,180$23,280$33,400
Lima, OH$27,180$21,740$36,740
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$27,170$21,940$36,870
Wausau, WI$27,160$21,690$34,440
Corpus Christi, TX$27,160$20,960$43,920
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$27,160$21,140$36,890
Hinesville, GA$27,140$21,100$29,910
Pocatello, ID$27,060$20,770$34,750
Florence, SC$27,060$19,020$34,160
Idaho Falls, ID$27,060$15,080$35,360
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$27,060$22,830$36,700
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$26,940$18,580$34,760
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$26,930$18,580$34,420
Lawton, OK$26,920$20,030$52,370
Greenville, NC$26,910$20,690$33,520
Fond du Lac, WI$26,880$24,390$42,870
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$26,880$22,420$34,150
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$26,880$21,160$33,730
South Dakota$26,870$23,900$30,390
Wheeling, WV-OH$26,840$23,410$29,720
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$26,840$19,320$33,780
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$26,830$24,180$27,970
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$26,820$21,730$30,980
Springfield, OH$26,810$22,280$38,690
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$26,810$21,740$37,050
College Station-Bryan, TX$26,800$20,780$37,660
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$26,760$23,730$28,070
Jacksonville, NC$26,740$21,370$34,150
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$26,730$22,240$36,860
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$26,720$21,610$30,740
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$26,710$21,920$35,290
Sherman-Denison, TX$26,640$21,120$31,930
Sumter, SC$26,630$20,060$33,920
Rapid City, SD$26,580$23,990$30,570
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$26,570$21,500$34,520
Casper, WY$26,560$21,580$31,100
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$26,530$19,340$30,950
Altoona, PA$26,520$17,930$33,330
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$26,520$18,450$33,110
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$26,510$20,770$33,430
Albany, GA$26,440$18,520$32,340
Youngstown-Warren, OH$26,440$21,810$35,650
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$26,430$18,060$43,920
State College, PA$26,400$21,340$34,450
Abilene, TX$26,350$20,390$34,170
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$26,320$18,000$34,920
Canton-Massillon, OH$26,310$21,740$33,100
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$26,280$26,280$30,330
Lubbock, TX$26,230$18,640$33,780
Oklahoma$26,210$21,510$37,440
Amarillo, TX$26,160$18,720$34,000
Tyler, TX$26,110$21,150$35,000
Jackson, TN$26,020$18,910$29,310
Tuscaloosa, AL$26,000$18,600$41,570
Virgin Islands$25,940$21,840$34,780
Athens-Clarke County, GA$25,860$21,370$30,830
Bay City, MI$25,840$23,090$35,010
Chambersburg, PA$25,770$21,010$33,720
Auburn-Opelika, AL$25,760$20,110$29,450
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$25,660$18,870$30,510
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$25,430$23,100$29,580
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$25,420$19,680$30,780
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$25,390$22,940$32,230
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$25,340$19,550$35,900
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$25,260$17,370$39,840
Fort Smith, AR-OK$25,210$22,540$34,390
Mansfield, OH$25,190$21,830$35,100
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$25,110$18,000$30,210
Columbus, GA-AL$25,030$18,160$30,940
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$24,920$23,140$30,260
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$24,850$19,700$37,820
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$24,500$21,990$32,600
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$24,420$18,300$35,550
Erie, PA$24,300$20,970$35,500
San Angelo, TX$24,240$20,790$30,290
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$24,130$20,060$30,150
Charleston, WV$24,090$20,460$29,140
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$24,090$18,550$36,440
Killeen-Temple, TX$23,990$20,870$29,360
West Virginia$23,870$20,770$28,710
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$23,860$19,160$35,210
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$23,800$22,890$29,330
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$23,770$20,020$36,180
Wichita Falls, TX$23,750$20,990$29,000
Oklahoma City, OK$23,740$21,910$35,060
Warner Robins, GA$23,740$21,180$30,340
Huntsville, AL$23,710$20,910$31,320
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$23,630$20,870$35,410
Texarkana, TX-AR$23,630$18,840$28,620
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$23,570$19,010$27,390
Enid, OK$23,540$18,720$29,060
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$23,450$20,680$28,920
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$23,370$19,760$29,330
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$23,060$21,560$27,310
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$23,000$20,670$43,920
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$22,900$19,760$27,190
Beckley, WV$22,820$18,200$26,600
Victoria, TX$22,770$21,160$28,430
Birmingham, AL$22,710$20,500$30,660
El Paso, TX$22,710$17,870$30,200
Longview, TX$22,700$20,250$29,520
Johnstown, PA$22,660$16,890$32,300
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$22,660$19,270$34,380
Valdosta, GA$22,610$18,910$33,690
Eagle Pass, TX$22,590$18,280$28,950
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$22,570$19,930$31,990
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$22,450$18,120$35,970
Alabama$22,420$18,250$30,690
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$22,400$17,780$29,580
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$22,390$16,880$28,460
Decatur, AL$22,380$18,130$29,830
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$22,350$18,560$34,740
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$22,310$17,200$30,630
Baton Rouge, LA$22,300$18,870$30,220
Lake Charles, LA$22,240$18,660$33,130
Rome, GA$22,190$19,610$35,490
Jackson, MS$22,130$17,350$28,660
Louisiana$22,100$18,090$32,320
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$22,080$18,350$29,050
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$22,070$18,810$34,400
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$22,020$18,410$38,780
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$22,020$19,230$29,540
Anniston-Oxford, AL$21,950$17,530$32,710
Mobile, AL$21,950$18,390$28,930
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$21,940$19,270$36,960
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$21,830$16,580$28,340
Lafayette, LA$21,780$18,090$30,270
Hammond, LA$21,770$17,650$28,490
Mississippi$21,760$17,230$30,600
Montgomery, AL$21,730$18,910$30,150
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$21,700$18,190$30,680
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$21,690$17,010$35,190
Alexandria, LA$21,630$18,080$31,370
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$21,610$16,730$26,410
Dothan, AL$21,570$17,450$28,020
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$21,510$17,850$35,360
Laredo, TX$21,470$18,050$27,010
Guam$21,350$21,080$27,570
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$21,350$17,620$29,150
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$21,350$16,600$35,520
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$21,280$16,130$26,410
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$21,230$19,760$27,980
Puerto Rico$21,150$19,760$28,580
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$21,030$17,720$27,730
Hattiesburg, MS$20,940$16,450$27,590
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$20,900$17,040$27,630
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$20,870$16,530$28,880
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$20,810$17,170$27,150
Mayaguez, PR$20,350$19,760$25,790
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area$20,350$19,760$36,190
Aguadilla, PR$20,180$19,760$30,160
Gadsden, AL$20,110$17,000$26,590
Arecibo, PR$19,900$19,760$22,480
Ponce, PR$19,890$19,760$31,720

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Childcare Workers make?

The median annual salary for a Childcare Workers is $32,050, with a typical range of $22,900 – $44,560 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Childcare Workers?

Entry-level Childcare Workers positions typically start around $22,900 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Childcare Workerss earn the most?

Childcare Workerss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.