Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$56,270

National average

Salary Range

$37,060 – $96,400

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
New York$79,660$51,210$162,960
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$79,000$52,340$158,930
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$77,390$52,000$111,230
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$77,120$51,480$157,920
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$76,580$61,140$120,760
District of Columbia$76,270$48,880$122,100
Salinas, CA$74,690$58,560$102,260
Modesto, CA$73,660$47,150$161,000
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$71,280$41,980$105,790
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$71,240$50,170$99,790
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$69,820$48,470$130,000
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$69,120$44,840$127,670
Massachusetts$68,660$50,170$101,030
New Mexico$67,780$46,480$106,640
Albuquerque, NM$67,450$47,210$97,740
New Jersey$66,360$43,680$140,920
Urban Honolulu, HI$66,350$49,230$74,670
Anchorage, AK$65,990$42,720$134,360
California$65,420$46,190$120,760
Vineland, NJ$65,080$39,070$120,460
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$64,730$47,070$137,910
Las Cruces, NM$64,620$43,530$79,000
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$64,480$48,070$115,160
Washington$64,360$46,320$105,280
Barnstable Town, MA$64,330$49,950$93,980
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$64,180$46,990$101,890
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$64,130$48,780$103,770
Pittsfield, MA$64,030$50,420$81,120
Springfield, MA$64,000$47,930$80,910
Delaware$63,950$30,960$103,630
Lincoln, NE$63,860$44,660$98,080
Kennewick-Richland, WA$63,730$45,610$105,280
Worcester, MA$63,730$49,380$105,290
Fresno, CA$63,460$46,800$134,430
New Haven, CT$63,220$38,400$103,480
Hawaii$63,220$49,100$75,960
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$62,980$42,400$128,020
Binghamton, NY$62,860$48,840$98,790
Syracuse, NY$62,670$48,650$142,480
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$62,650$40,910$79,170
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$62,530$43,890$122,130
Visalia, CA$62,460$46,210$126,300
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$62,420$44,120$99,440
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$62,310$50,750$99,440
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$62,250$43,150$133,910
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$62,140$46,610$104,580
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$62,100$46,150$124,950
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$62,010$48,200$109,990
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$61,930$51,030$102,030
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$61,880$44,950$99,010
Merced, CA$61,880$47,020$130,600
Yakima, WA$61,830$40,950$107,080
Reno, NV$61,780$35,400$84,720
Madison, WI$61,760$38,960$72,890
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$61,660$50,400$82,760
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$61,610$47,040$136,710
Nebraska$61,590$42,550$98,090
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$61,540$44,870$92,940
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$61,490$48,880$95,620
Vallejo, CA$61,420$46,450$127,850
Chico, CA$61,230$41,030$95,520
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$61,180$44,900$102,230
Colorado$61,150$46,470$97,330
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$61,100$45,090$134,190
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$61,020$49,990$124,280
Rochester, NY$60,990$48,170$99,890
Dover, DE$60,910$38,220$96,780
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$60,630$47,850$97,740
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$60,390$48,960$100,410
Rockford, IL$60,330$40,000$101,130
Connecticut$60,300$38,320$104,070
Nevada$60,200$35,430$99,070
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$60,200$35,430$99,070
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$60,190$38,180$98,240
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$60,190$49,810$89,240
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$59,990$40,690$94,140
El Centro, CA$59,990$45,410$129,060
Minnesota$59,850$43,690$91,050
Stockton-Lodi, CA$59,820$45,600$94,440
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$59,790$45,070$99,500
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$59,740$46,190$95,320
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$59,660$38,470$85,480
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$59,650$35,870$95,020
Bozeman, MT$59,500$37,910$76,330
Virginia$59,420$40,940$81,300
Utah$59,400$36,770$102,360
Lynchburg, VA$59,350$39,580$98,710
Fargo, ND-MN$59,300$41,670$98,050
Rochester, MN$59,230$39,940$86,710
Appleton, WI$59,090$38,160$62,390
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$58,940$37,700$94,510
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$58,930$36,260$93,080
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$58,900$36,700$87,750
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$58,730$38,280$91,540
Redding, CA$58,540$37,280$93,820
Colorado Springs, CO$58,520$46,600$85,080
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$58,440$34,330$66,870
Waco, TX$58,350$29,200$85,960
Vermont$58,260$49,130$85,870
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$58,260$45,910$76,150
Boulder, CO$58,170$48,060$100,310
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$58,020$39,370$99,740
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$57,940$37,380$64,190
Ann Arbor, MI$57,930$35,710$95,330
Asheville, NC$57,880$36,970$94,030
Wisconsin$57,790$37,340$71,190
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$57,700$37,480$88,430
Naples-Marco Island, FL$57,660$40,370$92,220
Ogden, UT$57,390$33,180$94,840
Lexington Park, MD$57,390$46,850$109,140
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$57,240$44,440$90,500
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$57,050$45,650$95,320
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$57,020$31,490$71,190
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$57,010$51,220$86,820
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$56,830$36,140$81,080
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$56,620$35,140$79,130
Green Bay, WI$56,570$36,870$72,990
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$56,420$35,290$84,990
Wilmington, NC$56,310$37,360$97,760
Duluth, MN-WI$56,270$37,410$90,700
Janesville-Beloit, WI$56,180$36,910$68,590
Ocala, FL$56,090$37,060$82,090
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$55,990$37,790$93,150
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$55,890$33,330$95,270
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$55,490$36,020$93,680
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$55,480$37,140$70,500
South Dakota$55,270$39,580$77,670
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$55,190$30,820$86,350
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$55,130$34,240$74,820
Michigan$55,100$35,460$83,620
Raleigh-Cary, NC$55,060$38,700$97,910
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$55,050$39,640$77,670
Midland, TX$54,840$31,200$104,440
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$54,680$46,680$82,740
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$54,560$31,550$77,790
Oregon$54,510$43,280$81,800
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$54,440$43,890$80,760
Topeka, KS$54,380$39,090$87,920
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$54,320$45,490$75,960
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$54,300$38,810$86,440
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$54,140$37,640$97,240
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$54,130$36,680$81,850
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$53,950$38,750$71,670
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$53,660$37,180$64,210
Greensboro-High Point, NC$53,510$37,200$94,450
Champaign-Urbana, IL$53,500$39,000$76,120
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$52,980$37,050$90,830
Bend, OR$52,970$43,420$81,460
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$52,900$36,890$86,050
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$52,880$39,460$79,080
Montana$52,300$29,510$85,360
Billings, MT$52,300$30,940$87,450
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$52,180$35,360$65,000
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$52,110$35,490$75,820
Lawrence, KS$52,030$47,210$63,090
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$52,000$39,180$86,090
Flint, MI$51,870$34,830$93,340
Kansas$51,670$38,590$77,520
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$51,430$36,980$97,630
Omaha, NE-IA$51,360$40,800$88,480
Greeley, CO$51,000$46,440$86,670
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$51,000$36,330$76,350
Fort Wayne, IN$50,820$36,570$114,280
Utica-Rome, NY$50,700$44,240$102,650
Maine$50,620$42,990$73,100
Bangor, ME$50,590$38,950$83,990
Pennsylvania$50,540$35,900$78,930
Peoria, IL$50,330$38,570$60,990
Medford, OR$50,310$36,150$79,910
North Carolina$50,270$37,140$88,430
Indiana$50,250$35,880$88,120
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$50,230$49,010$78,180
Rhode Island$50,130$49,050$56,070
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$50,030$38,330$74,740
New Hampshire$50,000$36,260$89,980
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$49,990$37,400$83,860
Florida$49,990$37,470$85,850
Jacksonville, FL$49,990$33,960$77,170
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$49,930$38,340$95,160
Auburn-Opelika, AL$49,920$34,770$59,470
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$49,910$38,330$92,340
Fayetteville, NC$49,890$34,600$79,150
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$49,800$34,320$82,360
St. Cloud, MN$49,760$44,000$94,030
Eugene-Springfield, OR$49,710$42,540$86,270
Port St. Lucie, FL$49,640$37,350$85,320
Kenosha, WI$49,570$37,600$63,000
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$49,500$38,080$84,750
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$49,410$36,050$96,720
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$49,380$35,870$80,590
Arizona$49,220$36,320$69,490
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$49,200$40,910$74,470
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$49,200$37,300$76,750
Eau Claire, WI$49,150$36,370$68,260
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$49,150$33,180$66,030
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$49,110$35,250$82,460
Kansas City, MO-KS$49,100$33,940$80,980
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$49,020$36,390$82,740
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$48,880$44,240$89,830
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$48,870$37,660$87,340
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$48,850$36,670$62,530
Amarillo, TX$48,780$29,050$85,230
Cleveland, OH$48,710$37,260$108,010
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$48,670$37,650$86,030
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$48,670$36,000$94,850
Salem, OR$48,650$41,630$80,690
Burlington, NC$48,650$34,070$78,420
Illinois$48,580$40,990$74,910
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$48,560$37,790$104,450
Springfield, IL$48,550$38,450$73,670
Roanoke, VA$48,520$36,680$79,450
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$48,510$29,610$87,120
Texas$48,510$35,330$76,840
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$48,500$30,870$70,040
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$48,490$37,160$73,730
Winston-Salem, NC$48,480$37,230$79,740
Yuma, AZ$48,400$32,100$57,010
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$48,380$22,850$59,990
Wichita, KS$48,330$38,610$79,290
Pittsburgh, PA$48,310$23,570$70,060
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$48,220$34,930$72,800
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$48,220$37,320$75,100
Reading, PA$48,160$35,530$81,700
Tallahassee, FL$48,160$35,740$87,580
Baton Rouge, LA$48,160$35,810$85,890
Gainesville, FL$48,130$37,400$83,440
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$48,040$40,350$108,540
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$48,000$30,630$73,500
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$47,990$27,560$97,640
Bloomington, IL$47,880$38,520$63,880
Akron, OH$47,860$36,610$90,670
Killeen-Temple, TX$47,850$29,060$63,170
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$47,780$36,780$83,400
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$47,750$37,400$87,020
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$47,630$35,420$62,650
Greenville, NC$47,590$35,360$78,300
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$47,550$36,030$72,420
Tucson, AZ$47,540$36,650$61,900
Manchester-Nashua, NH$47,480$35,360$79,120
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$47,470$40,990$74,810
Lancaster, PA$47,430$34,960$81,880
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$47,420$36,230$78,140
State College, PA$47,290$34,360$67,110
Mobile, AL$47,280$33,740$58,460
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$47,260$33,280$70,990
Richmond, VA$47,240$39,210$71,830
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$47,230$35,260$87,630
Portland-South Portland, ME$47,230$43,540$69,520
Wyoming$47,230$31,570$77,790
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$47,200$36,040$87,190
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$47,190$36,530$78,660
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$47,170$26,930$75,640
Lubbock, TX$47,160$28,270$60,720
Ohio$47,140$36,800$79,050
El Paso, TX$47,140$27,880$72,970
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$47,140$26,450$62,850
College Station-Bryan, TX$47,120$29,420$63,660
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$47,120$31,720$63,360
Columbus, OH$47,080$38,520$68,300
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$47,050$34,760$72,570
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$47,050$35,690$86,010
Iowa City, IA$47,030$35,920$72,560
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$47,020$37,150$83,320
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$47,000$37,470$85,850
Tulsa, OK$46,990$35,630$81,870
Chattanooga, TN-GA$46,790$37,770$78,980
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$46,790$34,820$63,030
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$46,760$35,350$80,510
York-Hanover, PA$46,750$35,800$70,690
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$46,740$35,950$53,700
Youngstown-Warren, OH$46,710$34,610$99,360
Logan, UT-ID$46,690$36,140$91,580
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$46,670$27,130$63,800
South Carolina$46,650$36,400$80,510
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$46,610$38,040$73,110
Iowa$46,550$34,930$74,840
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$46,540$29,310$78,490
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$46,520$38,330$71,070
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$46,490$27,440$70,000
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$46,490$36,450$86,500
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$46,480$31,250$73,080
Charlottesville, VA$46,440$38,490$70,980
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$46,410$32,200$74,840
North Dakota$46,300$38,920$102,000
Montgomery, AL$46,290$29,160$62,750
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$46,280$37,040$85,890
Ames, IA$46,200$35,060$70,910
Sebring, FL$46,160$35,510$79,040
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$46,140$27,150$68,460
Erie, PA$46,130$31,640$68,540
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$46,120$25,760$66,870
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$46,110$32,080$65,660
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$46,030$32,100$75,040
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$45,990$32,100$68,990
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$45,980$36,200$61,720
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$45,930$36,650$67,990
Toledo, OH$45,760$36,690$74,100
Laredo, TX$45,710$30,300$83,320
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$45,620$38,420$67,280
Tennessee$45,620$38,150$77,690
Jacksonville, NC$45,580$33,860$77,270
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$45,540$35,860$80,220
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$45,450$37,530$81,020
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$45,430$32,200$75,540
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$45,430$30,900$67,660
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$45,420$29,390$69,220
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$45,410$29,140$76,370
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$45,400$29,390$76,900
Canton-Massillon, OH$45,380$32,200$74,270
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$45,170$37,440$82,730
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$45,170$29,220$86,590
Cedar Rapids, IA$45,020$36,230$77,860
Dubuque, IA$44,950$34,540$77,720
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$44,860$36,740$82,130
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$44,720$35,100$69,100
Columbia, SC$44,680$34,580$71,910
Georgia$44,510$37,050$76,400
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$44,510$37,050$92,310
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$44,460$31,480$74,840
Oklahoma City, OK$44,420$30,960$79,500
Huntsville, AL$44,390$34,730$62,020
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$44,340$26,960$87,620
Lexington-Fayette, KY$44,310$35,560$74,280
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$44,290$29,310$74,980
West Virginia$44,240$32,580$66,030
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$44,240$28,030$60,280
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$44,240$34,550$59,490
Oklahoma$44,110$30,960$79,500
Corpus Christi, TX$44,060$28,960$72,520
Tyler, TX$44,010$28,870$60,290
Birmingham, AL$43,960$33,170$62,620
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$43,690$36,500$60,900
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$43,220$29,920$66,210
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$43,120$29,370$70,780
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$42,940$37,880$71,190
Knoxville, TN$42,530$35,820$71,670
Arkansas$42,430$28,760$70,600
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$42,110$37,990$71,890
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$41,630$26,750$71,100
Fort Smith, AR-OK$41,320$27,620$54,730
Longview, TX$41,280$28,170$58,840
Alabama$41,150$29,060$61,470
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$40,950$31,630$73,000
Jonesboro, AR$40,700$29,190$69,180
Mississippi$40,630$27,530$73,950
Louisiana$40,220$30,530$68,550
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$39,730$29,290$65,080
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$39,630$30,970$67,860
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$39,600$32,630$74,390
Springfield, MO$39,500$27,260$64,570
Missouri$39,370$26,510$70,410
Puerto Rico$39,370$31,200$73,230
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$39,310$28,760$61,890
Kentucky$38,860$34,240$66,870
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$38,740$26,960$59,090
Jackson, MS$38,690$27,530$64,210
Joplin, MO-KS$38,640$26,430$54,240
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$38,620$28,910$57,550
Lawton, OK$38,560$25,760$48,300
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$38,560$29,270$68,870
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$38,210$31,970$90,270
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$37,410$29,780$75,000
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$37,230$27,060$60,960
Texarkana, TX-AR$37,180$27,820$70,700
Columbia, MO$37,090$27,060$80,800
Lafayette, LA$36,660$29,830$76,820
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$36,510$27,110$67,560
Bowling Green, KY$36,220$31,840$60,780
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$36,160$23,440$67,560
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$35,470$28,930$77,660
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$33,590$26,240$71,250
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$33,550$26,410$57,760
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$32,100$28,490$57,800
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$29,990$26,320$57,270
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$26,320$26,320$56,480

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare is $56,270, with a typical range of $37,060 – $96,400 depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Entry-level Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare positions typically start around $37,060 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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