Salary of a Child Care Facility Worker
Child care facility workers care for preschool children and school-age children before and after school. These professionals work in a facility that offers child care services and often provide educational programs to assist in each child's development. In child care centers, child care workers are sometimes assistants to pre-school teachers and are under the direction of a day care director. In May 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimated salaries for child care workers.
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Qualifications
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Most employers require a school diploma or GED for this occupation. Some employers require additional training or degree in child development or early childhood education. Most states require child care facility employees to be licensed. Licensing requirements typically includes immunizations and passing a criminal background check.
Salary
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Approximately 595,650 child care workers were employed in the United States in May 2009. Median annual wages were $19,240 or $9.25 per hour. The 25th percentile earned $16,640 per year or eight dollars per hour, and the 75th percentile earned $23,900 per year or $11.49 per hour.
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Child Care Facilities
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Along with child day care services, child care facilities are found in a variety of public and private organizations. Those working in child day care services industry earned annual mean wages of $18,900 or $9.90 per hour. Those working in elementary and secondary schools earned annual mean wages of $23,530 or $11.31 per hour. Those working for civic and social organizations earned $19,330 per year or $9.30 per hour.
Income by Location
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Child care facilities can be found in every metropolitan area of the United States. The highest concentration of child care workers was in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where there are more than 16 child care workers for 1,000 workers who earn annual mean wages were $24,760 for $11.91 per hour. The highest salaries were in the San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California metropolitan division, where child care workers earned annual mean wages of $32,170 or $15.47 per hour. In Muncie, Indiana, child care workers earned annual mean wages of $19,390 or $9.32 per hour.
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