Childcare Workers salary
The median pay for childcare workers in the United States is $34,980 a year. About 518,910 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $24,260
- 25th percentile
- $29,360
- Median percentile
- $34,980
- 75th percentile
- $38,570
- 90th percentile
- $46,010
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
How to become: education, skills and job outlook
Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- District of Columbia $47,340
- Washington $41,680
- Massachusetts $40,900
- Colorado $40,750
- California $40,020
- Oregon $38,650
- New York $37,590
- New Hampshire $37,080
- Hawaii $37,030
- Rhode Island $36,940
- Connecticut $36,660
- New Jersey $36,390
- Maine $36,350
- Alaska $36,200
- Maryland $36,030
- New Mexico $35,840
- Illinois $35,830
- Minnesota $35,520
- Montana $35,120
- Arizona $35,100
- Virginia $34,330
- Florida $34,210
- Delaware $33,210
- Wisconsin $32,460
- Utah $31,630
- Michigan $30,970
- Missouri $30,790
- Nebraska $30,740
- North Dakota $30,290
- Indiana $30,180
- Idaho $30,160
- Pennsylvania $30,140
- Nevada $29,740
- Ohio $29,680
- Tennessee $29,660
- South Carolina $29,650
- Kansas $29,240
- North Carolina $29,140
- Kentucky $28,920
- Texas $28,570
- Arkansas $28,450
- Iowa $28,420
- Wyoming $28,250
- Georgia $28,020
- South Dakota $27,940
- Oklahoma $27,730
- West Virginia $27,710
- Louisiana $22,900
- Alabama $22,720
- Mississippi $22,050
By metro area
- North Port, FL $47,300
- San Jose, CA $45,720
- San Francisco, CA $44,540
- Denver, CO $44,320
- Seattle, WA $43,710
- Barnstable Town, MA $43,480
- Boulder, CO $43,380
- San Luis Obispo, CA $42,860
- Longview, WA $42,300
- Modesto, CA $41,920
- Boston, MA $41,590
- Napa, CA $41,570
- Santa Rosa, CA $41,260
- Amherst Town, MA $40,560
- Riverside, CA $40,210
- Mount Vernon, WA $40,150
- Stockton, CA $40,010
- Los Angeles, CA $39,890
- San Diego, CA $39,800
- Flagstaff, AZ $39,640
- Portland, OR $39,590
- Salinas, CA $39,520
- Worcester, MA $39,300
- Vallejo, CA $38,850
- Bellingham, WA $38,820
- Bremerton, WA $38,690
- Pittsfield, MA $38,410
- Olympia, WA $38,390
- Sacramento, CA $38,390
- Santa Maria, CA $38,390
- Oxnard, CA $38,340
- El Centro, CA $38,220
- Wenatchee, WA $38,130
- Santa Cruz, CA $38,050
- Bridgeport, CT $38,020
- New York, NY $37,870
- Kennewick, WA $37,840
- Redding, CA $37,820
- Washington, DC $37,610
- Yuba City, CA $37,550
- Bend, OR $37,520
- Ithaca, NY $37,410
- Salem, OR $37,320
- Providence, RI $37,230
- Spokane, WA $37,230
- Visalia, CA $37,190
- Colorado Springs, CO $37,160
- Grants Pass, OR $37,150
- Kahului, HI $36,940
- Springfield, MA $36,910
- Hanford, CA $36,890
- Eugene, OR $36,760
- Fairbanks, AK $36,750
- Urban Honolulu, HI $36,710
- Greeley, CO $36,690
- Chico, CA $36,660
- Portland, ME $36,620
- Chicago, IL $36,610
- Merced, CA $36,590
- New Haven, CT $36,550
- Yakima, WA $36,550
- Fresno, CA $36,480
- Bozeman, MT $36,460
- Santa Fe, NM $36,440
- Fort Collins, CO $36,420
- Kingston, NY $36,360
- Albuquerque, NM $36,340
- Minneapolis, MN $36,310
- Anchorage, AK $36,280
- Kiryas Joel, NY $36,230
- Manchester, NH $36,210
- Bakersfield, CA $36,190
- Albany, NY $36,170
- Walla Walla, WA $36,040
- Norwich, CT $35,950
- Hartford, CT $35,920
- Binghamton, NY $35,890
- Corvallis, OR $35,800
- Phoenix, AZ $35,760
- Billings, MT $35,740
- Waterbury, CT $35,670
- Albany, OR $35,640
- Trenton, NJ $35,640
- Medford, OR $35,620
- Missoula, MT $35,510
- Helena, MT $35,500
- Glens Falls, NY $35,460
- Buffalo, NY $35,410
- Grand Junction, CO $35,390
- Pueblo, CO $35,230
- Jacksonville, FL $35,210
- Utica, NY $35,190
- Springfield, IL $35,170
- Ocala, FL $35,150
- Lexington, KY $35,100
- Rochester, NY $35,090
- Champaign, IL $34,990
- Prescott Valley, AZ $34,930
- Baltimore, MD $34,860
- Bangor, ME $34,820
- Farmington, NM $34,820
- Miami, FL $34,750
- Decatur, IL $34,740
- Punta Gorda, FL $34,730
- Naples, FL $34,670
- Green Bay, WI $34,650
- Deltona, FL $34,620
- Mankato, MN $34,590
- Lewiston, ME $34,570
- Atlantic City, NJ $34,540
- Philadelphia, PA $34,520
- Rochester, MN $34,510
- Madison, WI $34,450
- Nashville, TN $34,450
- Syracuse, NY $34,380
- Sebastian, FL $34,300
- Las Cruces, NM $34,270
- Lexington Park, MD $34,250
- Elmira, NY $34,170
- Charlottesville, VA $34,130