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Child Caregiver Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Child Caregivers Job Overview

Child caregivers teach and take care of children who have not entered kindergarten. They also oversee older children before and after school. Under the supervision of a director, child care workers attend to the health, safety and nutritional needs of infants and children. Child care aides help to develop a child's speech, curiosity, self-esteem, social abilities and physical skills with experimentation, play activities and by answering questions.

Child Caregivers Schools and Degrees

Associate degrees in early childhood education are available.

Job Requirements

Typically, child caregivers that have less than a high school diploma can obtain some type of child care work. Some employers prefer to hire those who have completed secondary or postsecondary child development and early childhood education classes. An increasing number of employers are seeking applicants who have an associate degree in early childhood education. Some employers seek applicants who have obtained a nationally recognized Child Development Associate credential or the Child Care Professional designation.

Nature of Work

  • Make sure children are properly behaving
  • Arrange for play activities
  • Ensure that school age children complete their homework
  • Ensure children are safe

Child Caregivers Jobs and Outlook

Employment of child caregivers between 2008 and 2018 is forecasted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to increase by 11 percent which is about as fast as average for all occupations.

The major employers of child caregivers are shown below:

  • Day care centers
  • Preschools
  • Elementary schools
  • Families
  • Non-profit organizations
  • Company provided day care centers

Job Numbers and Growth

There are an estimated 1,388,000 child caregivers nationally. Most recently, workers have experienced a high level of joblessness. An estimated 7% of employees did not have employment in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

Child caregivers -of-a-feather seem to flock to Pittsfield (Massachusetts), Iowa City (Iowa), and Hinesville (Georgia). They are less likely to be found around Odessa (Texas), Las Vegas (Nevada), and Dalton (Georgia).

Compensation of workers is best in Santa Fe (New Mexico), Fairbanks (Alaska), and San Francisco (California), and much worse in Valdosta (Georgia), Hinesville (Georgia), and Alexandria (Louisiana).

Training and Education

Employees often find employers are looking for short-term on-the-job training. Child caregivers, in 15% of cases, have bachelor's degree or higher. After high school, 38% of workers pursued some additional career education. Employees, in 48% of cases, had only a high school education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Child caregivers employed part-time are 34% of the total. Workers, in about 34% of cases, work for themselves.


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Child Caregivers by Metropolitan Area (city and its surroundings)

In the table below, a Job Density near 0% means the area has an average number of people in this occupation, for its population. A higher or lower Job Density (e.g., +22% or -45%) tells you there are that many more or fewer workers of that type there than in the average US metro area. So, the higher the number, the more common the occupation.

Alabama

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Anniston$14,000100-45%
Auburn$18,000390+128%
Birmingham$17,0002,790+22%
Decatur$15,000160-24%
Dothan$15,000260+11%
Florence$16,000220+12%
Gadsden$15,000270+116%
Huntsville$16,000740-16%
Mobile$16,0001,170+51%
Montgomery$16,000880+22%
Tuscaloosa$16,000420+16%

Alaska

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Anchorage$22,000570-16%
Fairbanks$28,000130+8%

Arizona

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Kingman$17,000170-14%
Phoenix$19,0006,680-19%
Prescott$20,000190-22%
Tucson$19,0001,260-22%
Yuma$17,00060-75%

Arkansas

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Fayetteville$17,0001,130+34%
Fort Smith$16,000850+75%
Hot Springs$16,000130-6%
Jonesboro$16,000290+54%
Little Rock$16,0001,940+32%
Pine Bluff$15,000190+55%

California

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bakersfield$22,0001,170+2%
Chico$21,000260-5%
Fresno$21,0001,420-2%
Hanford$20,000110+5%
Merced$23,000340+53%
Modesto$21,0001,030+49%
Napa$27,000270+7%
Oakland$24,0003,470-24%
Oxnard$24,0001,220-5%
Redding$23,000660+152%
Riverside$22,0006,470+15%
Sacramento$22,0004,880+25%
Salinas$21,000740+14%
San Diego$23,0005,260-11%
San Francisco$30,0003,130-29%
San Jose$24,0002,680-34%
San Luis Obispo$21,000500+23%
Santa Ana$24,0003,870-43%
Santa Barbara$23,000380-46%
Santa Cruz$23,000360+2%
Santa Rosa$25,000750-4%
Stockton$24,000530-42%
Vallejo$22,000400-21%
Visalia$20,000350-38%
Yuba City$23,000230+58%

Colorado

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Boulder$25,000580-14%
Colorado Springs$21,0001,150+6%
Denver$22,0006,140+11%
Fort Collins$20,000300-40%
Grand Junction$20,000310+41%
Greeley$20,000190-36%
Pueblo$19,000210+1%

Connecticut

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bridgeport$24,0001,810-5%
Danbury$22,000320+13%
Hartford$23,0003,140+23%
New Haven$24,0001,180-2%
Norwich$22,000680+32%
Waterbury$23,000710+163%

Delaware

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Dover$24,000240+13%
Wilmington$20,0001,110-22%

District of Columbia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Washington$22,0006,810-34%

Florida

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Cape Coral$21,000690-23%
Deltona$20,0001,490+129%
Fort Lauderdale$21,0004,140+28%
Fort Walton Beach$21,000560+85%
Gainesville$18,000570+20%
Jacksonville$20,0002,6400%
Lakeland$18,0001,080+31%
Miami$18,0006,260+43%
Naples$19,000470-6%
Ocala$22,000300-22%
Orlando$20,0003,690-20%
Palm Bay$22,000900+8%
Palm Coast$18,00070+56%
Panama City$19,000290+6%
Pensacola$19,0001,010+62%
Port St Lucie$21,000970+85%
Punta Gorda$17,000200+35%
Sarasota$19,000740-34%
Sebastian$26,000230+25%
Tallahassee$19,000680-1%
Tampa$19,0006,660+24%
West Palm Beach$18,0002,100-11%

Georgia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Albany$15,000390+64%
Athens$18,00080-73%
Atlanta$19,0006,900-34%
Augusta$15,0001,130+29%
Columbus$17,000740+65%
Dalton$18,00070-77%
Gainesville$18,000530+91%
Hinesville$14,000140+224%
Macon$18,000550+36%
Rome$16,000120-11%
Savannah$16,0001,030+64%
Valdosta$14,000320+48%
Warner Robins$15,000260+36%

Hawaii

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Honolulu$18,0001,400-27%

Idaho

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Boise$18,0002,090+80%
Coeur Dalene$21,000270+27%
Idaho Falls$17,000200+11%
Lewiston$18,000110+36%
Pocatello$17,000100-9%

Illinois

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bloomington$19,000350+25%
Champaign$20,000300-21%
Chicago$23,0009,080-46%
Decatur$21,000180+1%
Peoria$20,000610-15%
Rockford$19,000770+21%
Springfield$20,000430+2%

Indiana

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Anderson$18,000200+34%
Bloomington$18,000490+80%
Columbus$16,000130-19%
Elkhart$20,000170-68%
Evansville$16,000560-24%
Fort Wayne$17,000460-49%
Gary$19,0001,460+21%
Indianapolis$19,0003,890-2%
Kokomo$17,00070-47%
Lafayette$15,000380+26%
Michigan City$18,000140-14%
Muncie$21,000390+126%
South Bend$17,000550-3%
Terre Haute$17,000270-2%

Iowa

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Ames$17,000220+56%
Cedar Rapids$20,000870+55%
Davenport$18,000470-40%
Des Moines$21,0001,920+35%
Dubuque$17,000330+67%
Iowa City$18,0001,020+258%
Sioux City$18,000400+42%
Waterloo$16,000590+71%

Kansas

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Lawrence$17,000310+80%
Topeka$19,000430-5%
Wichita$18,0001,300-2%

Kentucky

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bowling Green$16,000470+111%
Elizabethtown$16,000380+131%
Lexington$19,0001,500+44%
Louisville$18,0003,510+30%
Owensboro$17,000400+117%

Louisiana

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Alexandria$14,000380+63%
Baton Rouge$17,0001,320-18%
Houma$15,000270-30%
Lafayette$16,000350-42%
Lake Charles$17,000390+12%
Monroe$16,000380+21%
New Orleans$20,0001,810-19%
Shreveport$16,000400-46%

Maine

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bangor$21,000430+71%
Lewiston$20,000120-36%
Portland$22,000910+5%

Maryland

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Baltimore$21,0004,090-29%
Bethesda$23,0001,900-24%
Cumberland$18,000140+7%
Hagerstown$21,000360-11%
Salisbury$17,000130-36%

Massachusetts

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Barnstable Town$25,000150-63%
Boston$23,0005,070-34%
Brockton$23,000420+17%
Framingham$22,000430-37%
Haverhill$21,000460+49%
Lawrence$23,000290+31%
Leominster$22,000160-16%
Lowell$22,000160-68%
New Bedford$21,000250-2%
Pittsfield$24,000540+345%
Springfield$21,0001,350+4%
Taunton$22,000300+70%
Worcester$24,0001,580+48%

Michigan

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Ann Arbor$23,000950+36%
Battle Creek$19,000330+77%
Bay City$20,000160+25%
Detroit$22,0003,670+17%
Flint$20,0001,070+87%
Grand Rapids$23,000950-43%
Holland$23,000690+66%
Jackson$20,000280+40%
Kalamazoo$21,000910+60%
Lansing$19,000870+6%
Monroe$22,000190+29%
Muskegon$22,000360+53%
Niles$19,000160-34%
Saginaw$20,000360+18%
Warren$22,0004,890-4%

Minnesota

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Duluth$18,000460-13%
Minneapolis$21,0003,630-54%
Rochester$18,000170-55%
St Cloud$19,000250-40%

Mississippi

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Gulfport$17,000570+28%
Hattiesburg$15,000370+68%
Jackson$17,0001,630+49%
Pascagoula$15,000260+45%

Missouri

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Columbia$22,000190-42%
Jefferson City$23,000360+33%
Joplin$16,000210-35%
Kansas City$20,0005,270+16%
Springfield$17,0001,100+32%
St Joseph$18,000140-27%
St Louis$19,0007,640+28%

Montana

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Billings$17,000600+85%
Great Falls$18,000330+160%
Missoula$17,000280+40%

Nebraska

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Lincoln$18,0001,290+88%
Omaha$18,0002,280+12%

Nevada

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Carson City$19,00080-18%
Las Vegas$17,000930-77%
Reno$20,000550-38%

New Hampshire

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Manchester$20,000290-32%
Nashua$19,000520-10%
Portsmouth$22,000200-9%
Rochester$21,000310+40%

New Jersey

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Atlantic City$22,000650+5%
Camden$21,0003,740+61%
Edison$21,0005,580+22%
Newark$23,0006,640+49%
Ocean City$22,000160+3%
Vineland$19,000580+161%

New Mexico

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Albuquerque$18,000970-43%
Farmington$22,000110-45%
Las Cruces$16,000510+113%
Santa Fe$33,000110-56%

New York

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Albany$22,0003,860+102%
Buffalo$20,0003,610+53%
Elmira$19,000200+54%
Glens Falls$19,000270+33%
Ithaca$21,000450+181%
Kingston$22,000510+120%
Nassau$24,0008,820+59%
New York$26,00035,990+58%
Poughkeepsie$23,0002,790+172%
Rochester$19,0003,310+51%
Syracuse$21,0001,550+15%
Utica$20,000650+23%

North Carolina

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Asheville$20,000800+6%
Burlington$18,000130-43%
Charlotte$20,0002,760-29%
Durham$20,000530-55%
Fayetteville$17,000300-41%
Goldsboro$17,000220+57%
Greensboro$21,000920-43%
Greenville$18,000140-50%
Hickory$19,000630-8%
Jacksonville$17,000260+71%
Raleigh$20,0001,190-47%
Rocky Mount$17,000240+6%
Wilmington$18,000450-26%
Winston Salem$20,000720-22%

North Dakota

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bismarck$17,000440+102%
Fargo$17,0001,080+126%
Grand Forks$16,000340+85%

Ohio

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Akron$22,0001,180-19%
Canton$21,0001,110+51%
Cincinnati$20,0004,210-8%
Cleveland$23,0004,500-4%
Columbus$22,0003,520-15%
Dayton$20,0001,420-17%
Lima$23,00060-70%
Mansfield$21,000280+40%
Sandusky$17,00070-46%
Springfield$23,000170-5%
Toledo$20,0001,750+29%
Youngstown$21,0001,270+27%

Oklahoma

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Lawton$18,000240+75%
Oklahoma City$18,0002,950+19%
Tulsa$19,0001,620-15%

Oregon

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bend$22,000210-22%
Corvallis$22,000220+95%
Eugene$20,000510-18%
Medford$22,000230-32%
Portland$21,0002,680-42%
Salem$20,000460-27%

Pennsylvania

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Allentown$19,0002,230+52%
Altoona$18,000230-1%
Erie$20,000610+17%
Harrisburg$22,0001,210-12%
Johnstown$17,000320+46%
Lancaster$20,0001,0100%
Lebanon$18,000100-43%
Philadelphia$20,00011,440+37%
Pittsburgh$19,0006,050+20%
Reading$21,000670-3%
Scranton$18,000900-19%
State College$20,000200-8%
Williamsport$17,000280+44%
York$21,000990+30%

Rhode Island

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Providence$22,0004,290+73%

South Carolina

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Anderson$15,000320+36%
Charleston$17,0001,550+23%
Columbia$17,0001,680+10%
Florence$17,000410+22%
Greenville$17,0001,290-2%
Myrtle Beach$17,000400-18%
Spartanburg$18,000540+6%
Sumter$15,000330+157%

South Dakota

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Rapid City$18,000430+76%
Sioux Falls$20,0001,050+82%

Tennessee

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Chattanooga$18,000460-54%
Clarksville$15,000620+107%
Cleveland$17,000100-24%
Jackson$16,000180-19%
Johnson City$15,000390+32%
Kingsport$17,000290-38%
Knoxville$16,0001,400-4%
Memphis$16,0002,860+5%
Morristown$16,000110-38%
Nashville$18,0003,530+5%

Texas

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Abilene$17,000260+7%
Austin$20,0002,950-12%
Beaumont$15,000640-3%
Brownsville$17,000960+88%
College Station$15,000280-9%
Corpus Christi$17,000750+1%
El Paso$16,0001,090-4%
Fort Worth$18,0003,250-15%
Houston$17,0007,730-32%
Killeen$16,000640+30%
Laredo$17,000550+66%
Longview$15,000310-18%
Lubbock$16,000650+30%
Mcallen$16,0001,490+59%
Midland$17,000350+35%
Odessa$19,00050-77%
San Angelo$15,000250+65%
San Antonio$17,0003,530-5%
Sherman$18,000180+23%
Texarkana$15,000280+34%
Tyler$16,000200-45%
Victoria$15,000340+93%
Waco$18,000520+33%
Wichita Falls$16,000170-24%

Utah

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Logan$18,000190+9%
Ogden$18,0001,190+40%
Provo$19,000500-28%
Salt Lake City$18,0002,250-18%
St George$19,000130-30%

Vermont

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Burlington$20,000420-7%

Virginia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Blacksburg$17,000320+35%
Charlottesville$23,000260-31%
Danville$17,000140+10%
Harrisonburg$17,000100-52%
Lynchburg$15,000260-36%
Richmond$18,0002,490-5%
Roanoke$16,000480-28%
Virginia Beach$18,0002,310-31%
Winchester$21,000330+64%

Washington

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bellingham$21,000480+51%
Bremerton$21,000390+17%
Kennewick$20,000660+83%
Longview$22,000120+0%
Mount Vernon$21,000100-41%
Olympia$22,000360-5%
Seattle$23,0005,960-6%
Spokane$20,0001,330+49%
Tacoma$21,0001,100-5%
Wenatchee$21,000150+1%
Yakima$20,000530+65%

West Virginia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Charleston$17,000440-27%
Huntington$17,000500+7%
Morgantown$16,000160-9%
Parkersburg$16,000350+27%
Weirton$19,000110-30%
Wheeling$17,000200-19%

Wisconsin

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Appleton$18,000350-25%
Eau Claire$23,000630+106%
Fond$20,000190+15%
Green Bay$20,0001,050+49%
La Crosse$19,000230-15%
Madison$22,0001,830+27%
Milwaukee$26,0006,950+86%
Oshkosh$21,000370+9%
Racine$19,000270-12%
Sheboygan$21,000180-18%
Wausau$19,000100-62%

Wyoming

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Casper$20,000170+21%
Cheyenne$17,000250+54%

Salary and employment data obtained from the United States Department of Labor. Individual salaries depend on location, education and career background. Thanks to CityTownInfo.com for this child caregiver schools and jobs info.

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