Child day care services

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Workforce

1.02M

2019 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

38.6

Estimated Job Growth

−0.393%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$22,743

Average Male Salary

$27,411

Average Female Salary

$22,447

About

The top three occupations in the Child day care services Industry Group are Preschool & kindergarten teachers, Childcare workers, Teaching assistants, Education administrators, and Cooks. On average, full-time employees in the Child day care services Industry Group work 41.4 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $29,060. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.7 hours and earn an average annual salary of $11,648.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Child day care services Industry Group are Anchorage Municipality (North) PUMA, AK, Chinatown & Lower East Side PUMA, NY, and Bedford Park, Fordham North & Norwood PUMA, NY. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Child day care services.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Child day care services Industry Group. Preschool & kindergarten teachers are the most common position, but the Child day care services Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Preschool & kindergarten teachers, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Child day care services goes to Human resources managers.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

28.6%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 327k people employed in the Child Day Care Services industry. This represents a 28.6% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Child Day Care Services over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Occupations

Occupations by Share

1.02M

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 1.4M

4.8%

1 Year Growth

± 2.83%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 1.02M people employed in the Child day care services Industry Group in 2019.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Child day care services Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 4.8%, , from 1.33M people in 2018 to 1.4M people in 2019.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Child day care services by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Preschool & kindergarten teachers represent the largest share of positions held in Child day care services at 40.1%, followed by Childcare workers with 29.8% and Teaching assistants with 9.62%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Child day care services Industry Group, by number of employees, are Preschool & kindergarten teachers, Childcare workers, Teaching assistants, Education administrators, and Cooks.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Child day care services employs an unusually high number of Preschool & kindergarten teachers, Childcare workers, and Education administrators.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Child day care services, by average wage, are Human resources managers, Social & community service managers, and Sales managers.

Wages

Average Salary

$22,743

AVERAGE WAGE

± $536

On average, employees in the Child day care services Industry Group make $22,743 per year. This number makes Child day care services the 266 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Child day care services Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.414

WAGE GINI

Child day care services has a wage GINI of 0.414, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Child day care services (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Opportunities

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Child day care services Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Child day care services Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Child day care services Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Child day care services Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $27,411 and $22,447. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

1.31M

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±28k

83.2k

MALE WORKFORCE

±7.08k

94% of workers in the Child day care services Industry Group are Female, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Child day care services Industry Group.

Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$27,411

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,929

$22,447

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$538

On average, Male workers in the Child day care services Industry Group make 1.22 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Child day care services Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

American Indian
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
Asian

On average, American Indian employees in the Child day care services Industry Group earn 1.41 times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Child day care services Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Child day care services Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries. Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Child day care services Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Child day care services Industry Group is Educational services, health care, and social assistance.

In this visualization, click on a category to expand or collapse it. All of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Child day care services is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Child day care services is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Child day care services Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Child day care services is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Educational services, health care, and social assistance Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Child day care services Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Child day care services Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Projections

Growth projections of the Child day care services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Child day care services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −0.393%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (20.2%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

−0.393%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Child day care services. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.