Child day care services

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

1.34M

2024

Average Employee Age

38.6

2024

Estimated Job Growth

−0.577%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$29,839

2024

Average Male Salary

$38,582

2024

Average Female Salary

$29,260

2024

About

The top three occupations in the Child day care services Industry Group are preschool & kindergarten teachers, childcare workers, and teaching assistants. On average, full-time employees in the Child day care services Industry Group work 41.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $37,284. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.6 hours and earn an average annual salary of $15,552.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Child day care services Industry Group are Ocean County (Lakewood) PUMA, NJ, NYC-Bronx Community Districts 1 & 2--Melrose, Mott Haven, Longwood, & Hunts Point PUMA, NY, and NYC-Bronx Community District 4--Highbridge & Concourse PUMA, NY.

The workforce of Child day care services Industry Group in 2024 was 1,337,570 people, with 93.8% woman, and 6.21% men.

In 2024, 58.1% of the workforce in the Child day care services Industry Group was White (777,136 people), of which 94.4% were women and 5.6% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Child day care services Industry Group.

The workforce in Child day care services Industry Group was 1,337,570 people and is concentrated in California (128,088 workers). The average annual salary was $29,839, being $40,039 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

10.1%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 387k people employed in the Child Day Care Services industry. This represents a 10.1% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (128k), Texas (106k), and New York (90.1k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Child day care services Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Child day care services Industry Group had an average annual wage of $29,839, $40,039 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

The graph shows the position of Child day care services Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.427

WAGE GINI

Child day care services has a wage GINI of 0.427, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. 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).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Child day care services Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Child day care services Industry Group.

Preschool & kindergarten teachers are the most common position with 538,487 workers, but the Child day care services Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Childcare workers and Teaching assistants.

The highest average salary in Child day care services goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Child day care services Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were preschool & kindergarten teachers (538,487 people), childcare workers (366,312 people), and teaching assistants (130,274 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$38,582

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$4,501

$29,260

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$708

On average, Male workers in the Child day care services Industry Group make 1.32 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Child day care services Industry Group.

Business

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.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Child day care services Industry Group.

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.

California and New York stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Child day care services Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

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

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 flow diagram, 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.

Intermediate Inputs

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Professional and business services
Manufacturing
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

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.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

California
9,301
New York
6,202
Texas
5,948

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Child day care services industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Child day care services Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 93.8% corresponds to women and 6.21% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $38,582 and $29,260.

72.3% of workers have a some college, high school or equivalent or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

1,254,498

Women

93.8%

83,072

Men

6.21%

The workforce of Child day care services industry in 2024 was 1,337,570 people, with 93.8% woman, and 6.21% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Child day care services industry.

Races

In 2024, 58.1% of the workforce in the Child day care services industry was White (777,136 people), of which 94.4% were women and 5.6% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Child day care services workers in 2024 were some college (346,192 people), high school or equivalent (328,466 people), and bachelors degree (292,573 people).

The chart shows the Child day care services workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Child Care Services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow −0.577% in the next ten years. The Child Care Services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −0.577%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (1.53%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (1.53%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Child Care Services.

−0.577%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

−0.577%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Child Care Services. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than −0.577%, the average rate of national job growth.