Child day care services

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

1.32M

2021

Average Employee Age

38.3

2021

Estimated Job Growth

−0.393%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$24,355

2021

Average Male Salary

$30,008

2021

Average Female Salary

$23,988

2021

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 41.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $30,960. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $12,378.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Child day care services Industry Group are East New York & Starrett City PUMA, NY, Carr 52-Carr 150 PUMA, PR, and Ocean County (North Central) PUMA, NJ.

The workforce of Child day care services Industry Group in 2021 was 1,320,452 people, with 93.9% woman, and 6.09% men.

In 2021, 65.5% of the workforce in the Child day care services Industry Group was White (864,479 people), of which 94.6% were women and 5.43% 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 1,320,452 people and is concentrated in California (124,521 workers). The average annual salary was $24,355, being $35,240 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

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 2021 were California (125k), Texas (106k), and New York (94.6k).

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

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Child day care services Industry Group had an average annual wage of $24,355, $35,240 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

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

Wage Distribution

0.42

WAGE GINI

Child day care services has a wage GINI of 0.42, 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).

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 504,381 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 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were preschool & kindergarten teachers (504,381 people), childcare workers (425,699 people), and teaching assistants (117,742 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$30,008

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$3,487

$23,988

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$579

On average, Male workers in the Child day care services Industry Group make 1.25 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.

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

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.

Diversity

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

Of the total workforce, 93.9% corresponds to women and 6.09% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $30,008 and $23,988.

73.5% of workers have a some college, high school or equivalent or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

1,240,028

Women

93.9%

80,424

Men

6.09%

The workforce of Child day care services industry in 2021 was 1,320,452 people, with 93.9% woman, and 6.09% men.

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

Races

In 2021, 65.5% of the workforce in the Child day care services industry was White (864,479 people), of which 94.6% were women and 5.43% 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 2021 were some college (374,769 people), high school or equivalent (307,007 people), and bachelors degree (289,201 people).

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

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.