Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare Salary

Median Salary
$59,300
per year
Hourly Rate
$28.51
per hour
Employment
73,660
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$38,580
25th percentile
$47,040
Median
$59,300
75th percentile
$75,500
90th percentile
$98,240

💰 Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare Salary by State

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StateMedianvs. National
New York$96,810+63.3%
New Jersey$78,770+32.8%
District of Columbia$77,850+31.3%
Alaska$75,540+27.4%
Washington$70,470+18.8%
Massachusetts$70,320+18.6%
California$67,100+13.2%
Hawaii$65,080+9.7%
Colorado$64,620+9.0%
South Dakota$63,240+6.6%
Vermont$63,220+6.6%
Maryland$62,520+5.4%
Minnesota$62,020+4.6%
Utah$60,980+2.8%
Georgia$60,300+1.7%
Oregon$60,250+1.6%
Nevada$60,120+1.4%
Maine$60,090+1.3%
Wisconsin$59,930+1.1%
Connecticut$59,760+0.8%
Indiana$58,740-0.9%
Illinois$58,550-1.3%
Delaware$58,230-1.8%
North Carolina$57,200-3.5%
Kansas$56,970-3.9%
Michigan$56,870-4.1%
Florida$56,750-4.3%
Pennsylvania$56,380-4.9%
Wyoming$56,170-5.3%
Nebraska$56,160-5.3%
Rhode Island$55,290-6.8%
New Hampshire$55,120-7.0%
Virginia$53,320-10.1%
North Dakota$51,390-13.3%
South Carolina$51,200-13.7%
Texas$50,840-14.3%
Mississippi$49,740-16.1%
Ohio$49,580-16.4%
Tennessee$49,200-17.0%
Idaho$48,530-18.2%
Arizona$48,160-18.8%
Montana$48,140-18.8%
Missouri$47,940-19.2%
Iowa$47,480-19.9%
Oklahoma$46,690-21.3%
Louisiana$46,030-22.4%
West Virginia$45,660-23.0%
Arkansas$44,990-24.1%
Kentucky$44,530-24.9%
Alabama$41,780-29.5%

🏙️ Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$98,470+66.1%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$83,600+41.0%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$78,770+32.8%
Salinas, CA$76,620+29.2%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$76,390+28.8%
Barnstable Town, MA$74,080+24.9%
Vineland, NJ$73,480+23.9%
Visalia, CA$73,100+23.3%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$72,910+23.0%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$72,560+22.4%
Yakima, WA$72,250+21.8%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$71,150+20.0%
Worcester, MA$70,560+19.0%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$70,470+18.8%
Napa, CA$70,440+18.8%
Urban Honolulu, HI$70,270+18.5%
Modesto, CA$70,180+18.3%
Anchorage, AK$70,030+18.1%
Boulder, CO$69,900+17.9%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$69,160+16.6%
Merced, CA$68,440+15.4%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$67,140+13.2%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$67,030+13.0%
Pittsfield, MA$66,540+12.2%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$66,280+11.8%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$65,480+10.4%
Springfield, MA$65,110+9.8%
Las Cruces, NM$65,020+9.6%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$65,000+9.6%
Rockford, IL$64,850+9.4%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$64,800+9.3%
Chico, CA$64,540+8.8%
Rochester, NY$64,430+8.7%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$64,420+8.6%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$64,410+8.6%
Madison, WI$63,910+7.8%
Colorado Springs, CO$63,900+7.8%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$63,850+7.7%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$63,650+7.3%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$63,550+7.2%
Fresno, CA$63,460+7.0%
Yuba City, CA$63,250+6.7%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$63,220+6.6%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$63,200+6.6%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$63,090+6.4%
Redding, CA$63,060+6.3%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$63,060+6.3%
Rochester, MN$62,850+6.0%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$62,840+6.0%
Bend, OR$62,740+5.8%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$62,500+5.4%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$62,060+4.7%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$61,960+4.5%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$61,960+4.5%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$61,790+4.2%
Vallejo, CA$61,740+4.1%
Lincoln, NE$61,730+4.1%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$61,530+3.8%
Portland-South Portland, ME$61,520+3.7%
Savannah, GA$61,390+3.5%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$61,300+3.4%
Asheville, NC$61,230+3.3%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$61,200+3.2%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$60,540+2.1%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$60,530+2.1%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$60,290+1.7%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$60,210+1.5%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$60,160+1.5%
Spartanburg, SC$60,000+1.2%
Ogden, UT$59,960+1.1%
Fargo, ND-MN$59,860+0.9%
Duluth, MN-WI$59,630+0.6%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$59,500+0.3%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$59,490+0.3%
Baton Rouge, LA$59,480+0.3%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$59,430+0.2%
Ann Arbor, MI$59,340+0.1%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$59,310+0.0%
Appleton, WI$59,240-0.1%
Lexington Park, MD$59,190-0.2%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$59,160-0.2%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$59,150-0.3%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$59,020-0.5%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$58,970-0.6%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$58,960-0.6%
Reno, NV$58,960-0.6%
Williamsport, PA$58,960-0.6%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$58,920-0.6%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$58,840-0.8%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$58,780-0.9%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$58,760-0.9%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$58,730-1.0%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$58,590-1.2%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$58,540-1.3%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$58,500-1.3%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$58,470-1.4%
Jacksonville, FL$58,370-1.6%
Kansas City, MO-KS$58,340-1.6%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$58,330-1.6%
New Haven, CT$58,200-1.9%
Medford, OR$58,170-1.9%
Green Bay, WI$58,080-2.1%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$57,920-2.3%
Wilmington, NC$57,720-2.7%
Odessa, TX$57,670-2.7%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$57,500-3.0%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$57,480-3.1%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$57,320-3.3%
Dover, DE$57,280-3.4%
Gainesville, FL$57,130-3.7%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$56,920-4.0%
Toledo, OH$56,900-4.0%
Greeley, CO$56,890-4.1%
Eau Claire, WI$56,770-4.3%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$56,680-4.4%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$56,670-4.4%
Ocala, FL$56,650-4.5%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$56,640-4.5%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$56,320-5.0%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$56,220-5.2%
Flint, MI$56,050-5.5%
Cheyenne, WY$55,450-6.5%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$55,430-6.5%
Springfield, IL$55,390-6.6%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$55,230-6.9%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$55,060-7.2%
Saginaw, MI$55,030-7.2%
Richmond, VA$54,960-7.3%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$54,950-7.3%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$54,700-7.8%
Port St. Lucie, FL$54,580-8.0%
York-Hanover, PA$54,440-8.2%
Peoria, IL$54,420-8.2%
Fort Wayne, IN$53,850-9.2%
Lawrence, KS$53,680-9.5%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$53,610-9.6%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$53,610-9.6%
Topeka, KS$53,590-9.6%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$53,520-9.7%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$53,400-9.9%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$52,880-10.8%
Kenosha, WI$52,710-11.1%
Lynchburg, VA$52,520-11.4%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$51,810-12.6%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$51,750-12.7%
Killeen-Temple, TX$51,350-13.4%
Wichita, KS$51,190-13.7%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$50,990-14.0%
Waco, TX$50,910-14.1%
Amarillo, TX$50,690-14.5%
Tallahassee, FL$50,540-14.8%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$50,410-15.0%
Yuma, AZ$50,340-15.1%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$49,990-15.7%
St. Louis, MO-IL$49,960-15.8%
Columbus, OH$49,950-15.8%
Reading, PA$49,760-16.1%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$49,680-16.2%
Dubuque, IA$49,650-16.3%
El Centro, CA$49,620-16.3%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$49,550-16.4%
Erie, PA$49,520-16.5%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$49,460-16.6%
Lancaster, PA$49,450-16.6%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$49,390-16.7%
College Station-Bryan, TX$49,370-16.7%
Altoona, PA$49,360-16.8%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$49,210-17.0%
Pittsburgh, PA$49,170-17.1%
Bismarck, ND$49,110-17.2%
El Paso, TX$49,050-17.3%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$48,990-17.4%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$48,940-17.5%
Bloomington, IL$48,860-17.6%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$48,860-17.6%
Traverse City, MI$48,820-17.7%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$48,710-17.9%
Sumter, SC$48,710-17.9%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$48,630-18.0%
Tyler, TX$48,610-18.0%
Laredo, TX$48,560-18.1%
Cleveland, OH$48,550-18.1%
Omaha, NE-IA$48,540-18.1%
Winston-Salem, NC$48,540-18.1%
Akron, OH$48,510-18.2%
Jonesboro, AR$48,360-18.4%
Corpus Christi, TX$48,150-18.8%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$48,100-18.9%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$47,990-19.1%
Roanoke, VA$47,950-19.1%
Lubbock, TX$47,800-19.4%
Ames, IA$47,660-19.6%
Columbus, GA-AL$47,590-19.7%
Iowa City, IA$47,570-19.8%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$47,550-19.8%
Fayetteville, NC$47,530-19.8%
Johnstown, PA$47,470-19.9%
Tucson, AZ$47,460-20.0%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$47,450-20.0%
Tulsa, OK$47,400-20.1%
Jefferson City, MO$47,380-20.1%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$47,380-20.1%
Cedar Rapids, IA$47,370-20.1%
Canton-Massillon, OH$47,320-20.2%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$47,180-20.4%
Oklahoma City, OK$47,000-20.7%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$46,750-21.2%
Jackson, MS$46,690-21.3%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$46,590-21.4%
Columbia, SC$46,510-21.6%
Columbia, MO$46,430-21.7%
Jacksonville, NC$46,410-21.7%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$46,410-21.7%
Montgomery, AL$46,370-21.8%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$46,280-22.0%
Greenville, NC$46,110-22.2%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$46,080-22.3%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$46,070-22.3%
Puerto Rico$45,990-22.4%
Springfield, MO$45,950-22.5%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$45,930-22.5%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$45,900-22.6%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$45,650-23.0%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$45,450-23.4%
Goldsboro, NC$45,330-23.6%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$45,080-24.0%
Billings, MT$44,950-24.2%
Salem, OR$44,760-24.5%
Birmingham, AL$44,470-25.0%
Boise City, ID$43,990-25.8%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$43,810-26.1%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$43,690-26.3%
Monroe, LA$43,260-27.0%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$43,230-27.1%
Clarksville, TN-KY$43,220-27.1%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$42,990-27.5%
Lafayette, LA$42,940-27.6%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$42,010-29.2%
Huntsville, AL$41,990-29.2%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$40,420-31.8%
Tuscaloosa, AL$39,020-34.2%
Lawton, OK$38,500-35.1%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$38,010-35.9%
Bowling Green, KY$37,000-37.6%
Dothan, AL$36,450-38.5%
Texarkana, TX-AR$36,050-39.2%
Guam$33,030-44.3%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.