Childcare Workers in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor Metro

BLS metro-level wage data places Childcare Workers pay in Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL at a median of $34,300 per year ($16.49/hr), drawn from the OEWS May 2025 release for this Metropolitan Statistical Area. Compared with the national median of $34,980, the metro estimate is 2% below. OEWS reports the difference but does not identify its cause. Approximately 80 childcare workers are employed across the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor MSA in SOC 39-9011.

The Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor pay distribution spans from $27,930 at the 10th percentile to $37,010 at the 90th, a 1.3× observed spread. Differences in specialization, employer, sector, location, credentials, schedule, and experience may all contribute, but OEWS does not isolate their effects. The 25th percentile sits at $28,710 and the 75th at $34,860, so half of Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor-based childcare workers earn within that middle band.

Metro figures use establishment work location, not worker residence. BLS draws metro boundaries from the OMB MSA definitions, so Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL covers the central city plus outlying counties tied to the metro economically. OEWS includes straight-time pay, tips, commissions, incentive pay, and production bonuses. It excludes employer health and retirement benefits, overtime premiums, stock compensation, signing bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. The same occupation's national profile, statewide FL estimate, and peer-metro rows provide distinct geographic comparisons. A published median is a benchmark, not a prediction or ceiling for one worker.