11 Series · SOC 11-9031

Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$56,270

per year

Median Hourly

$27.05/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$62,640

average

Employment

71,620

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$37,060$45,310$56,270$72,690$96,400
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$17.82$21.78$27.05$34.95$46.35
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$37,060

25th Percentile

$45,310

Median

$56,270

75th Percentile

$72,690

90th Percentile

$96,400

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 New York $79,660 +42% above national
2 District of Columbia $76,270 +36% above national
3 Massachusetts $68,660 +22% above national
4 New Mexico $67,780 +20% above national
5 New Jersey $66,360 +18% above national
6 California $65,420 +16% above national
7 Washington $64,360 +14% above national
8 Delaware $63,950 +14% above national
9 Hawaii $63,220 +12% above national
10 Nebraska $61,590 +9% above national
11 Colorado $61,150 +9% above national
12 Connecticut $60,300 +7% above national
13 Nevada $60,200 +7% above national
14 Minnesota $59,850 +6% above national
15 Virginia $59,420 +6% above national
16 Utah $59,400 +6% above national
17 Vermont $58,260 +4% above national
18 Wisconsin $57,790 +3% above national
19 South Dakota $55,270 2% below national
20 Michigan $55,100 2% below national
21 Oregon $54,510 3% below national
22 Montana $52,300 7% below national
23 Kansas $51,670 8% below national
24 Maine $50,620 10% below national
25 Pennsylvania $50,540 10% below national
26 North Carolina $50,270 11% below national
27 Indiana $50,250 11% below national
28 Rhode Island $50,130 11% below national
29 New Hampshire $50,000 11% below national
30 Florida $49,990 11% below national
31 Arizona $49,220 13% below national
32 Illinois $48,580 14% below national
33 Texas $48,510 14% below national
34 Wyoming $47,230 16% below national
35 Ohio $47,140 16% below national
36 South Carolina $46,650 17% below national
37 Iowa $46,550 17% below national
38 North Dakota $46,300 18% below national
39 Tennessee $45,620 19% below national
40 Georgia $44,510 21% below national
41 West Virginia $44,240 21% below national
42 Oklahoma $44,110 22% below national
43 Arkansas $42,430 25% below national
44 Alabama $41,150 27% below national
45 Mississippi $40,630 28% below national
46 Louisiana $40,220 29% below national
47 Missouri $39,370 30% below national
48 Puerto Rico $39,370 30% below national
49 Kentucky $38,860 31% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $79,000 +40% above national
2 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $77,390 +38% above national
3 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $77,120 +37% above national
4 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $76,580 +36% above national
5 Salinas, CA $74,690 +33% above national
6 Modesto, CA $73,660 +31% above national
7 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $71,280 +27% above national
8 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $71,240 +27% above national
9 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $69,820 +24% above national
10 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $69,120 +23% above national
11 Albuquerque, NM $67,450 +20% above national
12 Urban Honolulu, HI $66,350 +18% above national
13 Anchorage, AK $65,990 +17% above national
14 Vineland, NJ $65,080 +16% above national
15 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $64,730 +15% above national
16 Las Cruces, NM $64,620 +15% above national
17 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $64,480 +15% above national
18 Barnstable Town, MA $64,330 +14% above national
19 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $64,180 +14% above national
20 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $64,130 +14% above national
21 Pittsfield, MA $64,030 +14% above national
22 Springfield, MA $64,000 +14% above national
23 Lincoln, NE $63,860 +13% above national
24 Kennewick-Richland, WA $63,730 +13% above national
25 Worcester, MA $63,730 +13% above national
26 Fresno, CA $63,460 +13% above national
27 New Haven, CT $63,220 +12% above national
28 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $62,980 +12% above national
29 Binghamton, NY $62,860 +12% above national
30 Syracuse, NY $62,670 +11% above national
31 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $62,650 +11% above national
32 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $62,530 +11% above national
33 Visalia, CA $62,460 +11% above national
34 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $62,420 +11% above national
35 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $62,310 +11% above national
36 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $62,250 +11% above national
37 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $62,140 +10% above national
38 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $62,100 +10% above national
39 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $62,010 +10% above national
40 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $61,930 +10% above national
41 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $61,880 +10% above national
42 Merced, CA $61,880 +10% above national
43 Yakima, WA $61,830 +10% above national
44 Reno, NV $61,780 +10% above national
45 Madison, WI $61,760 +10% above national
46 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $61,660 +10% above national
47 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $61,610 +9% above national
48 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $61,540 +9% above national
49 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $61,490 +9% above national
50 Vallejo, CA $61,420 +9% above national
51 Chico, CA $61,230 +9% above national
52 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $61,180 +9% above national
53 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $61,100 +9% above national
54 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $61,020 +8% above national
55 Rochester, NY $60,990 +8% above national
56 Dover, DE $60,910 +8% above national
57 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $60,630 +8% above national
58 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $60,390 +7% above national
59 Rockford, IL $60,330 +7% above national
60 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $60,200 +7% above national
61 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $60,190 +7% above national
62 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $60,190 +7% above national
63 El Centro, CA $59,990 +7% above national
64 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $59,990 +7% above national
65 Stockton-Lodi, CA $59,820 +6% above national
66 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $59,790 +6% above national
67 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $59,740 +6% above national
68 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $59,660 +6% above national
69 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $59,650 +6% above national
70 Bozeman, MT $59,500 +6% above national
71 Lynchburg, VA $59,350 +5% above national
72 Fargo, ND-MN $59,300 +5% above national
73 Rochester, MN $59,230 +5% above national
74 Appleton, WI $59,090 +5% above national
75 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $58,940 +5% above national
76 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $58,930 +5% above national
77 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $58,900 +5% above national
78 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $58,730 +4% above national
79 Redding, CA $58,540 +4% above national
80 Colorado Springs, CO $58,520 +4% above national
81 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $58,440 +4% above national
82 Waco, TX $58,350 +4% above national
83 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $58,260 +4% above national
84 Boulder, CO $58,170 +3% above national
85 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $58,020 +3% above national
86 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $57,940 +3% above national
87 Ann Arbor, MI $57,930 +3% above national
88 Asheville, NC $57,880 +3% above national
89 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $57,700 +3% above national
90 Naples-Marco Island, FL $57,660 +2% above national
91 Lexington Park, MD $57,390 +2% above national
92 Ogden, UT $57,390 +2% above national
93 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $57,240 +2% above national
94 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $57,050 +1% above national
95 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $57,020 +1% above national
96 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $57,010 +1% above national
97 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $56,830 +1% above national
98 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $56,620 +1% above national
99 Green Bay, WI $56,570 +1% above national
100 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $56,420 same as national
101 Wilmington, NC $56,310 same as national
102 Duluth, MN-WI $56,270 same as national
103 Janesville-Beloit, WI $56,180 same as national
104 Ocala, FL $56,090 same as national
105 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $55,990 same as national
106 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $55,890 1% below national
107 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $55,490 1% below national
108 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $55,480 1% below national
109 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $55,190 2% below national
110 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $55,130 2% below national
111 Raleigh-Cary, NC $55,060 2% below national
112 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $55,050 2% below national
113 Midland, TX $54,840 3% below national
114 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $54,680 3% below national
115 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $54,560 3% below national
116 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $54,440 3% below national
117 Topeka, KS $54,380 3% below national
118 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $54,320 3% below national
119 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $54,300 4% below national
120 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $54,140 4% below national
121 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $54,130 4% below national
122 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $53,950 4% below national
123 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $53,660 5% below national
124 Greensboro-High Point, NC $53,510 5% below national
125 Champaign-Urbana, IL $53,500 5% below national
126 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $52,980 6% below national
127 Bend, OR $52,970 6% below national
128 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $52,900 6% below national
129 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $52,880 6% below national
130 Billings, MT $52,300 7% below national
131 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $52,180 7% below national
132 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $52,110 7% below national
133 Lawrence, KS $52,030 8% below national
134 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $52,000 8% below national
135 Flint, MI $51,870 8% below national
136 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $51,430 9% below national
137 Omaha, NE-IA $51,360 9% below national
138 Greeley, CO $51,000 9% below national
139 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $51,000 9% below national
140 Fort Wayne, IN $50,820 10% below national
141 Utica-Rome, NY $50,700 10% below national
142 Bangor, ME $50,590 10% below national
143 Peoria, IL $50,330 11% below national
144 Medford, OR $50,310 11% below national
145 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $50,230 11% below national
146 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $50,030 11% below national
147 Jacksonville, FL $49,990 11% below national
148 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL $49,990 11% below national
149 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $49,930 11% below national
150 Auburn-Opelika, AL $49,920 11% below national
151 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $49,910 11% below national
152 Fayetteville, NC $49,890 11% below national
153 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $49,800 11% below national
154 St. Cloud, MN $49,760 12% below national
155 Eugene-Springfield, OR $49,710 12% below national
156 Port St. Lucie, FL $49,640 12% below national
157 Kenosha, WI $49,570 12% below national
158 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $49,500 12% below national
159 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $49,410 12% below national
160 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $49,380 12% below national
161 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $49,200 13% below national
162 Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $49,200 13% below national
163 Eau Claire, WI $49,150 13% below national
164 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $49,150 13% below national
165 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $49,110 13% below national
166 Kansas City, MO-KS $49,100 13% below national
167 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $49,020 13% below national
168 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $48,880 13% below national
169 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $48,870 13% below national
170 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $48,850 13% below national
171 Amarillo, TX $48,780 13% below national
172 Cleveland, OH $48,710 13% below national
173 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $48,670 14% below national
174 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $48,670 14% below national
175 Burlington, NC $48,650 14% below national
176 Salem, OR $48,650 14% below national
177 Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $48,560 14% below national
178 Springfield, IL $48,550 14% below national
179 Roanoke, VA $48,520 14% below national
180 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $48,510 14% below national
181 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $48,500 14% below national
182 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $48,490 14% below national
183 Winston-Salem, NC $48,480 14% below national
184 Yuma, AZ $48,400 14% below national
185 Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $48,380 14% below national
186 Wichita, KS $48,330 14% below national
187 Pittsburgh, PA $48,310 14% below national
188 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $48,220 14% below national
189 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $48,220 14% below national
190 Baton Rouge, LA $48,160 14% below national
191 Reading, PA $48,160 14% below national
192 Tallahassee, FL $48,160 14% below national
193 Gainesville, FL $48,130 14% below national
194 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $48,040 15% below national
195 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $48,000 15% below national
196 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $47,990 15% below national
197 Bloomington, IL $47,880 15% below national
198 Akron, OH $47,860 15% below national
199 Killeen-Temple, TX $47,850 15% below national
200 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $47,780 15% below national
201 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $47,750 15% below national
202 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $47,630 15% below national
203 Greenville, NC $47,590 15% below national
204 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $47,550 15% below national
205 Tucson, AZ $47,540 16% below national
206 Manchester-Nashua, NH $47,480 16% below national
207 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $47,470 16% below national
208 Lancaster, PA $47,430 16% below national
209 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $47,420 16% below national
210 State College, PA $47,290 16% below national
211 Mobile, AL $47,280 16% below national
212 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $47,260 16% below national
213 Richmond, VA $47,240 16% below national
214 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $47,230 16% below national
215 Portland-South Portland, ME $47,230 16% below national
216 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $47,200 16% below national
217 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $47,190 16% below national
218 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $47,170 16% below national
219 Lubbock, TX $47,160 16% below national
220 El Paso, TX $47,140 16% below national
221 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $47,140 16% below national
222 College Station-Bryan, TX $47,120 16% below national
223 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $47,120 16% below national
224 Columbus, OH $47,080 16% below national
225 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $47,050 16% below national
226 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $47,050 16% below national
227 Iowa City, IA $47,030 16% below national
228 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $47,020 16% below national
229 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $47,000 16% below national
230 Tulsa, OK $46,990 16% below national
231 Chattanooga, TN-GA $46,790 17% below national
232 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $46,790 17% below national
233 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $46,760 17% below national
234 York-Hanover, PA $46,750 17% below national
235 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $46,740 17% below national
236 Youngstown-Warren, OH $46,710 17% below national
237 Logan, UT-ID $46,690 17% below national
238 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $46,670 17% below national
239 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $46,610 17% below national
240 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $46,540 17% below national
241 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $46,520 17% below national
242 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $46,490 17% below national
243 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $46,490 17% below national
244 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $46,480 17% below national
245 Charlottesville, VA $46,440 17% below national
246 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $46,410 18% below national
247 Montgomery, AL $46,290 18% below national
248 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $46,280 18% below national
249 Ames, IA $46,200 18% below national
250 Sebring, FL $46,160 18% below national
251 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $46,140 18% below national
252 Erie, PA $46,130 18% below national
253 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $46,120 18% below national
254 Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $46,110 18% below national
255 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $46,030 18% below national
256 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $45,990 18% below national
257 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $45,980 18% below national
258 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $45,930 18% below national
259 Toledo, OH $45,760 19% below national
260 Laredo, TX $45,710 19% below national
261 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $45,620 19% below national
262 Jacksonville, NC $45,580 19% below national
263 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $45,540 19% below national
264 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $45,450 19% below national
265 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $45,430 19% below national
266 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $45,430 19% below national
267 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $45,420 19% below national
268 Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $45,410 19% below national
269 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $45,400 19% below national
270 Canton-Massillon, OH $45,380 19% below national
271 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $45,170 20% below national
272 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $45,170 20% below national
273 Cedar Rapids, IA $45,020 20% below national
274 Dubuque, IA $44,950 20% below national
275 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $44,860 20% below national
276 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $44,720 21% below national
277 Columbia, SC $44,680 21% below national
278 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $44,510 21% below national
279 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $44,460 21% below national
280 Oklahoma City, OK $44,420 21% below national
281 Huntsville, AL $44,390 21% below national
282 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $44,340 21% below national
283 Lexington-Fayette, KY $44,310 21% below national
284 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $44,290 21% below national
285 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $44,240 21% below national
286 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $44,240 21% below national
287 Corpus Christi, TX $44,060 22% below national
288 Tyler, TX $44,010 22% below national
289 Birmingham, AL $43,960 22% below national
290 East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $43,690 22% below national
291 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $43,220 23% below national
292 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $43,120 23% below national
293 West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $42,940 24% below national
294 Knoxville, TN $42,530 24% below national
295 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $42,110 25% below national
296 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $41,630 26% below national
297 Fort Smith, AR-OK $41,320 27% below national
298 Longview, TX $41,280 27% below national
299 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $40,950 27% below national
300 Jonesboro, AR $40,700 28% below national
301 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $39,730 29% below national
302 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $39,630 30% below national
303 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $39,600 30% below national
304 Springfield, MO $39,500 30% below national
305 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $39,310 30% below national
306 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $38,740 31% below national
307 Jackson, MS $38,690 31% below national
308 Joplin, MO-KS $38,640 31% below national
309 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $38,620 31% below national
310 Lawton, OK $38,560 31% below national
311 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $38,560 31% below national
312 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $38,210 32% below national
313 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $37,410 34% below national
314 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $37,230 34% below national
315 Texarkana, TX-AR $37,180 34% below national
316 Columbia, MO $37,090 34% below national
317 Lafayette, LA $36,660 35% below national
318 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $36,510 35% below national
319 Bowling Green, KY $36,220 36% below national
320 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $36,160 36% below national
321 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $35,470 37% below national
322 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $33,590 40% below national
323 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $33,550 40% below national
324 Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $32,100 43% below national
325 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $29,990 47% below national
326 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $26,320 53% below national

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