Highest-paying Cities for Preschool and Childcare Center Education Administrators

The top 100 highest paying cities for preschool and childcare center education administrators (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of preschool and childcare center education administrators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $95,350, Merced, California is the highest paying city for preschool and childcare center education administrators. It is followed by New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York (average annual salary $75,750). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of preschool and childcare center education administrators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Preschool and Childcare Center Education Administrators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Merced, California	$95,350	$43,360	40
2	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$75,750	$40,980	4,270
3	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$69,840	$45,560	110
4	Framingham, Massachusetts	$65,980	$46,250	130
5	Anchorage, Alaska	$65,430	$37,070	60
6	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$64,510	$48,470	650
7	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$64,120	$35,240	610
8	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$64,110	$40,340	2,910
9	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$64,080	$50,200	1,710
10	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$63,460	$43,920	30
11	Napa, California	$62,720	$49,420	50
12	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$62,340	$37,890	840
13	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$61,790	$43,340	570
14	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$61,690	$32,100	60
15	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$61,560	$44,350	1,340
16	North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$61,230	$42,470	40
17	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$61,120	$36,200	40
18	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$61,000	$38,900	2,650
19	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$60,540	$40,890	60
20	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$60,170	$37,800	40
21	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$60,020	$46,550	70
22	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$59,890	$40,890	70
23	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$59,870	$37,220	50
24	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$59,400	$39,030	300
25	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$59,360	$37,660	50
26	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$59,260	$37,610	140
27	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$59,250	$45,850	800
28	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$59,210	$38,210	160
29	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$59,150	$40,420	60
30	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$59,130	$36,020	40
31	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$59,060	$48,340	40
32	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$59,000	$47,500	40
33	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$58,990	$44,970	620
34	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$58,760	$40,980	930
35	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$58,620	$42,660	80
36	Rochester, Minnesota	$58,620	$39,980	50
37	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$58,590	$35,140	40
38	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$58,540	$33,080	530
39	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$58,430	$34,200	70
40	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$58,340	$26,000	300
41	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$58,330	$39,380	30
42	Boulder, Colorado	$58,300	$43,820	80
43	Visalia-Porterville, California	$58,270	$43,180	30
44	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$58,250	$38,590	430
45	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$58,180	$45,300	820
46	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$58,120	$45,080	90
47	Redding, California	$58,080	$34,320	30
48	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$57,960	$42,880	440
49	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$57,870	$36,410	1,290
50	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$57,740	$37,970	50
51	North and West Central New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$57,640	$34,550	40
52	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$57,070	$40,380	110
53	St Cloud, Minnesota	$56,930	$39,310	40
54	Worcester, Massachusetts	$56,900	$40,900	140
55	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$56,890	$42,080	90
56	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$56,750	$44,020	30
57	Battle Creek, Michigan	$56,640	$30,130	n/a
58	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$56,360	$28,070	40
59	Danbury, Connecticut	$56,120	$38,690	30
60	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$56,100	$43,450	1,550
61	Northern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$55,880	$40,520	40
62	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$55,880	$36,210	1,020
63	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$55,630	$35,990	120
64	Salinas, California	$55,370	$40,020	60
65	Modesto, California	$55,350	$38,270	70
66	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$55,330	$34,480	560
67	Lincoln, Nebraska	$55,220	$35,980	100
68	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$55,210	$35,940	230
69	Springfield, Massachusetts	$55,080	$38,240	130
70	Stockton, California	$55,080	$42,050	120
71	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$54,990	$38,380	680
72	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$54,970	$38,890	30
73	Lafayette, Louisiana	$54,920	$43,580	40
74	Akron, Ohio	$54,780	$35,270	180
75	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$54,430	$42,640	110
76	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$54,330	$35,640	60
77	Manchester, New Hampshire	$54,290	$37,680	80
78	Waterbury, Connecticut	$53,960	$37,050	40
79	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$53,950	$37,240	290
80	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$53,750	$28,060	110
81	Camden, New Jersey	$53,100	$41,120	180
82	Bloomington-Normal, Illinois	$52,890	$33,020	60
83	Duluth, Wisconsin	$52,750	$36,400	30
84	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$52,280	$29,960	80
85	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$52,090	$37,030	70
86	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$51,980	$37,890	1,040
87	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$51,880	$42,340	360
88	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$51,710	$37,080	70
89	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$51,610	$38,810	50
90	New Haven, Connecticut	$51,410	$36,950	220
91	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$51,390	$34,420	600
92	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$51,280	$48,770	300
93	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$51,120	$29,980	30
94	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$50,930	$29,140	100
95	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$50,930	$32,820	2,290
96	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$50,840	$26,660	30
97	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$50,700	$40,160	870
98	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$50,630	$36,410	470
99	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$50,560	$30,170	70
100	Fresno, California	$50,480	$40,080	180

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