The highest-paying states for childcare workers (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 childcare workers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $38,070, Massachusetts is the highest paying state for childcare workers. It is followed by District of Columbia (average annual salary $35,940). 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 childcare workers in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts | $38,070 |
$31,050 | 15,220 |
| 2 | District of Columbia | $35,940 |
$34,660 | 1,890 |
| 3 | California | $35,740 |
$30,800 | 29,500 |
| 4 | Washington | $35,260 |
$30,950 | 3,710 |
| 5 | Colorado | $34,830 |
$29,530 | 8,000 |
| 6 | New York | $34,040 |
$28,500 | 39,890 |
| 7 | Oregon | $33,700 |
$27,840 | 3,080 |
| 8 | Vermont | $32,090 |
$27,840 | 1,030 |
| 9 | Arizona | $31,630 |
$27,890 | 5,160 |
| 10 | Alaska | $31,500 |
$25,590 | 1,000 |
| 11 | Maine | $30,870 |
$28,150 | 4,720 |
| 12 | Connecticut | $30,530 |
$27,930 | 6,340 |
| 13 | Hawaii | $30,290 |
$24,770 | 1,070 |
| 14 | New Jersey | $29,690 |
$27,040 | 12,480 |
| 15 | Maryland | $29,160 |
$27,140 | 6,750 |
| 16 | Minnesota | $29,120 |
$23,670 | 9,400 |
| 17 | Rhode Island | $29,050 |
$28,160 | 2,420 |
| 18 | Illinois | $28,780 |
$24,960 | 22,660 |
| 19 | Missouri | $28,090 |
$23,190 | 11,020 |
| 20 | Virginia | $28,040 |
$22,880 | 10,890 |
| 21 | Florida | $27,940 |
$21,840 | 28,360 |
| 22 | Nevada | $27,860 |
$21,180 | 1,980 |
| 23 | Nebraska | $27,740 |
$21,720 | 8,050 |
| 24 | Ohio | $27,340 |
$21,390 | 13,000 |
| 25 | New Hampshire | $27,010 |
$18,520 | 1,680 |
| 26 | Michigan | $26,960 |
$22,600 | 16,230 |
| 27 | Utah | $26,770 |
$20,820 | 3,670 |
| 28 | North Carolina | $26,770 |
$20,430 | 10,480 |
| 29 | North Dakota | $26,750 |
$22,660 | 3,870 |
| 30 | Montana | $26,720 |
$21,200 | 2,120 |
| 31 | Delaware | $26,710 |
$21,840 | 870 |
| 32 | Pennsylvania | $26,520 |
$20,870 | 16,340 |
| 33 | Wisconsin | $26,320 |
$20,280 | 3,960 |
| 34 | New Mexico | $25,880 |
$23,920 | 1,720 |
| 35 | Kentucky | $25,770 |
$18,960 | 11,450 |
| 36 | Indiana | $25,730 |
$19,560 | 8,690 |
| 37 | Arkansas | $25,700 |
$23,250 | 5,050 |
| 38 | Wyoming | $24,920 |
$20,990 | 920 |
| 39 | South Dakota | $24,900 |
$22,310 | 2,640 |
| 40 | Georgia | $24,360 |
$18,740 | 15,930 |
| 41 | Virgin Islands | $24,200 |
$22,330 | 50 |
| 42 | Texas | $23,530 |
$19,760 | 46,230 |
| 43 | Tennessee | $23,500 |
$18,900 | 10,010 |
| 44 | Kansas | $23,440 |
$18,890 | 5,990 |
| 45 | Iowa | $22,860 |
$18,210 | 6,190 |
| 46 | South Carolina | $22,740 |
$18,800 | 7,040 |
| 47 | Oklahoma | $22,560 |
$18,200 | 7,300 |
| 48 | Idaho | $21,970 |
$18,760 | 2,350 |
| 49 | West Virginia | $21,780 |
$18,720 | 1,520 |
| 50 | Alabama | $21,460 |
$17,420 | 4,600 |
| 51 | Louisiana | $20,850 |
$17,820 | 9,350 |
| 52 | Mississippi | $20,450 |
$17,300 | 5,640 |
| 53 | Guam | $20,340 |
$20,200 | 180 |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | $18,920 |
$18,140 | 1,060 |