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Childcare Worker Salary in Nassau-Suffolk, New York

The annual salary statistics of childcare workers in Nassau-Suffolk, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of childcare workers in Nassau-Suffolk is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Childcare Workers in Nassau-Suffolk, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$20,200
25th Percentile Wage
$21,910
50th Percentile Wage
$27,250
75th Percentile Wage
$35,510
90th Percentile Wage
$40,710

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for childcare workers in Nassau-Suffolk, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $40,710. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $27,250. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $20,200.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of childcare workers from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$27,250
0.99% -0.51%
2016
$26,980
-0.11% -
2015
$27,010
0.00% -
2014
$27,010
-0.44% -
2013
$27,130
-0.96% -
2012
$27,390
- -

Table 2. Compare Childcare Worker Salary in Nassau-Suffolk with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $27,250 in Nassau-Suffolk is in the middle of salary range for childcare workers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of childcare workers in Nassau-Suffolk is 23.4 percent (23.4%) lower than that in the highest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area and 17.9 percent (17.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central New York nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$35,570
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$34,910
Ithaca
$31,930
Utica-Rome
$31,260
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$31,260
Kingston
$30,790
Syracuse
$30,160
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$29,730
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$29,560
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$29,460
Rochester
$29,210
Glens Falls
$29,050
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$28,930
Binghamton
$28,760
Elmira
$28,520
Watertown-Fort Drum
$28,160
Nassau-Suffolk
$27,250
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$26,540
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$23,530
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$22,370