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Childcare Worker Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of childcare workers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of childcare workers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 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 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$28,600
25th Percentile Wage
$31,200
50th Percentile Wage
$34,910
75th Percentile Wage
$38,360
90th Percentile Wage
$43,910

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for childcare workers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $43,910. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $34,910. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $28,600.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of childcare workers from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$34,910
12.92% 26.53%
2021
$30,400
0.00% -
2020
$30,400
4.54% -
2019
$29,020
4.69% -
2018
$27,660
2.64% -
2017
$26,930
-1.30% -
2016
$27,280
4.29% -
2015
$26,110
0.92% -
2014
$25,870
1.20% -
2013
$25,560
-0.35% -
2012
$25,650
- -

Table 2. Compare Childcare Worker Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $34,910, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the second highest paying city for childcare workers in state of New York, following the highest paying city East Central New York nonmetropolitan area (median annual salary of $35,570). Compared with East Central New York nonmetropolitan area, the median annual salary of childcare workers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 1.9 percent (1.9%) lower.

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

See also: Top paying jobs in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York.