A new report from the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) at UC Berkeley finds that child care workers in every state struggle with poverty-level wages, even as they nurture and educate our children in the most important years of development.
The 2024 Early Childhood Workforce Index shows that nationally:
Early childhood educators are paid a median wage of $13.07/hour, from $10.60 in Louisiana to $18.23 in the District of Columbia;
Those hourly rates are not a living wage for a single adult in any state;
Nearly half (43%) of childcare workers' families survive on public assistance like food stamps and Medicaid.
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