Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
Plan, direct, or coordinate academic or nonacademic activities of preschools or childcare centers and programs, including before- and after-school care.
What it pays
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare earn a median of $28.51/hr — about $59,500 a year. The lowest-paid 10% earn $18.55/hr; the top 10% earn $47.23/hr. (Annual figures are approximate: hourly × 2,080.)
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare earn a median of $28.51/hr — about $59,500 a year. The lowest-paid 10% earn $18.55/hr; the top 10% earn $47.23/hr. (Annual figures are approximate: hourly × 2,080.)
What you'd actually do
- Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students' behavioral or learning problems.
- Monitor students' progress and provide students and teachers with assistance in resolving any problems.
- Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff and recommend personnel actions for programs and services.
- Teach classes or courses or provide direct care to children.
- Set educational standards and goals and help establish policies, procedures, and programs to carry them out.
- Determine the scope of educational program offerings and prepare drafts of program schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements.
How you get there
Typical entry-level education: Bachelor's degree. Overall preparation: considerable preparation (Job Zone 4 of 5).
The feel of the work
You're around people constantly. (Compared against the other 818 careers in the guide.)
Working for yourself
About 4.9% of education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare are self-employed.
Who it tends to fit
This work tends to fit people who are people-focused, take-charge and organized and detail-focused.
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Quick questions
- How much does a education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare make?
- The median pay is $28.51 per hour — roughly $59,500 a year, with the real range running from about $18.55/hr (10th percentile) to $47.23/hr (90th percentile). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Do you need a degree to be a education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare?
- The typical entry-level education is: Bachelor's degree. Overall preparation level: considerable preparation (Job Zone 4 of 5).
- What does a education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare actually do all day?
- Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students' behavioral or learning problems. Monitor students' progress and provide students and teachers with assistance in resolving any problems. Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff and recommend personnel actions for programs and services.
Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS. Tasks & interests: O*NET. Career pathways shown in the app are draft archetypes — verify before relying on them. Trailhead is a free career guide for students — honest numbers, no hype.
Trailhead is operated by FLEXVermont LLC. It is intended for high-school students age 13 and older, and the educators and families who support them, and is not directed to children under 13. Trailhead is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. It does not offer professional, financial, or career advice, and its wage figures and pathways are estimates that may not fit your situation — they should not be relied on as the sole basis for any decision.
Trailhead is operated by FLEXVermont LLC. It is intended for high-school students age 13 and older, and the educators and families who support them, and is not directed to children under 13. Trailhead is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. It does not offer professional, financial, or career advice, and its wage figures and pathways are estimates that may not fit your situation — they should not be relied on as the sole basis for any decision.