Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

Key Facts

Child care workers earn an average of $13.22 an hour

Even conversations that end in rejection teach me how to hone my message and strengthen my arguments.

—Corrine Hendrickson, FCC provider

Calif. home-based providers average 17 years of experience but earn as little as $16,000 a year

“The economy can’t work unless child care works, and child care can’t work without teachers.”

Lea Austin smiling

Lea J.E. Austin

Director

Center for the Study of Child Care Employment