Project

Early Childhood Workforce Index

A state-by-state look at policies and conditions affecting the early care and education workforce.

Each edition of CSCCE’s Early Childhood Workforce Index includes national and state data on early care and education workforce pay, working conditions, and policies. The data-rich publication fills a serious gap in the lack of state and national data on the workforce, making it essential to policymakers, advocates and news outlets.

Report

Early Childhood Workforce Index 2024

The fourth edition of the Index continues to track state policies in essential areas like workforce qualifications, work environments, and early educator compensation. The 2024 report provides updated policy recommendations and spotlights states that are improving ECE workforce policies.

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Past Reports

Early Childhood Workforce Index 2020. An early educator is sitting with two children on a log.

Early Childhood Workforce Index 2020

The 2020 edition provided a data-rich look at state-based policies and conditions for the early care and education workforce.

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2018 Index

Early Childhood Workforce Index 2018

In addition to state-by-state analysis, the 2018 Index reported the first findings of racial wage gaps within ECE, and how a wage penalty disproportionately affects Black women.

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Early Childhood Workforce Index 2016

The 2016 edition was the first comprehensive state-by-state analysis of early childhood employment conditions and policies.

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“An indispensable reference for those who are serious about designing national policies to support the early childhood workforce.”

Jacqueline Jones

The Foundation for Child Development