Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
Key Facts
Child care workers earn an average of $13.22 an hour
Teachers need access to health insurance. Marketplace “affordable” healthcare insurance is hardly affordable on a teacher’s income.
—Lauri Strauss, Lead Preschool Teacher
Calif. home-based providers average 17 years of experience but earn as little as $16,000 a year
“The paradox — that care is unaffordable for families and educators are so deeply underpaid — can only be resolved through systemic public investment. We must not settle for less.”
Savitha Moorthy
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
