Appendix 2 provides state-by-state data tables as a supplement to Chapter 2: The Early Childhood Educator Workforce. The data include median hourly wages for the early childhood educator workforce (i.e., child care workers, preschool teachers, center directors) as well as kindergarten/elementary school teachers. Data on poverty rates and pay penalties for early educators with bachelor’s degrees compared with K-8 educators are also included for the first time in the 2020 Index.

Appendix 2: List of Tables

• Appendix Table 2.1. Total & Percentage of ECE Employee Workforce, by Occupation & State, 2019
• Appendix Table 2.2. Median Hourly & Annual Wages, Actual & Adjusted for Cost of Living for ECE Occupations, by State, 2019 
• Appendix Table 2.3. Median Hourly Wages, Actual & Adjusted for Cost of Living for Kindergarten & Elementary School Teachers, by State, 2019
• Appendix Table 2.4. States Ranked by Median Hourly Wage of Child Care Workers, Actual & Adjusted for Cost of Living, 2019
• Appendix Table 2.5. States Ranked by Median Hourly Wage of Preschool Teachers, Actual & Adjusted for Cost of Living, 2019
• Appendix Table 2.6. States Ranked by Median Hourly Wage of Preschool/Child Care Center Directors, Actual & Adjusted for Cost of Living, 2019
• Appendix Table 2.7. States Ranked by Median Hourly Wage of Kindergarten Teachers, Actual & Adjusted for Cost of Living, 2019
• Appendix Table 2.8. Median Hourly Wages, by Occupation & State, 2019
• Appendix Table 2.9. Child Care Worker Wage Gap With Living Wage, by State, 2019
• Appendix Table 2.10. Median Hourly Wages for ECE Occupations, by State, 2017-2019
• Appendix Table 2.11. Median Hourly Wages for Kindergarten & Elementary School Teachers, by State, 2017-2019
• Appendix Table 2.12. Poverty Rates & Pay Penalties for Early Educators & K-8 Teachers, by State, 2019