Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
SOC 11-9031 · 2024-2034
Plan, direct, or coordinate academic or nonacademic activities of preschools or childcare centers and programs, including before- and after-school care.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $68,226per year
- Projected openings
- 8,100
- Projected change
- +8.4%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Coordination
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $78,550 | 510 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $78,003 | 590 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $78,003 | 470 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $78,003 | 70 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $76,075 | 50 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $65,930 | 30 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $64,637 | 130 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $64,148 | 120 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $63,689 | 560 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $63,618 | 30 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $63,404 | 80 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $63,292 | 80 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $63,251 | 140 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $63,027 | 30 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $63,027 | 60 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $63,023 | 550 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $62,752 | 60 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $62,681 | 50 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $62,667 | 1,620 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $62,559 | 80 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $62,365 | 50 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $62,314 | 360 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $62,233 | 50 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $61,102 | 20 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $61,011 | 20 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $60,929 | 80 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $60,899 | 400 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $59,625 | 30 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $48,388
- A quarter earn under
- $54,926
- Half earn under
- $68,226
- Three quarters earn under
- $81,993
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $102,491
A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $162,633 | 19,160 | -1.3% |
| Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education | $48,727 | 80,570 | +13.1% |
| Social and Community Service Managers | $84,606 | 35,490 | +19.3% |
| Training and Development Managers | $158,882 | 5,810 | +9% |
| Special Education Teachers, Secondary School | $103,889 | 7,850 | -1.7% |
| Childcare Workers | $41,034 | 135,490 | +1.5% |
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