Childcare Workers · SOC 39-9011
Childcare Workers Salary in the Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Childcare Workers in the Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $26,200 per year ($12.60 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $20,430 at the 10th percentile to $26,390 at the 90th. BLS estimates 200 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Childcare Workers in the Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area earn more than $26,200 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $22,080 and $26,390.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $20,430 | $22,080 | $26,200 | $26,390 | $26,390 |
| Hourly | $9.82 | $10.62 | $12.60 | $12.69 | $12.69 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$26,200 median for Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $22,080 to $26,390
- Alabamastate$22,720 median for Alabama; middle half earns $21,540 to $28,090
- United Statesnational$34,980 median for United States; middle half earns $29,360 to $38,570
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +15% vs Alabama overall and −25% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Alabama
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for childcare workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan areathis page$26,200 median for Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $22,080 to $26,390
- $23,110 median for Huntsville metro area; middle half earns $22,010 to $29,280
- $23,070 median for Birmingham metro area; middle half earns $21,940 to $28,980
- $22,720 median for Montgomery metro area; middle half earns $21,880 to $31,170
- $22,640 median for Auburn metro area; middle half earns $19,750 to $27,940
- $22,350 median for Mobile metro area; middle half earns $21,480 to $27,500
- $22,280 median for Daphne metro area; middle half earns $21,450 to $28,400
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for childcare workerss · Highest-paying occupations in Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.