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Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare · SOC 11-9031

Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare Salary in the Washington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area

Figures describe the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Washington city limits.

Median annual wage$61,960
Median hourly wage$29.79

Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area earned a median of $61,960 per year ($29.79 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $48,410 at the 10th percentile to $103,320 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,660 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare in the Washington metro area earn more than $61,960 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $51,670 and $78,190.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$48,410$51,670$61,960$78,190$103,320
Hourly$23.27$24.84$29.79$37.59$49.67

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.

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How this area compares

  • Washington metro areathis metro area
    $61,960
  • District of Columbiastate (DC)
    $77,850
  • United Statesnational
    $59,300

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −20% vs District of Columbia overall and +4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

$36,050$56,857$77,663$98,470Texarkana, TX-AR — $36,050Dothan, AL — $36,450Bowling Green, KY — $37,000McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $38,010Lawton, OK — $38,500Tuscaloosa, AL — $39,020Fort Smith, AR-OK — $40,420Huntsville, AL — $41,990Coeur d'Alene, ID — $42,010Lafayette, LA — $42,940Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $42,990Clarksville, TN-KY — $43,220Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $43,230Monroe, LA — $43,260Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $43,690Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $43,810Boise City, ID — $43,990Birmingham, AL — $44,470Salem, OR — $44,760Billings, MT — $44,950Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $45,080Goldsboro, NC — $45,330Auburn-Opelika, AL — $45,450Lexington-Fayette, KY — $45,650Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $45,900Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $45,930Springfield, MO — $45,950Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $46,070Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $46,080Greenville, NC — $46,110Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $46,280Montgomery, AL — $46,370Jacksonville, NC — $46,410Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $46,410Columbia, MO — $46,430Columbia, SC — $46,510Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $46,590Jackson, MS — $46,690Youngstown-Warren, OH — $46,750Oklahoma City, OK — $47,000Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $47,180Canton-Massillon, OH — $47,320Cedar Rapids, IA — $47,370Jefferson City, MO — $47,380Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $47,380Tulsa, OK — $47,400Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $47,450Tucson, AZ — $47,460Johnstown, PA — $47,470Fayetteville, NC — $47,530Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $47,550Iowa City, IA — $47,570Columbus, GA-AL — $47,590Ames, IA — $47,660Lubbock, TX — $47,800Roanoke, VA — $47,950La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $47,990New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $48,100Corpus Christi, TX — $48,150Jonesboro, AR — $48,360Akron, OH — $48,510Omaha, NE-IA — $48,540Winston-Salem, NC — $48,540Cleveland, OH — $48,550Laredo, TX — $48,560Tyler, TX — $48,610Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $48,630Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $48,710Sumter, SC — $48,710Traverse City, MI — $48,820Bloomington, IL — $48,860Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $48,860Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $48,940San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $48,990El Paso, TX — $49,050Bismarck, ND — $49,110Pittsburgh, PA — $49,170Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $49,210Altoona, PA — $49,360College Station-Bryan, TX — $49,370Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $49,390Lancaster, PA — $49,450Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $49,460Erie, PA — $49,520Manchester-Nashua, NH — $49,550El Centro, CA — $49,620Dubuque, IA — $49,650Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $49,680Reading, PA — $49,760Columbus, OH — $49,950St. Louis, MO-IL — $49,960Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $49,990Yuma, AZ — $50,340Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $50,410Tallahassee, FL — $50,540Amarillo, TX — $50,690Waco, TX — $50,910Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $50,990Wichita, KS — $51,190Killeen-Temple, TX — $51,350Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $51,750Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $51,810Lynchburg, VA — $52,520Kenosha, WI — $52,710Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $52,880San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $53,400Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $53,520Topeka, KS — $53,590Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $53,610Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $53,610Lawrence, KS — $53,680Fort Wayne, IN — $53,850Peoria, IL — $54,420York-Hanover, PA — $54,440Port St. Lucie, FL — $54,580Chattanooga, TN-GA — $54,700Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $54,950Richmond, VA — $54,960Saginaw, MI — $55,030Greensboro-High Point, NC — $55,060Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $55,230Springfield, IL — $55,390Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $55,430Cheyenne, WY — $55,450Flint, MI — $56,050Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $56,220Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $56,320North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $56,640Ocala, FL — $56,650Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $56,670Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $56,680Eau Claire, WI — $56,770Greeley, CO — $56,890Toledo, OH — $56,900Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $56,920Gainesville, FL — $57,130Dover, DE — $57,280Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $57,320Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $57,480Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $57,500Odessa, TX — $57,670Wilmington, NC — $57,720Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $57,920Green Bay, WI — $58,080Medford, OR — $58,170New Haven, CT — $58,200Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $58,330Kansas City, MO-KS — $58,340Jacksonville, FL — $58,370Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $58,470Eugene-Springfield, OR — $58,500Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $58,540Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $58,590Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $58,730Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $58,760South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $58,780Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $58,840Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $58,920Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $58,960Reno, NV — $58,960Williamsport, PA — $58,960Champaign-Urbana, IL — $58,970Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $59,020Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $59,150Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $59,160Lexington Park, MD — $59,190Appleton, WI — $59,240Raleigh-Cary, NC — $59,310Ann Arbor, MI — $59,340Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $59,430Baton Rouge, LA — $59,480Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $59,490Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $59,500Duluth, MN-WI — $59,630Fargo, ND-MN — $59,860Ogden, UT — $59,960Spartanburg, SC — $60,000Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $60,160Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $60,210Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $60,290Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $60,530Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $60,540Macon-Bibb County, GA — $61,200Asheville, NC — $61,230Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $61,300Savannah, GA — $61,390Portland-South Portland, ME — $61,520Naples-Marco Island, FL — $61,530Lincoln, NE — $61,730Vallejo, CA — $61,740Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $61,790Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $61,960Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $61,960San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $62,060San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $62,500Bend, OR — $62,740San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $62,840Rochester, MN — $62,850Redding, CA — $63,060Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $63,060Stockton-Lodi, CA — $63,090Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $63,200Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $63,220Yuba City, CA — $63,250Fresno, CA — $63,460Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $63,550Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $63,650Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $63,850Colorado Springs, CO — $63,900Madison, WI — $63,910Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $64,410Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $64,420Rochester, NY — $64,430Chico, CA — $64,540Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $64,800Rockford, IL — $64,850Kennewick-Richland, WA — $65,000Las Cruces, NM — $65,020Springfield, MA — $65,110Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $65,480Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $66,280Pittsfield, MA — $66,540Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $67,030Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $67,140Merced, CA — $68,440Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $69,160Boulder, CO — $69,900Anchorage, AK — $70,030Modesto, CA — $70,180Urban Honolulu, HI — $70,270Napa, CA — $70,440Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $70,470Worcester, MA — $70,560Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $71,150Yakima, WA — $72,250Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $72,560Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $72,910Visalia, CA — $73,100Vineland, NJ — $73,480Barnstable Town, MA — $74,080Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $76,390Salinas, CA — $76,620San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $78,770Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $83,600New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $98,470

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Washington metro area has the 53rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 245 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

General and Operations Managers$156,460Managers, All Other$170,980Financial Managers$185,270Computer and Information Systems Managers$195,190Medical and Health Services Managers$140,670Public Relations Managers$195,190

Highest-paying metro areas for education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycares · Highest-paying occupations in Washington Metro

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.