Childcare Workers

Childcare Workers (39-9011)

Occupation description: Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play. Excludes "Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education" (25-2011) and "Teacher Assistants" (25-9041).

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Employment and Job Openings

	Average employment			Average annual openings
	2010 estimate	2020 projection	Percent change	Growth	Replacement	Total
Alaska	2,103	2,396	13.9	29	109	138
United States	1,282,300	1,544,300	20.4	26,200	40,380	66,580

Job outlook

Alaska: Alaska’s employment growth is moderate with very high employment opportunities. Read more.

2012 Wages

	Mean Wage and 95% Confidence Interval			Wage by Percentile
	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
United States	n/a	10.25	n/a	7.85	9.38	14.19
Alaska	10.91	11.44	11.97	8.82	10.82	15.69
Anchorage/Mat-Su Area (MSA)	10.32	10.82	11.32	8.77	10.52	13.73
Fairbanks North Star Borough (MSA)	10.49	11.81	13.13	8.72	12.14	14.33
Southeast Region	11.13	11.79	12.45	8.55	11.37	15.88
Balance of State	12.19	13.40	14.61	9.36	13.17	17.96

Labor Force Indicators

2011 Worker Characteristics
Total workers	Nonresident workers	Percent nonresident	Percent age 45 plus	Percent age 50 plus
2,132	345	16.2	16.4	11.9

2011 Potential Supply

Qualified but working in another occupation	494
Currently employed in a lower paid occupation	0
UI claimants previously working in occupation	313

2011 ALEXsys Employment Data

Number of registrants	3,467
Number of job position postings	392
Ratio of registrants to job position postings	8.8

Typical Entry-level Education, Experience, and/or On-the-job Training

Education: High school diploma or equivalent

Work experience: None

On-the-job training: Short-term on-the-job training

Training Resources

	Degree	FY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Anchorage
Children's Behavioral Health, OEC		0
Children's Residential Service, OEC		0
Early Childhood Development, AAS		0
Early Childhood Development, CT1		0

	Degree	FY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Bristol Bay
Early Childhood Education, AAS		0
Early Childhood Education, CT2		0

	Degree	FY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Chukchi
Early Childhood Education, AAS		0
Early Childhood Education, CT2		0

	Degree	FY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Fairbanks, CTC
Early Childhood Education, AAS		0
Early Childhood Education, AAS		0
Early Childhood Education, CT2		0
Early Childhood Education, CT2		0

	Degree	FY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Interior-Aleutians
Early Childhood Education, AAS		0
Early Childhood Education, CT2		0

	Degree	FY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Kuskokwim
Early Childhood Education, AAS		0
Early Childhood Education, CT2		0

	Degree	FY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Northwest
Early Childhood Education, AAS		0
Early Childhood Education, CT2		0

	Degree	FY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau
Early Childhood Education, AAS		0
Early Childhood Education, CT2		0
Early Childhood Education, EDE		0