Median Effective Hourly Wages for Child Care Workers Relative to Median Living Wages, by Selected Geographies

Effective hourly wages computed from self-reported data on usual hours worked, weeks worked, and earnings. Median living wage derived by assigning each household a living wage from the MIT Living Wage Calculator, based on the household's geographic location, number of adults, number of working adults, and number of children.
Chart: @RustBeltGeo Source: Authors' Estimates from U.S. Census American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS), 2016-20 Get the data