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This question is about daycare provider assistant demographics.
83.3% of daycare provider assistants are female in the United States. This is -1.2 percentage points lower than last year. Additionally, the percentage of female daycare provider assistants has decreased by -1.7 percentage points since 2010. That means there are a total of 262,634 female daycare provider assistants in the U.S. and 52,654 male daycare provider assistants in the United States. Note that Zippia's estimate accounts only for the 315,288 people with the specific job title of daycare provider assistant and doesn't include grouping similar job titles, or people with potentially similar credentialing.
| Year | Female Daycare Provider Assistants | Male Daycare Provider Assistants | Percentage Female Daycare Provider Assistants | Percentage Male Daycare Provider Assistants | |
| 2019 | 3,102 | 623 | 83.3% | 16.7% | |
| 2018 | 4,183 | 766 | 84.5% | 15.5% | |
| 2017 | 3,918 | 748 | 84.0% | 16.0% | |
| 2016 | 3,900 | 756 | 83.8% | 16.2% | |
| 2015 | 3,918 | 655 | 85.7% | 14.3% | |
| 2014 | 3,918 | 685 | 85.1% | 14.9% | |
| 2013 | 3,795 | 662 | 85.1% | 14.9% | |
| 2012 | 3,829 | 618 | 86.1% | 13.9% | |
| 2011 | 3,863 | 640 | 85.8% | 14.2% | |
| 2010 | 3,811 | 675 | 84.9% | 15.1% |

Additionally, female daycare provider assistants tend to be older than male daycare provider assistants. The average age of a female daycare provider assistant is 38.6, while the average age of a male daycare provider assistant is 32.5.
While the majority of U.S. daycare provider assistants are female in 2022, there are still some occupations where males dominate. For example, 75% of intramural director are male. On the other hand, some daycare provider assistant jobs are dominated by females. 90% of infant childcare provider, for instance, are female.
Like most jobs, there's a gender pay gap among daycare provider assistants. The average male daycare provider assistant earns an average annual salary of $28,997, while the average female daycare provider assistant earns an average annual income of $28,061, meaning female daycare provider assistants make 97 cents for every dollar a man earns.
Are daycare provider assistants jobs male or female dominated?
Daycare Provider Assistant jobs are female dominated. 83.3% of daycare provider assistants are female and 16.700000000000003% of daycare provider assistants are male in the United States.
How has the number of female daycare provider assistants changed over time?
The number of female daycare provider assistants has decreased by -1.7% since 2010. In 2010, there were 84.9% female daycare provider assistants and the latest data shows that there are 83.3% female daycare provider assistants in the U.S.

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