Child care sitter vs child care provider

The differences between child care sitters and child care providers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a child care sitter and a child care provider. Additionally, a child care sitter has an average salary of $33,416, which is higher than the $33,145 average annual salary of a child care provider.

The top three skills for a child care sitter include CPR, kids and child care. The most important skills for a child care provider are nutritional meals, child care, and CPR.

Child care sitter vs child care provider overview

	Child Care Sitter	Child Care Provider
Yearly salary	$33,416	$33,145
Hourly rate	$16.07	$15.94
Growth rate	6%	6%
Number of jobs	125,552	119,940
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 32%	Bachelor's Degree, 34%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	2	2

What does a child care sitter do?

A child care sitter is someone who takes charge of the welfare and health of children as their parents are not around. Child care sitters perform every aspect of caring for a child including hygiene, meals, and educational activities. They are responsible for disciplining children and for keeping records of their daily activities. They ensure a safe environment, meal preparation, dressing and bathing, housework, and medicine administration. Among the skills, they need to develop include confidence, patience, creativity, multitasking, and time management.

What does a child care provider do?

A childcare provider is responsible for supervising a child's safety while developing fun activities and assisting the child's needs throughout the day. Childcare providers' duties include ensuring that facilities are safe for the child's use, monitoring the child's routines, serving healthy meals, assisting the child with homework, and reporting any concerns to their parents or guardians. Childcare providers must have excellent time-management skills and should be able to multi-task to attend with the child's needs.

Child care sitter vs child care provider salary

Child care sitters and child care providers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Child Care Sitter	Child Care Provider
Average salary	$33,416	$33,145
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $49,000	Between $23,000 And $47,000
Highest paying City	-	Vancouver, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	CARE
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between child care sitter and child care provider education

There are a few differences between a child care sitter and a child care provider in terms of educational background:

	Child Care Sitter	Child Care Provider
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 32%	Bachelor's Degree, 34%
Most common major	Nursing	Business
Most common college	University of Virginia	University of Southern California

Child care sitter vs child care provider demographics

Here are the differences between child care sitters' and child care providers' demographics:

	Child Care Sitter	Child Care Provider
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 16.4% Female, 83.6%	Male, 9.5% Female, 90.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 18.5% Asian, 6.4% White, 56.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 20.3% Asian, 6.6% White, 58.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between child care sitter and child care provider duties and responsibilities

Child care sitter example responsibilities.

Perform first aid or CPR when require.
Help kids with homework, doing arts and crafts project together and making snacks!
Look after children while parents work out, basic first aid and cpr certify, creative and quick thinking ,
Provide group and individual behavior support and intervention as trained, including the use of TCI appropriate physical restraint as necessary.
Create math, reading, bible, and art lessons.

Child care provider example responsibilities.

Provide first aid and CPR, prevention of the spread of blood borne pathogens and access of emergency services as needed.
Maintain necessary documentation for licensing as well as certifications including CPR.
Complete accurate and timely documentation on kids' behavior as outlined by policy.
Accumulate early childhood experience through daily interactions and continual training sessions.

Child care sitter vs child care provider skills

Common child care sitter skills

CPR, 29%
Kids, 23%
Child Care, 15%
Healthy Meals, 8%
PET, 8%
Patient Care, 7%

Common child care provider skills

Nutritional Meals, 25%
Child Care, 22%
CPR, 11%
Homework Assignments, 9%
Social Development, 4%
Applied Behavior Analysis, 3%

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