Child care sitter vs sitter

The differences between child care sitters and sitters can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a child care sitter has an average salary of $33,416, which is higher than the $28,724 average annual salary of a sitter.

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

Child care sitter vs sitter overview

	Child Care Sitter	Sitter
Yearly salary	$33,416	$28,724
Hourly rate	$16.07	$13.81
Growth rate	6%	36%
Number of jobs	125,552	85,152
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 32%	High School Diploma, 32%
Average age	37	48
Years of experience	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 sitter do?

A sitter is responsible for assisting medical needs under the supervision of an attending physician, registered nurses, and other health professionals. Sitters monitor the patients' daily activities and perform medical duties such as taking the patient's temperature, administering medications, monitoring food intake, helping with bathing needs, and responding to the patients' inquiries, concerns, and requests. They also keep track of medical charts to report the patients' health condition and progress to the senior staff.

Child care sitter vs sitter salary

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

	Child Care Sitter	Sitter
Average salary	$33,416	$28,724
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $49,000	Between $20,000 And $39,000
Highest paying City	-	Fair Lawn, NJ
Highest paying state	-	Massachusetts
Best paying company	-	Southcoast Health
Best paying industry	-	Non Profits

Differences between child care sitter and sitter education

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

	Child Care Sitter	Sitter
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 32%	High School Diploma, 32%
Most common major	Nursing	Nursing
Most common college	University of Virginia	-

Child care sitter vs sitter demographics

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

	Child Care Sitter	Sitter
Average age	37	48
Gender ratio	Male, 16.4% Female, 83.6%	Male, 13.9% Female, 86.1%
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, 17.3% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 15.5% Asian, 8.0% White, 54.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	4%	7%

Differences between child care sitter and sitter 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.

Sitter example responsibilities.

Run groceries or medical errands for patients.
Complete light housekeeping duties, such as dishes, folding laundry, buying groceries.
Help out with regular ADL's as well such as bathing, ambulating, eating, dressing, and exercise.
Assist with ADL's; bathing needs, food prep, exercise, drive and assist with appointments, light housekeeping
Provide colostomy care and administer medication for pain management in accordance with current physician recommendations.
Help nursing with flushing of catheters with certain residents.

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Child care sitter vs sitter skills

Common child care sitter skills

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

Common sitter skills

Patients, 26%
Kids, 20%
CPR, 13%
Patient Safety, 6%
Home Health, 5%
PET, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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