Daycare provider assistant vs child care provider

The differences between daycare provider assistants 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 daycare provider assistant and a child care provider. Additionally, a child care provider has an average salary of $33,145, which is higher than the $29,882 average annual salary of a daycare provider assistant.

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

Daycare provider assistant vs child care provider overview

	Daycare Provider Assistant	Child Care Provider
Yearly salary	$29,882	$33,145
Hourly rate	$14.37	$15.94
Growth rate	6%	6%
Number of jobs	73,544	119,940
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 35%	Bachelor's Degree, 34%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	2	2

What does a daycare provider assistant do?

A daycare provider assistant is responsible for performing a variety of duties in taking care of children, either in a daycare setting or a private setup. Daycare provider assistants duties' include helping children with their homework, planning fun and engaging activities, ensuring healthy meals and snacks, and maintaining the safety of the facility for children's use. Daycare provider assistants also play with children during free time, read them stories, observe their behaviors, and immediately report concerns with the children's parents or guardians.

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.

Daycare provider assistant vs child care provider salary

Daycare provider assistants and child care providers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Daycare Provider Assistant	Child Care Provider
Average salary	$29,882	$33,145
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $44,000	Between $23,000 And $47,000
Highest paying City	Seattle, WA	Vancouver, WA
Highest paying state	Washington	Washington
Best paying company	University of California, Berkeley	CARE
Best paying industry	Finance	Finance

Differences between daycare provider assistant and child care provider education

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

	Daycare Provider Assistant	Child Care Provider
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 35%	Bachelor's Degree, 34%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Virginia	University of Southern California

Daycare provider assistant vs child care provider demographics

Here are the differences between daycare provider assistants' and child care providers' demographics:

	Daycare Provider Assistant	Child Care Provider
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 14.9% Female, 85.1%	Male, 9.5% Female, 90.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.6% Unknown, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 20.0% Asian, 7.1% White, 57.0% 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 daycare provider assistant and child care provider duties and responsibilities

Daycare provider assistant example responsibilities.

Practice emergency fire evacuation and basic first aid procedures; certify in pediatric, infant, and adult CPR.
Fulfill all childcare duties such as dressing, changing diapers, training in CPR, water safety and fire safety
Administer programs to promote educational programs such as ABC'S , 123'S colors, shapes, reading books etc.
Read books and play with toddlers, put kids down for nap time, provide meals for children throughout the day.
Administer learning materials, provide one-on-on tutoring and supervise kids during time of play.
Implement learning, such as ABCs, name writing and counting through play and crafts

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.

Daycare provider assistant vs child care provider skills

Common daycare provider assistant skills

Child Care, 60%
Kids, 11%
CPR, 8%
Homework Assignments, 3%
Learning Environment, 2%
Meal Preparation, 2%

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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