Daycare provider assistant vs child care worker

The differences between daycare provider assistants and child care workers 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 worker. Additionally, a child care worker has an average salary of $31,284, 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 worker are child care, crisis intervention, and behavioral issues.

Daycare provider assistant vs child care worker overview

	Daycare Provider Assistant	Child Care Worker
Yearly salary	$29,882	$31,284
Hourly rate	$14.37	$15.04
Growth rate	6%	6%
Number of jobs	73,544	136,963
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 35%	Bachelor's Degree, 44%
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 worker do?

A child care worker is responsible for providing care and supervision to children while the parents or guardians are away. A child care worker's duty may involve changing diapers and preparing milk for infants and toddlers, devise strategies or fun activities where children can learn, arrange schedules to fit their needs such as nap times, and prepare healthy meals and snacks. Aside from ensuring children's safety, a child care worker must also monitor any sign of emotional or developmental issues so it can be brought to the parents' attention as soon as possible.

Daycare provider assistant vs child care worker salary

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

	Daycare Provider Assistant	Child Care Worker
Average salary	$29,882	$31,284
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $44,000	Between $19,000 And $49,000
Highest paying City	Seattle, WA	Worcester, MA
Highest paying state	Washington	Massachusetts
Best paying company	University of California, Berkeley	Columbia University in the City of New York
Best paying industry	Finance	Finance

Differences between daycare provider assistant and child care worker education

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

	Daycare Provider Assistant	Child Care Worker
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 35%	Bachelor's Degree, 44%
Most common major	Business	Psychology
Most common college	University of Virginia	California State University - Long Beach

Daycare provider assistant vs child care worker demographics

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

	Daycare Provider Assistant	Child Care Worker
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 14.9% Female, 85.1%	Male, 21.1% Female, 78.9%
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, 8.8% Unknown, 6.1% Hispanic or Latino, 19.4% Asian, 6.8% White, 57.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between daycare provider assistant and child care worker 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 worker example responsibilities.

Obtain certification in CPR to ensure minors would be properly resuscitate in an emergency.
Require to maintain continuing education in courses including passive restraint, standard first aid and CPR.
Complete accurate and timely documentation on kids' behavior as outlined by policy.
Create math, reading, bible, and art lessons.

Daycare provider assistant vs child care worker 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 worker skills

Child Care, 39%
Crisis Intervention, 9%
Behavioral Issues, 8%
CPR, 5%
Direct Supervision, 5%
TCI, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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