Occupational Employment Statistics
39-9011 Childcare Workers
Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play. Excludes "Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education" (25-2011) and "Teacher Assistants" (25-9041).
Southeast Minnesota
| 950 | 129 | $12.43/hr | $10.54/hr | $11.00/hr | $11.79/hr | $13.01/hr | $15.81/hr |
Professional and Business Services | 30 | $13.05/hr |
Education and Health Services | 10,630 | $12.41/hr |
Leisure and Hospitality | 480 | $11.68/hr |
Other Services | 840 | $11.71/hr |
Public Administration | 160 | $12.25/hr |
- Regulate children's rest periods.
- Supervise and assist with homework.
- Communicate with children's parents or guardians about daily activities, behaviors, and related issues.
- Regulate children's rest periods and nap schedules.
- Perform general administrative tasks, such as taking attendance, editing internal paperwork, and making phone calls.
- Perform housekeeping and cleaning duties related to children's care.
- Keep records on individual children, including daily observations and information about activities, meals served, and medications administered.
- Perform housekeeping duties, such as laundry, cleaning, dish washing, and changing of linens.
- Instruct children in health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toilet habits.
- Help prepare and serve nutritionally balanced meals and snacks for children.