Childcare Workers
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Estimated employment 10,440.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of childcare workers in Boston earn more.
$41,590 in Boston buys what $38,400 buys across the country as a whole.
Boston's regional price parity is 108.3 — well above the national average — a dollar here buys noticeably less than in the US as a whole. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Boston |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstable Town | $43,480 | $44,200 | 98.4 | +15.1% |
| Boston This page | $41,590 | $38,400 | 108.3 | — |
| Amherst Town | $40,560 | $40,500 | 100.2 | +5.3% |
| Worcester | $39,300 | $38,300 | 102.5 | −0.2% |
| Pittsfield | $38,410 | $40,400 | 95.1 | +5.1% |
| Springfield | $36,910 | $38,400 | 96.1 | +0.0% |
Price parity and difference against Boston are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 10,440 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 39-9011, Childcare Workers. Mapped to our taxonomy as childcare-workers.
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