The seven sites at a glance (facts checked on each company's own site, October 2026)
| Attribute | ChildcareHires | NAEYC Early Childhood Career Center | Indeed | EarlyDay | Child Care Aware of America Career Center | State and local early-childhood job banks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | A job board built only for early-education jobs | NAEYC's early childhood career center, with postings and a resume database | A general job site covering every industry | A career marketplace for early childhood educators, owned by Wonderschool | A child care career center run by Child Care Aware of America | Public job banks run by state agencies and city early-childhood organizations | A professional network with job posting tools for every industry |
| Early-education focus | Only early-education jobs, on dedicated role pages including preschool teacher and pre-K teacher | Early childhood education roles | Every industry; publishes a dedicated preschool teacher hiring guide | Early childhood educators only | Child care roles; employers named include centers, homes and CCR&R agencies | Early childhood openings within one state or city | Every industry |
| Pricing model | Flat fee per post, or monthly slot plans for constant hirers | Posting packages sold individually and in bundles, at member and non-member rates | Free posts where eligible; sponsored jobs billed per interaction against a budget you set | No published pricing; the site invites centers to post a job for free | Single postings or email packages; free basic listings for CCAoA members | A public service — New York City posts at no cost; Delaware's list is a courtesy to licensed facilities | One free post at a time; paid promotion beyond it |
| Published price | $199 Standard / $399 Featured per 30-day post at launch pricing; slot plans $899-$1,749 a month | $195 member / $220 non-member for a single 30-day posting; member bundles from $790 (5 postings) to $5,845 (50) | No fixed price; $75 sponsor credit for new US accounts; billed per interaction, monthly or once spending reaches $500 | Not published | $199 for a 30-day posting; Job Flash $299, Premium Job Flash $399, Ultimate Recruitment $599; a single resume is $35 | New York City: free. Delaware OCCL: a courtesy list — no price is published | One free post at a time, active up to 14 days; promotion is paid, with a free trial offered to eligible first-time posters |
| Contract | None — single posts are one-time payments that never renew; slot plans bill monthly and cancel anytime | No contract shown; postings must be used within 1 year | None shown; budgets are set per job and changed from the dashboard | Not published | Not published | None in the examples checked | None; a free post that is not promoted closes itself after 30 days |
| How candidates apply | On the center's own application page or inbox; no candidate profiles or résumé database | Through the career center; employers review, track and organize applications in the employer account | Not published | Through EarlyDay, from its candidate pool; centers can also search candidates | Not published | Delaware OCCL: each listing shows the facility's contact details. New York City: not published | Not published |
| Where a listing appears | The matching role and city pages, and Google Jobs | On the NAEYC career center site | On Indeed | On EarlyDay | On the career center; Job Flash packages also email the job to child care professionals, and Ultimate Recruitment adds a distribution network | On the state or city site that runs the bank | On LinkedIn; promoted jobs get prominent placement in search results and targeted recommendations |
As of October 2026, checked on each company's own website.
Which sites are best for posting a preschool teacher job?
The short version, ranked for a center or preschool trying to fill a lead teacher or pre-K classroom:
- ChildcareHires — a board built solely for early-education jobs. Your opening sits on the preschool teacher or pre-K teacher role page next to nothing but other early-education jobs, for a flat $199 per 30-day post at launch pricing.
- NAEYC Early Childhood Career Center — NAEYC's own board, with a resume database you can filter, at $195 a posting for members and $220 for non-members.
- Indeed — the volume play: a general audience, a $75 sponsor credit for new US accounts on its preschool teacher hiring guide, and pay-per-interaction budgets.
- EarlyDay — an early-childhood-only marketplace (self-described as "the only dedicated" one) that pre-screens candidates before they reach you.
- Child Care Aware of America Career Center — email packages that put your job in child care professionals' inboxes, and free basic listings for CCAoA members.
- State and local job banks — public reach in the places that run them: New York City's Early Childhood Career Center posts at no cost, and Delaware's OCCL keeps a courtesy list with no price published.
- LinkedIn — one free post at a time on a general professional network; useful as a supplement, not a preschool-hiring engine.
What does each site cost to post a preschool teacher job?
ChildcareHires publishes flat prices: $199 for a Standard 30-day post or $399 for Featured at launch pricing, one-time payments with nothing to sign.
Centers that are always hiring can take a slot plan at $899 a month for up to 10 posts live at once, or $1,749 a month for up to 25.
NAEYC charges $195 per 30-day posting for members and $220 for non-members, with bundles that bring the per-posting price down (5 postings for $790 or 10 for $1,515 for members).
Add-ons such as Featured Jobs start at $100 and Targeted Job Distribution at $150.
Indeed has no fixed price.
Many jobs post free, subject to its terms, quality standards and usage limits — but some jobs are sponsored only, and Indeed can require sponsorship for any reason.
Sponsored pricing is generated by its recommendation system against a minimum, you are billed for interactions like clicks or started applications (monthly, or once spending reaches $500), and the $75 credit for new US accounts expires one year after account creation.
EarlyDay publishes no price list; its site invites centers to "Post a job for free".
Child Care Aware starts at $199 for a 30-day posting, or $299-$599 for Job Flash packages that email your job to qualified child care professionals, and sells single resumes for $35.
CCAoA members post basic 30-day listings free.
The public banks come closest to free in the examples checked: New York City's Early Childhood Career Center posts openings at no cost, and Delaware's OCCL list is a courtesy to licensed facilities, with no price published. LinkedIn gives you one free post at a time (up to 14 days active, with an application cap LinkedIn gives as 10 to 30); beyond that, promotion is paid — LinkedIn offers a free trial of promoted jobs to eligible first-time posters.
Which of these sites reach preschool teachers, and which reach everyone?
A general board and a childcare board solve different problems.
Indeed and LinkedIn put your opening in front of job seekers from every industry, so the applications you screen will include people who are not early educators — Indeed's own pitch is speed and scale, and its claim that sponsored jobs with Urgently Hiring fill 5 days faster is self-reported, based on its own data for the median US job in Q2 2024.
The childcare-specific options trade reach for fit.
ChildcareHires carries only early-education jobs, so its preschool teacher role page shows nothing but early-education openings; the trade-off is that there is no resume database — candidates apply through your own link.
The NAEYC career center goes further: every posting package includes resume search access, so you can search candidates directly rather than wait for applications to come in — that is what earns it its slot.
EarlyDay (which calls itself "the only dedicated career marketplace for early childhood educators" — a self-reported description) adds pre-screening and matching on location, education credentials and language needs.
Child Care Aware's packages email your job to qualified child care professionals, a middle path between broadcast and niche.
The public banks are the most local of the seven: Delaware's list serves licensed facilities in that state, and New York City's center serves that city.
Where can you post a preschool teacher job for free?
Five of the seven sites here have a free or no-price route, each with a catch worth knowing:
- Indeed posts many jobs free, subject to its terms, quality standards and usage limits — but some jobs are sponsored only, and Indeed can require sponsorship for any reason.
- LinkedIn allows one free job post active at a time. It must be tied to your company page, stays active up to 14 days, closes after 30 days if not promoted, becomes less visible over time, and stops at an application cap LinkedIn gives as 10 to 30.
- New York City's Early Childhood Career Center lets employers post openings at no cost.
- Child Care Aware of America members post basic 30-day listings free through the member portal (non-members start at $199).
- Delaware's Office of Child Care Licensing lists openings for licensed facilities as a courtesy — no price is published — and states clearly that it does not endorse the organizations listed.
EarlyDay also invites centers to post a job for free, though it publishes no price list beyond that invitation.
The general pattern: free channels get you listed, while the paid tiers buy placement or email distribution.
How we compared these preschool teacher job sites
Every fact on this page was checked on the company's own website in October 2026, and the prices are the ones each site published that day — no estimates, no third-party reviews.
Where a site makes a claim about itself (Indeed's fill-speed figure, EarlyDay's marketplace description), it is labelled self-reported.
ChildcareHires wrote this page and is one of the options compared; its prices are launch pricing and come from the ChildcareHires fact sheet.
Ranking weighted three things: whether the audience is preschool and pre-K teachers specifically, whether the price is published and predictable, and what the site does after the posting is live (screening, matching, resume search, email distribution).
Two footnotes.
Prices change — confirm the current rate on each site before you budget, and note that ChildcareHires' launch pricing can end without notice.
And if the role you are filling sits in a school-district pre-K or transitional kindergarten classroom, check the district's own employment portal in addition to any board.
Which one should you choose?
Choose ChildcareHires if…
- You want your preschool or pre-K opening on a board where every listing is an early-education job, on the matching role and city pages.
- You want a published flat price — $199 per 30-day Standard post at launch pricing — instead of a per-click budget.
- You prefer no contract: single posts are one-time payments, and candidates apply through your own link or inbox.
Choose the NAEYC Early Childhood Career Center if…
- You want to source candidates directly, not just wait for applications — resume search is included with every package.
- Your program is an NAEYC member and qualifies for the $195 member rate.
- You post in volume and want bundled pricing (10 member postings for $1,515).
Choose Indeed if…
- Volume matters more than fit, and you have someone to screen a wide funnel of applicants.
- You want to start with a $75 sponsor credit on a new US account and control spend per job.
- You hire across roles — teachers, assistants, cooks, drivers — and want one general site for all of them.
Choose EarlyDay if…
- You want applications from a pre-screened early-childhood candidate pool rather than the open market.
- You want jobs matched to candidates on location, education credentials and language requirements instead of sorting every application yourself.
- You don't need published pricing to commit — the site invites centers to post a job for free.
Choose the Child Care Aware career center if…
- Your program is a CCAoA member and can use the free basic 30-day listing.
- You want your job emailed directly to qualified child care professionals via a Job Flash package.
- You occasionally want to buy a single resume ($35) instead of a posting.
Choose a state or local job bank if…
- You hire in a state or city that operates one, and local reach matters more than volume.
- Budget is the constraint — New York City's center posts openings at no cost.
- You are a licensed facility and your state offers a courtesy list, as Delaware's OCCL does.
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to post a preschool teacher job?
ChildcareHires charges $199 for a Standard 30-day post and $399 for Featured at launch pricing.
The NAEYC career center charges members $195 and non-members $220 for a 30-day posting, and Child Care Aware's career center starts at $199.
Indeed has no fixed price: many posts are free, while sponsored jobs are billed per interaction against a budget you set.
EarlyDay publishes no price list.
Is Indeed free for posting a preschool teacher job?
Often, but not always.
Indeed says many jobs can be posted for free, subject to its terms, conditions, quality standards and usage limits, and that some jobs are sponsored only — for example jobs aggregated from a career site or an applicant tracking system.
Indeed can also require that a job be sponsored for any reason.
Sponsored pricing has no fixed rate; you are billed for interactions like clicks or started applications.
Where can I post a preschool teacher job completely free?
The routes that cost nothing or publish no price: LinkedIn allows one free job post active at a time (up to 14 days, with an application cap LinkedIn gives as 10 to 30).
New York City's Early Childhood Career Center lets employers post at no cost.
Child Care Aware of America members post basic 30-day listings free.
Delaware's Office of Child Care Licensing lists facilities' openings as a courtesy, with no price published.
EarlyDay also invites centers to post a job for free.
Do any of these sites offer a resume database of preschool teachers?
Two do, on their own terms.
The NAEYC Early Childhood Career Center includes resume search access with every posting package and lets employers filter candidates by key criteria.
EarlyDay lets centers search its candidate pool and describes candidates as pre-screened.
Child Care Aware sells single resume purchases for $35.
ChildcareHires works the other way: candidates apply through the center's own link, and the board keeps no resume database.
Should a small preschool post on more than one site?
It is worth doing when a lead teacher role is hard to fill: one focused board for the audience, plus a free channel for extra visibility.
A flat-fee board keeps the cost predictable, while the free listings — LinkedIn's single post and New York City's career center — add reach at no charge.
Confirm each site's current terms before you budget, since prices and limits change.
Does ChildcareHires charge per click?
No. A post is a one-time flat payment: $199 for Standard or $399 for Featured at launch pricing, each running 30 days.
It never renews and there is nothing to sign.
Centers that are always hiring can take a slot plan instead — $899 a month for up to 10 posts live at once, or $1,749 a month for up to 25 — billed monthly and cancellable at any time.
Where these facts come from
- NAEYC Early Childhood Career Center: careerforum.naeyc.org/rates (checked October 8, 2026)
- NAEYC Early Childhood Career Center: careerforum.naeyc.org/employers (checked October 8, 2026)
- Indeed: indeed.com/hire/pricing (checked October 8, 2026)
- Indeed: indeed.com/hire/how-to-hire/preschool-teacher (checked October 8, 2026)
- EarlyDay: earlyday.com (checked October 8, 2026)
- EarlyDay: earlyday.com/centers (checked October 8, 2026)
- EarlyDay: wonderschool.com/corp/teacher-recruitment (checked October 8, 2026)
- Child Care Aware of America Career Center: careers.childcareaware.org/employer/pricing (checked October 8, 2026)
- Child Care Aware of America Career Center: info.childcareaware.org/blog/explore-our-employer-benefits-in-the-child-care-career-center (checked October 8, 2026)
- State and local early-childhood job banks: education.delaware.gov/families/birth-age-5/occl/current-child-care-job-openings (checked October 8, 2026)
- State and local early-childhood job banks: earlychildhoodny.org/cdsc/jobopportunities.php (checked October 8, 2026)
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a517777 (checked October 8, 2026)
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1605750 (checked October 8, 2026)