Childcare Teacher Salary in Florida

BLS OEWS May 2025 Β· Broader BLS occupation: SOC 39-9011 Childcare Workers

Proxy: median, all childcare workers in Florida
$34,210
$16.45 an hour
Childcare Teacher wage (BLS)
Not published
Jobs in the occupation
21,760
Rank among published states
23 of 51

The median annual wage for childcare workers in Florida was $34,210 in May 2025, $770 (2%) below the national median of $34,980.

BLS publishes no separate wage for lead teachers at childcare centers; this is all childcare workers (SOC 39-9011), employees only.

Many center lead teachers are counted as preschool teachers (SOC 25-2011) instead.

Florida ranks 23 of the 51 states and DC with a published median for this occupation.

The comparison is not adjusted for living costs.

BLS OEWS May 2025. Annual = hourly Γ— 2,080. OEWS covers wage-and-salary workers only and leaves out the self-employed, workers in private households, overtime pay and most bonuses.

Broader occupation

What the BLS figure covers

This is the Florida figure for every worker in SOC 39-9011 Childcare Workers.

BLS publishes no separate state series or percentiles for childcare teachers, so this page shows no percentile table for the role.

Full percentile table for childcare workers in Florida: Childcare Worker salary in Florida β†’