Head Start Director Salary & Pay Data
BLS OEWS May 2025 · Broader BLS occupation: SOC 11-9031 Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
Proxy: median, all education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare
$59,300
$28.51 an hour
Head Start Director wage (BLS)
Not published
BLS publishes no wage for Head Start as a program, so this is not Head Start pay; it is all preschool and childcare center administrators (SOC 11-9031).
Annual figures are BLS hourly wages × 2,080 hours. OEWS covers wage-and-salary workers only, so it leaves out the self-employed, workers in private households, overtime pay and most bonuses.
Broader occupationFull percentile table for education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare: Childcare Director salary →
What the BLS figure covers
Median, all education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare
$59,300
Jobs in the occupation
73,660
BLS series for this title
None
These are BLS figures for every worker in SOC 11-9031 Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare.
BLS publishes no separate series or percentiles for head start directors, so this page does not show a percentile table for the role.