So had a request for this one so I thought I'd do it - I know some people are not happy I'm posting these but to those individuals your welcome to 'scroll on' or simply ignore anything I post.
This was a little bit more 'unfair' then I thought it would be but here is what I came up with as there are three levels to this profession - those who have a certificate -> diploma -> bachelors degree
Each level of qualification requires more study/training and allows access to higher bands of salary. But to save you all time, if teachers looking after multiple students earning 100k is a 'fair' salary then early child care workers are 'criminally' underpaid IMO.
According to this source childcare workers earn depending on experience/qualification level a salary $20.61 - $30.01 - with directors hitting $33.90 an hour, however to hit this level of remuneration you must be in-charge of a centre of 60 or more children. According to this source the salary range for childcare workers is just under $41,000 - $67,000 thus putting the lowest paid childcare workers in the 25th percentile and the highest paid in the 57th percentile….
It is important to note 97 percent of childcare workers are female and only 3 percent are male.
Personally I think the highest band should be hitting at around the $95k - $100k mark for the level of responsibility if not maybe a little more - thus I feel childcare workers are criminally under-paid especially those with a fair amount of experience…. however I will leave it up to the polls once again i'll let the OZ-Bargain community decide….
Vote below and let me know
Yes, they 'really' are.
How many directors/gms do you know in another industry making $33 an hour. None I hope.