Employment

Childcare workers held about 1.3 million jobs nationally in 2012. Child daycare services employed about 24 percent of all childcare workers, and about 11 percent worked primarily in educational services. About 24 percent of childcare workers were self-employed. Employment of childcare workers is projected to increase by 14 percent from 2012 through 2022.

Source:

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-2015 edition, Childcare Workers.