2005 Workforce Survey Data
30% Response Rate, Total Responses 261
24.5% FCC providers
21% Private Center-Based Providers
35.6% Public Center Based Providers
2% Licensed Exempt
12.6 % extended day
County Distribution of Survey Responsed
Placerville - 29%
ShingleSprings/Cameron Park/Rescue 23%
South Lake Tahoe 14%
El Dorado Hills 12%
Divide 3%
Education
% of Workforce Absolute #
High School Diploma or GED 9% 24
Some College Units 45% 117
AA or AS degree 24% 63
BA or BS degree 16% 41
Post Grad Degree 4% 12
No response 2% 4
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Education Level |
Extended Day |
Family Child Care |
Private Center |
Public Center |
Licensed exempt |
Overall |
High School or GED |
24% |
11% |
7% |
4% |
14% |
9% |
Some College Units |
52% |
52% |
42% |
40% |
43% |
45% |
AA/AS degree |
12%
|
19% |
25% |
31% |
14% |
24% |
BA/BS degree |
12% |
9% |
16% |
20% |
14%
|
16% |
Post Grad |
0 |
5% |
9% |
3% |
14%
|
4.5% |
NO response |
0 |
5% |
0% |
1% |
0 |
1.5% |
Workforce Turnover
Length of Time in the Field |
% of Responses
|
Less than one Year ( high turnover) |
10% |
1-3 years ( medium turnover |
13% |
3-5 years ( low Turnover) |
10% |
5-7 Years |
11% |
7-11 Years |
13% |
11-15 years |
13% |
15-20 or more years |
33% |
High turnover < 1 year 9.6%
Medium Turnover 1-3 years 12.6 %
Low Turnover > 3 years 77 %
Length of Time at your current Site by Sector
|
< 1 year
|
1-3 years
|
> 3 years |
|
Extended Day
|
30% |
24% |
39% |
|
Family Child Care |
9% |
27% |
64% |
|
Private CB
|
18% |
40% |
22% |
|
Public CB
|
25% |
23% |
53% |
|
Overall |
21% |
28 |
51% |
|
|
< 1 year
|
1-3 years
|
> 3 years |
|
Extended Day
|
30% |
24% |
39% |
|
Family Child Care |
9% |
27% |
64% |
|
Private CB
|
18% |
40% |
22% |
|
Public CB
|
25% |
23% |
53% |
|
Overall |
21% |
28 |
51% |
|
WAGES
Average Wage
Extended Day – $10.13
Family Child Care - $ 9.78 * 60% no response
Private Center Based – $ 10.92 * 20% no response
Public Center Based - $ 12.45 *29% no response
Hourly Rate by Setting
|
Extended Day |
Family Child Care |
Private CB |
Public CB |
<$8.00 |
13% |
35% |
4% |
1% |
$ 8-8.99 |
20% |
21% |
15% |
17% |
$9.00- 9.99 |
23% |
14% |
17% |
14% |
$10.00 -12.00 |
10% |
20% |
33% |
22% |
$12.01-14.00 |
7% |
3% |
15% |
17% |
$ 14-16.00 |
17% |
7% |
13% |
3% |
$16.01 -18.00 |
10% |
0 |
2% |
10% |
$18.01-20.00 |
0 |
7% |
0 |
10% |
>$20.00 |
0 |
3% |
0 |
7% |
Wages by Education
|
Monthly Net income |
Hourly Wage |
|
|
High School or GED |
$1,340 |
|
$ 9.50 |
|
|
Some College Units |
$1,692.00 |
$10.07 |
|
|
AA/AS
|
$1873.00 |
$12.44 |
|
|
BA/BS
|
$1893.00 |
$13.74 |
|
|
Post Grad |
|
|
|
|
Average Wages by Role
Monthly Hourly Mean Hourly Wage (2005 OES Survey)
Director $2,429 $17.38
Teacher $2,071 $12.27 $11.07
Assist ant $1,301 $10.60 $ 9.46* child care worker
Owner Operator $2,402 $11.50
Center Based Wages
Private Teacher $ 10.32/hr Public Teacher $ 14.25
Private Asst $ 8.88 Public Asst. $ 9.91
Permit Status
61% of respondents no permit
67% of FCC no permit
97% of Extended Day no permit
58% of Private CB no permit
48% of Public CB no permit
Those with Teacher Permit ( 12 ECE/CD + 16 GE) or Above
33% Public CB
23% of Private CB
6% of Family Child Care
Wages by Time in the Field
< 1 year in the field $9.59
1-3 years in the field $10.03
>3 years in the field $11.46
Does your current employer offer benefits?
|
Health |
Dental |
Paid Sick/vacation |
Paid Holiday |
Free/reduced price Child Care
|
|
Extended Day
|
21% |
27% |
18% |
9% |
33% |
|
Family CC |
5% |
5% |
23% |
23% |
6% |
|
Private CB |
40% |
9% |
47% |
64% |
67% |
|
Public CB |
80% |
86% |
81% |
80% |
13% |
|
Overall |
45% |
41% |
48% |
51% |
25% |
|
How do you access benefits?
Health Benefits |
Employer |
Other Household Member |
Healthy Families
MediCAL |
No Benefits |
Other |
|
Extended Day |
12% |
48% |
6% |
18% |
15% |
|
Family CC |
2% |
98% |
6% |
14% |
39% |
|
Private CB
|
24% |
47% |
11% |
5% |
13% |
|
Public CB
|
62% |
28% |
12% |
3% |
3% |
|
Overall |
32% |
41% |
10% |
9% |
11% |
|
Dental |
Employer |
Other Household Member |
Healthy Families
MediCAL |
No Benefits |
Other |
|
Extended Day |
12% |
48% |
6% |
21% |
9% |
|
Family CC
|
1% |
42% |
1% |
36% |
9% |
|
Private CB
|
24% |
44% |
9% |
31% |
11% |
|
Public CB
|
62% |
19% |
9% |
6% |
25% |
|
Overall |
32% |
34% |
7% |
21% |
7% |
|
Although 45% of providers are offered benefits from their employers, only 32% access benefits through their employer. Other Household members are the means of accessing health benefits for 34% of our providers. Another 10% of our providers qualify for either Healthy Families or MediCAL health programs and 9% have no benefits at all. Although many employers offer health benefits, often it reduces an employees already low paycheck and many providers are not choosing to have coverage. The written comments offered by providers indicate that benefits are needed and a determinant of whether a provider will stay in the field. This survey did not delve further in to the dynamics behind these choices, it may be an area for further research.
How can our providers be assisted in staying in the field
Many providers wrote answers to this question. Not surprisingly, 63% of the comments focused on needing better wages and pay. 25% noted that benefits were issues for them. Another 19% noted that assistance in paying for their education would help them stay in the field.
In research by Marci Whitebrook, the provider’s perceptions of their environments and coworker relationships were significant indicators of turnover. Therefore our survey asked providers to rate their work environment on a 5 point Likert scale. The vast majority of respondents rated their environments at 4 or 5.
If you have any questions please contact Elizabeth
Blakemore (530) 295-2312
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