Headline risk
0%
Very Low RiskEducation and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
Plan, direct, or coordinate academic or nonacademic activities of preschools or childcare centers and programs, including before- and after-school care.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 14% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 56,270
Employment 2024
90.2K
Projected Change (2024–34)
-2.5%
Openings (2024–34)
5.5K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of preschool and childcare center directors is projected to grow 3 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students' behavioral or learning problems. AI use: 0%
- 2. Monitor students' progress and provide students and teachers with assistance in resolving any problems. AI use: 0%
- 3. Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff and recommend personnel actions for programs and services. AI use: 0%
- 4. Set educational standards and goals and help establish policies, procedures, and programs to carry them out. AI use: 0%
- 5. Determine the scope of educational program offerings and prepare drafts of program schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements. AI use: 0%
- 6. Prepare and maintain attendance, activity, planning, accounting, or personnel reports and records for officials and agencies, or direct preparation and maintenance activities. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 47.1 · 1.1M employed
Under 25: 2% · 25–54: 72% · 55+: 26%
Related
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
crosswalk_exact · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Preschool and childcare center directors supervise and lead their staffs, design program plans, oversee daily activities, and prepare budgets.
Preschool and childcare center directors work primarily in child daycare services. Most work full time, and some work more than 40 hours per week.
A bachelor’s degree and experience in early childhood education are typically required to become a preschool and childcare center director. However, educational requirements vary. Additionally, some employers require these directors to have a nationally recognized credential.
The median annual wage for preschool and childcare center directors was $56,270 in May 2024.
Employment of preschool and childcare center directors is projected to grow 3 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.