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Davidson County Child Care Landscape Study Results
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Appendix A: Educator Wage Scales
The cost estimation model implements wage scales based on an educator’s highest degree of
education and years of experience, by role, as shown in Table A-1.
Table A-1: Wage Scale for Center-Based Rotating Assistant Educators and Home-Based Educators
Years of
Experience
0
Education Level
$23.00
$24.53
$26.07
Bachelor’s
Degree
$27.60
1
$23.34
$24.90
$26.46
$28.01
2
$23.70
$25.27
$26.85
$28.43
3
$24.05
$25.65
$27.26
$28.86
4
$24.41
$26.04
$27.67
$29.29
5
$24.78
$26.43
$28.08
$29.73
6
$25.15
$26.83
$28.50
$30.18
7
$25.53
$27.23
$28.93
$30.63
8
$25.91
$27.64
$29.36
$31.09
9
$26.30
$28.05
$29.80
$31.56
10
$26.69
$28.47
$30.25
$32.03
11
$27.09
$28.90
$30.71
$32.51
12
$27.50
$29.33
$31.17
$33.00
13
$27.91
$29.77
$31.63
$33.49
14+
$28.33
$30.22
$32.11
$34.00
High School
CDA
Associate Degree
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