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Childcare Workers pay in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL and North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Childcare Workers is $29,210 per year in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL. It is $47,300 per year in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL. Cape Girardeau, MO-IL is 38.2% below North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 39-9011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 140 wage and salary jobs in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL and 1,530 in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings