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Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare pay in Eugene-Springfield, OR and New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare is $58,500 per year in Eugene-Springfield, OR. It is $98,470 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Eugene-Springfield, OR is 40.6% below New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-9031 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 90 wage and salary jobs in Eugene-Springfield, OR and 5,020 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. 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.