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Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare pay in Maryland and New York
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare is $62,520 per year in Maryland. It is $96,810 per year in New York. Maryland is 35.4% below New York 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 1,270 wage and salary jobs in Maryland and 3,950 in New York. 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.