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Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare pay in Montana and New York
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare is $48,140 per year in Montana. It is $96,810 per year in New York. Montana is 50.3% 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 180 wage and salary jobs in Montana 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.