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Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ and Rochester, MN
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare is $98,470 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. It is $62,850 per year in Rochester, MN. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 56.7% above Rochester, MN 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 5,020 wage and salary jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ and 40 in Rochester, MN. 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.