Early Educator Salary Data and the MA Career Ladder

1. Early Educator Salary Data and the MA Career Ladder A Joint Initiative of BTWIC and EEC Fiscal Committee Board of Early Education and Care February 4, 2013

2. Introduction • BTWIC partnered with the EEC in 2010 to create the career ladder and complete some preliminary analysis of salary data from the PQ Registry, as the original intent was to connect wage increases to the career ladder • The team presented to the Fiscal Committee in December 2011. Feedback was incorporated into this updated presentation and includes: • Comparison of salaries in private versus non-profit centers • Comparison to salaries of comparable sectors, not to the general Massachusetts workforce • The goal of today’s presentation is to summarize BTWIC’s subsequent analysis of PQ Registry data, not to suggest solutions on how to improve early educator compensation

3. Setting the Stage: QRIS Standards - CB QRIS Level 3, Center-Based Programs QRIS Level 4, Center-Based Programs

4. QRIS Tool - CB Program Administration Scale (PAS) – Personnel Cost and Allocation

5. QRIS Standards - FCC QRIS Level 3, Family Child Care QRIS Level 4, Family Child Care

6. QRIS Tool - FCC Business Administration Scale (BAS) – Income and Benefits

7. Data Analysis Completed by BTWIC EEC’s Professional Qualifications (PQ) Registry (Aug. 2012) • Median Salary • Median Salary by Education Level • Median Salary of educators in large private chains Comparison to wages in similar sectors (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

8. Considerations • Many PQ Registry records are still incomplete. BTWIC started with: 60,886 records as of August 24, 2012 -18,395 individuals working less than 30 hours a week 42,491 individuals working 30 hours a week or more -23,592 individuals with blank salary data 18,899 individuals with salary data working more than 30 hrs/week -5,332 salaries less than $10,000 and greater than $100,000 -2,016 in “other,” residential and placement,” “school-age care” -1,751 Administrators, Directors, Consultants, etc. = 9,800 records for analysis (16% of all records) • Focus was on teaching staff in center-based settings and family child care providers (not out-of-school time) • Salary is only one component of overall compensation and it is a direct reflection of what centers and programs are able to pay

9. PQ Registry Salary Data: MA Early Educators Source: PQ Registry as of August 2012. Records analyzed reflect teaching staff only; excludes Directors and Administrators.

10. PQ Registry Salary Data: MA Early Educators With a 3% increase: Sources: BTWIC calculations; Crittenton Women’s Union Economic Independence Calculator 2010; Bureau of Labor Statistics (See slide 13 for comparison industries)

11. Highest Level of Education of Center-Based Early Educators with Salary Data in the PQ Registry Source: Professional Qualifications Registry as of August 2012. n = 6,955.

12. Salary Data by Level of Education Source: Professional Qualifications Registry as of August 2012.

13. Comparison with other Sectors Average salary $27,978 Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2011 Massachusetts Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates. Department of Early Education and Care Professional Qualifications Registry, as of August 2012, for the three categories shaded in green. Note: salary data reflects teaching staff in the three categories and excludes Administrators, Directors, Education Coordinators, etc. *mean salaries, not median.

14. Comparison with MA Child Care Cost Model Level 3, Center-Based Programs Level 4, Center-Based Programs

15. Recommendations The EEC should • Continue to keep early educator compensation as a top priority • Explore strategies for improving the completeness and accuracy of PQ Registry data • Summarize salary data from the Professional Qualifications Registry every year and release reports to the field

16. Thank you