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Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2007)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Auburn	180	$24,310	1.6
Montgomery	340	$24,150	0.7
Birmingham	910	$21,860	0.6
Huntsville	230	$25,220	0.4
Anniston	50	$23,130	0.4
Mobile	140	$26,060	0.3
ALASKA
Fairbanks	120		1.5
Anchorage	490	$26,290	1.1
ARIZONA
Tucson	1,500	$25,140	1.4
Prescott	190	$18,540	1.1
Yuma	180	$22,700	1.1
Flagstaff	110	$23,820	0.8
Phoenix	4,350	$21,840	0.8
ARKANSAS
Jonesboro	130	$21,550	1.1
Pine Bluff	90	$23,140	1
Hot Springs	90	$20,630	1
Little Rock	750	$25,740	0.8
Fort Smith	160	$25,360	0.5
Fayetteville	270	$19,840	0.5
CALIFORNIA
Yuba City	260	$29,890	2.5
Santa Cruz	560	$29,840	2.4
San Luis Obispo	580	$26,690	2.1
Chico	380	$23,750	2
Vallejo	590	$25,580	1.7
Bakersfield	1,160	$28,000	1.6
San Jose	4,050	$32,370	1.5
Merced	230	$29,640	1.5
Napa	240	$41,870	1.5
Stockton	860	$30,030	1.4
Santa Barbara	670	$29,880	1.4
Oxnard	1,200	$25,540	1.4
El Centro	160	$26,620	1.3
Hanford	100	$25,810	1.2
San Francisco	3,540	$34,690	1.2
Oakland	3,560	$30,940	1.2
Redding	200	$23,050	1.1
Salinas	450	$34,460	1.1
Sacramento	2,720	$24,500	1
Los Angeles	12,490	$28,630	1
San Diego	3,770	$27,370	1
Fresno	900	$24,170	0.9
Santa Rosa	480	$27,250	0.9
Visalia	320	$22,990	0.8
Riverside	3,180	$24,110	0.8
Santa Ana	3,540	$28,250	0.8
Modesto	320	$33,560	0.7
COLORADO
Greeley	290	$22,960	1.4
Fort Collins	470	$28,400	1.4
Boulder	550	$26,270	1.2
Colorado Springs	840	$24,980	1.2
Grand Junction	140	$22,430	0.9
Pueblo	100	$25,340	0.7
Denver	2,520	$24,510	0.7
CONNECTICUT
Danbury	390	$27,530	2.1
Bridgeport	1,980	$29,450	1.6
Waterbury	270	$26,350	1.5
Hartford	2,360	$27,130	1.4
Norwich	310	$31,020	0.9
New Haven	630	$37,910	0.8
DELAWARE
Wilmington	1,330	$25,810	1.4
Dover	130	$19,820	0.9
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	8,760	$29,700	1.3
FLORIDA
Panama City	260	$20,480	1.4
Ocala	370	$20,430	1.4
Tallahassee	620	$23,480	1.3
Gainesville	380	$20,060	1.3
West Palm Beach	1,760	$27,060	1.1
Fort Walton Beach	220	$20,680	1
Tampa	3,570	$25,520	1
Fort Lauderdale	1,950	$26,830	0.9
Port St. Lucie	320	$22,750	0.9
Pensacola	370	$23,010	0.8
Miami	2,340	$25,490	0.8
Orlando	2,330	$25,780	0.7
Sarasota	480	$27,020	0.6
Palm Bay	320	$26,320	0.6
Jacksonville	960	$21,890	0.5
Lakeland	280	$25,270	0.5
Naples	160	$30,530	0.4
Cape Coral	260	$28,590	0.4
Punta Gorda	30	$35,360	0.3
GEORGIA
Valdosta	460	$25,200	3.6
Albany	550	$16,680	3.5
Columbus	660	$19,050	2.2
Brunswick	210	$25,820	2.1
Macon	510	$21,890	1.9
Gainesville	270	$21,710	1.6
Atlanta	10,910	$21,320	1.5
Warner Robins	190	$29,180	1.5
Savannah	600	$25,030	1.4
Athens	180	$18,090	0.9
Augusta	410	$29,180	0.7
Dalton	140	$24,610	0.7
Rome	50	$28,240	0.5
HAWAII
Honolulu	2,280	$26,900	1.8
IDAHO
Pocatello	40	$17,050	0.5
Idaho Falls	30	$22,480	0.2
ILLINOIS
Bloomington	380	$24,980	2.2
Danville	100	$25,330	1.7
Kankakee	140	$29,850	1.5
Decatur	160	$20,290	1.4
Springfield	220	$21,960	0.8
Peoria	330	$29,420	0.7
Chicago	6,200	$28,220	0.5
Rockford	220	$21,000	0.5
INDIANA
Muncie	180	$19,930	1.5
Bloomington	260	$20,520	1.4
Gary	930	$33,390	1.2
Evansville	560	$19,700	1.1
South Bend	380	$27,570	1
Fort Wayne	590	$21,720	1
Michigan City	90	$22,960	0.8
Anderson	60	$18,580	0.6
Lafayette	120	$23,870	0.6
Indianapolis	1,490	$22,080	0.6
Kokomo	40	$25,900	0.4
Terre Haute	40	$32,600	0.2
IOWA
Ames	210	$17,350	2.2
Des Moines	1,180	$22,590	1.3
Iowa City	210	$20,160	1.2
Dubuque	130	$18,920	0.9
Cedar Rapids	340	$19,930	0.9
Davenport	450	$23,320	0.9
Sioux City	160	$22,340	0.9
Waterloo	150	$20,760	0.7
KANSAS
Lawrence	80	$22,690	0.7
Wichita	550	$23,370	0.6
KENTUCKY
Lexington	690	$25,130	1
Bowling Green	110	$23,440	0.8
Elizabethtown	80	$24,610	0.7
Louisville	1,190	$23,140	0.7
LOUISIANA
Lafayette	590	$16,510	1.6
Alexandria	230	$18,190	1.5
Baton Rouge	1,040	$18,030	1
Lake Charles	100	$15,870	0.4
New Orleans	510	$22,150	0.4
Shreveport	140	$21,520	0.3
MAINE
Lewiston	170	$24,670	1.4
Portland	600	$26,040	1.1
Bangor	110	$27,280	0.7
MARYLAND
Salisbury	200	$28,320	1.5
Bethesda	1,920	$29,090	1.2
Cumberland	100	$29,260	1.1
Baltimore	3,400	$28,930	0.9
Hagerstown	220	$22,130	0.8
MASSACHUSETTS
Pittsfield	290	$26,880	3.3
New Bedford	510	$24,330	3.1
Lowell	840	$25,320	2.6
Lawrence	350	$30,850	2.3
Brockton	510	$28,660	2.2
Haverhill	420	$28,060	2
Framingham	820	$32,940	1.9
Barnstable	500	$30,580	1.8
Boston	7,350	$30,140	1.5
Springfield	1,180	$29,610	1.4
Worcester	800	$33,200	1.1
Lynn	220	$29,830	0.8
Leominster	80	$25,150	0.6
MICHIGAN
Jackson	180	$26,660	1.3
Saginaw	260	$25,130	1.2
Flint	390	$33,720	1
Monroe	90	$26,300	0.9
Ann Arbor	400	$25,630	0.8
Lansing	450	$22,850	0.8
Grand Rapids	850	$46,730	0.8
Holland	220	$24,780	0.8
Detroit	1,630	$35,030	0.7
Kalamazoo	270	$31,550	0.7
Warren	2,150	$32,590	0.6
Bay City	50	$25,440	0.6
Battle Creek	70	$28,360	0.5
Niles	80	$33,330	0.5
Muskegon	50	$38,300	0.3
MINNESOTA
Duluth	430	$32,210	1.2
Rochester	260	$32,040	1.2
Minneapolis	5,120	$29,950	1
MISSISSIPPI
Hattiesburg	240	$16,880	1.6
Gulfport	200	$18,150	0.7
Jackson	490	$23,170	0.7
MISSOURI
Joplin	410	$19,480	2
Jefferson City	270	$22,720	1.5
Columbia	220	$20,530	1
St. Louis	2,870	$25,080	0.7
Springfield	390	$21,040	0.7
St. Joseph	80	$18,830	0.7
Kansas City	1,860	$26,450	0.6
MONTANA
Missoula	260	$23,690	1.9
Great Falls	100	$19,920	1.2
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	480	$22,090	1.1
Omaha	1,140	$23,040	0.9
NEVADA
Las Vegas	2,310	$22,480	0.8
Reno	420	$25,510	0.7
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rochester	480	$25,420	3.4
Nashua	760	$25,970	2
Manchester	490	$24,640	1.8
Portsmouth	240	$23,970	1.6
NEW JERSEY
Vineland	250	$42,640	1.7
Trenton	880	$32,820	1.4
Newark	3,670	$36,050	1.2
Edison	3,150	$30,680	1
Camden	1,450	$28,720	0.9
Atlantic City	250	$30,100	0.6
Ocean City	60	$29,580	0.6
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	1,390	$21,500	1.2
Santa Fe	160	$28,210	1.2
Farmington	110	$23,990	0.8
NEW YORK
Poughkeepsie	1,100	$27,970	1.6
Utica	540	$24,820	1.5
Ithaca	150	$25,610	1.5
Nassau	4,590	$28,060	1.3
Syracuse	1,000	$23,470	1.1
Buffalo	1,690	$24,940	1.1
Binghamton	320	$29,530	1.1
Elmira	100	$24,040	1.1
Rochester	1,480	$25,880	1
New York	14,930	$33,990	1
Kingston	150	$28,520	1
Albany	1,070	$24,740	0.8
Glens Falls	100	$24,340	0.8
NORTH CAROLINA
Goldsboro	380	$20,600	3.8
Greenville	600	$21,740	3.3
Fayetteville	880	$17,070	2.7
Raleigh	3,530	$21,260	2.4
Wilmington	880	$18,930	2.2
Jacksonville	170	$19,250	1.7
Charlotte	4,400	$21,830	1.7
Durham	1,220	$24,280	1.6
Hickory	660	$21,370	1.4
Burlington	210	$21,340	1.4
Greensboro	1,320	$20,500	1.2
Rocky Mount	170	$18,060	1.1
Asheville	420	$22,340	0.8
Winston-Salem	370	$24,090	0.6
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo	320	$21,640	1
Grand Forks	50	$27,900	0.4
OHIO
Springfield	180	$23,310	1.5
Toledo	1,210	$21,220	1.3
Columbus	3,350	$21,880	1.2
Akron	1,200	$21,090	1.2
Cleveland	3,650	$22,950	1.2
Cincinnati	3,170	$22,220	1
Sandusky	80	$25,450	0.9
Dayton	1,020	$22,150	0.9
Canton	400	$20,750	0.8
Youngstown	550	$20,210	0.8
Mansfield	50	$21,850	0.4
OKLAHOMA
Lawton	260	$19,760	2.9
Oklahoma City	2,420	$22,370	1.5
Tulsa	1,390	$20,160	1.1
OREGON
Bend	350	$22,290	1.9
Corvallis	120	$20,450	1.6
Portland	3,530	$25,090	1.2
Eugene	470	$23,860	1.1
Salem	430	$26,800	1
Medford	210	$22,840	0.9
PENNSYLVANIA
Johnstown	310	$21,140	2.1
State College	220	$22,510	1.4
Scranton	910	$23,670	1.2
Lebanon	130	$23,990	1.1
Philadelphia	6,220	$24,130	1.1
Allentown	1,030	$26,410	1.1
Williamsport	130	$19,960	1
Erie	310	$18,530	0.9
Harrisburg	660	$22,000	0.8
Pittsburgh	2,470	$21,530	0.7
Reading	330	$25,480	0.7
Lancaster	440	$26,230	0.7
Altoona	100	$19,330	0.6
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	1,720	$27,890	1
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston	620	$25,430	0.7
Spartanburg	210	$29,710	0.6
Sumter	40	$33,560	0.5
Greenville	410	$18,470	0.5
Florence	80	$25,290	0.3
Columbia	280	$27,380	0.3
Myrtle Beach	40	$25,750	0.1
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	250	$26,580	0.7
Rapid City	90	$28,170	0.6
TENNESSEE
Clarksville	540	$17,170	2.7
Cleveland	140	$20,840	1.5
Chattanooga	920	$22,320	1.5
Kingsport	340	$19,760	1.1
Memphis	1,640	$18,260	0.9
Knoxville	730	$18,910	0.8
TEXAS
Odessa	320	$20,770	2.3
Longview	510	$18,890	2.1
Brownsville	610	$31,920	1.8
College Station	360	$20,200	1.7
San Angelo	150	$17,480	1.6
Killeen	460	$27,990	1.5
Laredo	270	$34,380	1.3
Corpus Christi	610	$19,710	1.3
Houston	8,890	$22,300	1.2
McAllen	690	$28,780	1.2
San Antonio	2,770	$21,610	1.2
Dallas	7,080	$21,690	1.2
Abilene	170	$22,940	1.1
Waco	280	$20,850	1.1
Tyler	260	$19,390	1.1
Texarkana	130	$20,700	1
Victoria	120	$21,010	1
Fort Worth	2,420	$23,730	1
Austin	2,140	$23,020	1
Midland	150	$20,580	0.9
Sherman	90	$29,240	0.9
Lubbock	280	$15,470	0.9
Wichita Falls	120	$24,400	0.8
El Paso	580	$26,790	0.8
Beaumont	320	$21,710	0.7
UTAH
Logan	90	$19,060	0.8
Provo	320	$18,900	0.7
Ogden	210	$27,590	0.4
Salt Lake City	530	$22,680	0.3
VERMONT
Burlington	250	$25,500	0.8
VIRGINIA
Winchester	160	$30,110	1.2
Virginia Beach	2,560	$22,910	1.2
Charlottesville	270	$25,610	1.1
Lynchburg	290	$30,810	1.1
Harrisonburg	140	$19,830	1
Richmond	1,550	$27,280	0.9
Danville	60	$25,220	0.7
Roanoke	300	$28,340	0.7
WASHINGTON
Longview	100	$24,960	1.2
Olympia	260	$27,030	1
Mount Vernon	100	$26,030	0.9
Seattle	2,470	$28,600	0.6
Tacoma	420	$23,070	0.5
Bellingham	60	$29,180	0.3
WEST VIRGINIA
Parkersburg	230	$19,310	1.3
Morgantown	120	$25,530	0.9
Weirton	90	$28,020	0.9
Wheeling	100	$20,830	0.6
Huntington	170	$23,310	0.5
Charleston	180	$22,000	0.4
WISCONSIN
Racine	270	$23,830	1.3
Appleton	410	$24,390	1.3
Fond du Lac	130	$20,190	1.2
Milwaukee	3,060	$22,290	1.2
Green Bay	550	$24,970	1.2
Madison	1,110	$24,330	1.2
Eau Claire	230	$18,850	1.2
La Crosse	180	$22,200	1
Wausau	150	$25,920	0.8
Janesville	140	$30,300	0.8
Sheboygan	60	$33,590	0.4
WYOMING
Cheyenne	120	$21,510	1.2
Casper	70	$18,590	0.8

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Job Title: Child Care Provider In Family Setting

Education: Licensed at the Fox Valley Technical College for for Infant and Toddlers, with continuing education of at least 15 hours yearly, also including CPR and First Aid, and many other trainings

Previous Experience: Previously I had been Certified by the County of Outagamie for child care.

Job Tasks: I provide full time and part time care for children in a family type setting with a mixed age group. Children are given the consistency of having one primary caregiver.
I participate in the EWCA Child Care Food Program and offer meals and snacks.
My day starts out with greeting the children when they come in with their parents, spending a few minutes with the parents, finding out about any needs of the child for that day, learning about anything that is new in their life. Then we eat breakfast, and maybe do a project, and have free time. We then have a morning snack, and if weather is nice we go outside. After we come in we have some quiet time, read books, puzzles, etc. Before lunch we clean everything up and eat lunch. After lunch we read a story and then it is nap time. After nap time we have a snack, and spend time playing, and go outside again. If we have time we will do come coloring or music time. We try to get things all picked up before the parents come and get the children ready to go home.
I plan activities and provide children with a variety of experiences, including:
- Language development: Books, music, story time, finger plays.
- Large muscle skills: balls, bean bags, swinging, outdoor play.
- Creative expression: dramatic play, puppets, music/instruments.
- Self help skills: assist with mealtime preparation, dress self for outdoors.
Play is the major component of my program.

Best and Worst Parts of the Job: The best times are enjoying seeing children discover something for the first time, seeing each miracle through the eyes of a child.
The worst times are dealing with parents that do not cooperate with me, which does not happen very often.
Most of the time I do not have trouble collecting payment from the parents, but some of the parents that are very low income always have excuses for not paying on time. So now I charge $10.00 extra if they do not pay me on time.

Job Tips:
1. Do not pursue this job thinking that its an easy job to make money. You need to have patience, because you will be repeating your suggestions to the children over and over many times.
2. Expect the unexpected. Sometimes the plans you make, just might not work out the way you planned, be prepared to simplify it, drop the plan and just do something fun such as a game like bean bag toss, etc.
3. Always have an extra set of clothes, for the unmentionable accidents, spilled paint, sick child that accidentally gets your clothes dirty, or whatever the case may be.

Additional Thoughts: I have been doing this for 33 years, and even though there has been some tough days, I would not trade this for anything else. The rewards you get from the hugs, and smiles, and love, and funny situations that come up every day will warm your heart!

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2007)
Social Service	282,220	74%	$21,590
Education	68,930	18%	$34,060
Non-Profit	20,310	5%	$24,320
Government	4,490	1%	$28,130

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