Child Care Wages in Alberta

CHILD CARE WAGES IN ALBERTA 

If you are a certified frontline ECE paid and contracted employee, you are eligible to access a wage  top-up (up to $8.62/hr over and above the employer paid wage) under the Alberta Child Care  Grant Funding Program. 

Childcare operators are responsible for establishing the wages of their educators. The average  hourly wage reported by employers for staff working childcare programs (licensed day care  programs, contracted family day home agencies and licensed out-of-school care programs). See  table below.  

AVERAGE EMPLOYER-REPORTED HOURLY WAGES OF CHILD CARE STAFF – CCCF-FCSGE.CA

Certification Level	AverageEmployer Paid Wage	Wage Top-up Rate	AverageWage (including top-up)
Level 1 ECE	$15.90	$2.64	$18.54
Level 2 ECE	$16.91	$5.05	$21.96
Level 3 ECE	$18.51	$8.62	$27.13