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D., Ann Obadan, Ph. D., Liana Lin, and María BelénConde Oviedo  \nHeldrich Center for Workforce Development  \nOctober 2025  \nA B O U T T H E  \nR U T G E R S C H I L D C A R E  \nR E S E A R C H C O L L A B O R A T I V E  \nith funding and support from the New JerseyDepartment of Children and Families, theCenter for Women and Work, the Heldrich  \nCenter for Workforce Development, andtheNational Institute of Early Education Research at Rutgers,The State University of New Jersey have joined together toform the Rutgers Child Care Research Collaborative forthepurpose of conducting research and facilitating communityconversations that develop a broad and comprehensiveunderstanding of New Jersey’s child care landscape. Ourresearch aims to increase understanding about the needsand interests of parents in New Jersey, the supply andmotivationsofthe child care workforce, andthe capacityof the child care sector to meet demand for child caretoday and into the future within our diverse state.  \nW  \nAbstract ............................................................................................................ 4  \nExecutive Summary ............................................................................................ 4  \nKey Takeaways............................................................................................................................... 5  \nIntroduction ...................................................................................................... 5  \nMethods............................................................................................................ 6  \nSize and Annual Earnings of the Child Care Workforce by Employment Status .......... 8  \nWorkforce Size and Earnings by Race/Ethnicity .................................................... 13  \nWorkforce Size and Earnings by Sex ..................................................................... 15  \nDiscussion......................................................................................................... 16  \nConclusion ........................................................................................................ 18  \nReferences......................................................................................................... 19  \nAppendix A: New Jersey Statewide Data System Methodology ................................ 21  \nAnnualizing Wage ......................................................................................................................... 21  \nMeasuring Race and Ethnicity ...................................................................................................... 21  \nConstructing the Sex Variable ....................................................................................................... 23  \nAppendix B: New Jersey Child Care Workforce Demographic Tables ......................... 24  \nNEW JERSEY’S CHILD CARE WORKFORCE: AN EXAMINATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE WAGE DATA FROM 2015 TO 2023 3  \nNew Jersey’s Child Care Workforce:An Examination of AdministrativeWage Data from 2015 to 2023  \nA UTHORED BY  \nAndrea Hetling, Ph. D., Ann Obadan, Ph. D., Liana Lin, and María BelénConde Oviedo  \nA B S T R A C T  \nThis report, the first in a two-part series, uses data from the New Jersey Statewide Data System(NJSDS) to examine annual employment trends, demographic characteristics, and wage patterns ofNew Jersey’s child care workforce from 2015 to 2023. Analysis shows that the COVID-19 pandemic hada severe impact on the sector, leading to a substantial reduction in the workforce and a shift towardmore part-time work, from which the sector has not yet fully recovered. 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