Childcare Workers Salary in Gainesville, GA

Childcare Workers pay range in Gainesville

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $22,380 a year or less, while the top 10% make $37,680 or more. The middle half of childcare workers in Gainesville earn between $22,980 and $30,500.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Childcare Workers salary after taxes in Gainesville

On the average salary of $28,430, a single filer in Gainesville takes home about $24,352 a year, or $2,029 a month and $937 every two weeks. Taxes take 14% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Gainesville a good place for childcare workers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Gainesville area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.8), so the average $28,430 buys what about $29,380 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Gainesville ($45,900). A typical home costs $393,150, or 13.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Childcare Workers salary in other Georgia cities

Gainesville ranks 4th of 14 Georgia metro areas for this job; Savannah pays the most ($30,400).

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Highest-paying cities for childcare workers

Sarasota, FL pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($52,680).

Childcare Workers salary by city

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