Childcare Workers

SOC Code: 39-9011

Childcare Workerss maintain a safe play environment. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 97.0/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Active Listening.

AI-Proof Score: 97.0Very High
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Median Salary

$32,050

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Job Growth

-2.9%

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Training Time

Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)

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Job Zone

Zone 2 / 5

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Training Cost

~$5,000

Key Skills

  • Monitoring
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Active Listening
  • Speaking
  • Service Orientation
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Persuasion
  • Critical Thinking

Common Tasks

  • Maintain a safe play environment.
  • Observe and monitor children's play activities.
  • Communicate with children's parents or guardians about daily activities, behaviors, and related issues.
  • Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts.
  • Care for children in institutional setting, such as group homes, nursery schools, private businesses, or schools for people with disabilities.

Why AI-Proof?

  • Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
  • Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
  • Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
  • Social and regulatory barriers to full automation
Childcare Workers — AI-Proof Careers