Worker Basics. Childcare workers, who are daycare providers who directly handle children, averaged $21,320 per year, or $10.25 per hour in 2011. The lowest-paid 10 percent made less than $16,220 per year, or $7.80 per year, while the highest-earning 10 percent received a mean $29,510 per year, or $14.19 per hour.read more >>