Child day care in Texas 6,090 establishments · 85,845 employees · 2024
Firms (TX)
6,090
Employment
85,845
Avg Annual Pay
$28,774
State Rank
#3 of 52
How Texas compares to national
Metric
Texas
National
Texas vs. U.S.
Establishments
6,090
79,233
7.7% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$28,774
$32,550
-$3,776 (-11.6%)
Location quotient
1.10
1.00
10% denser than national
Avg firm size (employees)
14.1
12.5
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Year-over-year firm growth
+3.0%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 1.10 means child day care are 10% over-represented in Texas's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 624410. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json