Childcare
Childcare worker
Key facts
This job is declining in the United States. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, moderate according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: −2% (BLS). Future-proof jobs use similar skills: see "What next?".
The job
Looks after young children at home or in nurseries: meals, sleep, play, hygiene.
50 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- au pair
- baby sitter
- baby-sitter
- babysitter
- child care assistant
- child care director
- child care manager
- child care worker
- child caregiver
- child caretaker
- child day care worker
- childcare worker
- childcarer
- childminder
- children and families care worker
- day care assistant
- day care director
- day care manager
- day care worker
- daycare worker
- dry nurse
- duenna
- early childhood assistant
- early childhood center director
- early childhood center manager
- early childhood worker
- governess
- live-in baby sitter
- live-in caregiver
- mother's helper
- nanny
- nursemaid
- nursery nurse
- nursery school assistant
- nursery school director
- nursery school manager
- nursery school worker
- preschool director
- preschool manager
- preschool teacher
- preschool worker
- private child care provider
- school bus aide
- school bus assistant
- school bus attendant
- school bus chief attendant
- school bus transport aide
- school bus transportation aide
- school bus transportation assistant
- school bus transportation attendant
What next?
Future-proof jobs that draw on skills close to this one. They are leads to explore, not an assessment of your profile.
- ChangingHome care aide
- ChangingNursing assistant
- ChangingSocial worker
Indicative matches: at launch they will come from the skills listed in official occupational directories.
Gauges
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.