Exactly 1,150 of the 35,750 early childhood education professionals employed in Washington State, work in Ellensburg. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of early childhood education professionals in Ellensburg has grown by 8%. Overall employment in Ellensburg has also increased.

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As the number of early childhood education professionals in Ellensburg has grown, salaries for early childhood education professionals have also increased. In 2010 Ellensburg early childhood education professionals earned an average yearly salary of $43,350. Four years earlier in 2006, early childhood education professionals in Ellensburg made an average salary of $40,387 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Ellensburg.

Ellensburg early childhood education professionals earn a median yearly salary of $43,150. The difference in pay between the early childhood education professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 106%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $29,187 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $60,237 per year.

On average early childhood education professional salaries in Ellensburg are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

There is only one accredited early childhood education school in the city. Many of Ellensburg's early childhood education professionals are graduates of this school.

Ellensburg's early childhood education school offers one early childhood education degree and certificate program.

Approximately 53 students completed early childhood education courses in 2010.