Exactly 19,750 of the 32,060 early childhood education professionals employed in Arizona, work in Mesa. The number of early childhood education professionals in Mesa has shrunk by 39% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for early childhood education professionals in Mesa has decreased, overall employment in Mesa has increased.

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As the number of early childhood education professionals in Mesa has shrunk, salaries for early childhood education professionals have increased. In 2010 Mesa early childhood education professionals earned an average yearly salary of $39,305. Early childhood education professionals in Mesa made a yearly average salary of $33,900, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Mesa.

Early childhood education professionals in Mesa make a median yearly salary of $36,412. The difference in pay between the early childhood education professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 128%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $25,422 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $57,892 per year.

Early childhood education professional salaries in Mesa are, on average, lower than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

Many of Mesa's early childhood education professionals are graduates of the only accredited early childhood education school in the city.

Mesa's early childhood education schools offer 2 early childhood education degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 2 students completed early childhood education courses.