Welcome to the 2025 California Early Care & Education (ECE) Workforce  Study

Welcome! The California ECE Workforce Study collects essential statewide information about early educators working with children from birth to age five. Community leaders, advocates, and policymakers need current information about the early care and education (ECE) workforce and the challenges facing educators in order to develop effective workforce policies in California. The data from the California ECE Workforce Study also support educators with their own advocacy.

The California ECE Workforce Study will provide policymakers with updated information on:

  • The demographics, work experience, and educational background of the ECE workforce;
  • Early educators’ financial, physical, and emotional health and well-being;
  • Early educators’ working conditions, including job and program characteristics; and
  • The impact of policy changes to the field.

This study is being conducted by the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) at the University of California, Berkeley.