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The wages and benefits of early childhood educators have long been important factors in workforce rexuritment and retention, particularly in regulated child care programs. This paper, Overview of Child Care Wages 2000-2010, provides an overview of the changes that have taken place in child care wages since the Child Care Human Resources Sector Council's (CCHRSC) previous paper, Child Care Wages and a Quality Child Care System (2005). The data included in this paper come from standard census tables and custom tabulations of 2001 and 2006 census data, and from provincial/territorial (PT) administrative data collected by the Childcare Resource and Research Unit for Early childhood eduction and care in Canada 2006 and 2008 and for Public investments in early childhood education and care in Canada 2010. The paper examines changes in incomes and educational attainment of the child care workforce, changes in provincial/territorial funding allocations and types, and availability of regulated child care spaces.