Early Learning and Child Care Wage Grid
Manitoba’s Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) Wage Grid is designed to support licensed and funded child care facilities in offering accessible, quality child care by recognizing the valuable contributions of the early learning and child care workforce in helping children learn, grow, and develop to their fullest potential.
Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning expects facilities to use the additional Wage Grid Supplement funding to increase wages to at least the Target wages on the Wage Grid. As the legal entity and authority, the board of directors of a non-profit child care centre is responsible for establishing wages and may pay more than the Target wages. In family and group child care homes that employ staff, the licence holder is responsible for establishing wages.
This approach preserves the authority of boards and child care home licence holders, while ensuring consistent and better wages are provided to the early learning and child care workforce.
| 2026-2027 Early Learning and Child Care Wage Grid | ||
|---|---|---|
| Position/Classification | Target Hourly Wage | |
| Director ECE III | ||
| 151-200 spaces | $40.56 | |
| 51-150 spaces | $37.99 | |
| 50 spaces or less | $35.67 | |
| Director ECE II | ||
| 151-200 spaces | $38.65 | |
| 51-150 spaces | $36.08 | |
| 50 spaces or less | $33.77 | |
| Assistant Director | ||
| ECE III | $33.61 | |
| ECE II | $31.71 | |
| Supervisor | ||
| ECE III | $31.87 | |
| ECE II | $29.91 | |
| Frontline Staff | ||
| ECE III | $30.27 | |
| ECE II | $28.36 | |
| CCA-in-ECE II Training | $23.02 | |
| CCA (with 40 hour course) | $19.97 | |