Child care workers and teachers' aides

How to become a child care worker

Official title: Child care workers

Also called: Babysitter, Child care worker, Creche ayah, Family day care worker, Nanny, Out of school hours care worker

Child care workers provide care and supervision for children in residential homes and in before-school, after-school, vacation and day care centres.

Main tasks

Assisting children to wash, dress and feed themselves
Taking children to and from school or outdoors for recreation
Playing games with children, or entertaining them by reading or storytelling
Assisting in the preparation of materials and equipment for children’s education and recreational activities
Managing children’s behaviour and guiding their social development
Disciplining children and recommending or initiating other measures to control behaviour, such as caring for own clothing and picking up toys and books
Observing and monitoring children’s play activities
Keeping records on individual children, including daily observations and information about activities, meals served and medications administered

Median pay: HK$16,500 a month
About 732,700 people in 2025, and about 740,500 projected by 2028. (+1.1%)
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Usually not. Only 22% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
Census and Statistics Department (Annual Earnings and Hours Survey): Monthly and hourly wage percentiles by occupational group (5 groups) (Tables 220-23014, 220-23024, 220-23003) (2025 (May to June 2025), released 2026-03-23), retrieved 4 October 2026
Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026