Does Early Head Start pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Early Head Start employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Early Head Start. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Early Head Start?

58% of Early Head Start employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Early Head Start 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 2.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Early Head Start?

Teacher (6) , Home Visitor (5) , Family Support Worker (2)

What are the cons of working at Early Head Start according to real employee reviews?

"On top of all the drama, you are constantly disciplined by upper management and are never instructed on what you are doing correctly or wrong until you get pulled aside for a write up which they call coaching." ((in 5 reviews)); "pay could be better." ((in 3 reviews)); "Coaching is 90% of the time is due to bad management and not bad staff." ((in 2 reviews))

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Early Head Start Reviews

3.3

58% would recommend to a friend

(32 total reviews)

50% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Diversity and inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.4

Culture and values

2.8

Senior management

2.6

Compensation and benefits

2.6

Career opportunities

Early Head Start has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 32 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Early Head Start employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

32 reviews

4.0

18 Sept 2025

Home Visitor

Home visitor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Flexible, good if you have kids/busy outside life, good starter position for someone new in the field

Cons

Lack of ability to move up in the company

5.0

12 Dec 2024

Amazing place to work

Student worker

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Great workplace culture with supportive supervisor who cares about staff.

Cons

Pay is very close to minimum wage.

4.0

11 Oct 2024

Best wage and environment in the field of teaching early childhood.

Infant teacher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Working at EHS I bring home over double at what I would make in other early childhood centers. The staff/student ratio is 4:1, and you have a co-teacher. The main drawback is having a short summer break (two weeks compared to the full summer), but I get fall, spring, and Christmas breaks. Good support from administration and professional development opportunities abound. There is quite a bit more paperwork than the average “daycare teacher” job, as we have a curriculum and also do assessments on the children. Great work-life balance with a schedule from 7-3:30. I rarely take work home.

Cons

Short summer break. Can be stressful when student needs are high in the classroom.

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