The purpose of this study was to gather baseline information on the wages, benefits, length of employment and education levels of Arizona's early childhood education workforce. The study attempted to collect data from all early education employers, excluding home-based businesses, that are licensed by the Arizona State Department of Health Services. These employers included child care centers, Head Start programs and programs operated by public schools. Data from child care centers was collected from individual sites and data from Head Start programs and public school programs was collected from the administrative offices of those programs. Of the 2,166 licensed sites, 2,117 were part of the study; 49 were found to no longer be providing child care services. An introductory letter and questionnaire were mailed to centers or faxed to program administrators. Interviews were conducted by telephone between October 4, 2004 and November 14, 2004. Results indicate that wages for early childhood education providers are low and have grown little in recent years. Most early childhood professionals work full-time and have access to some benefits from their employer; however, access to benefits has declined in recent years. Part-time early childhood education staff had limited access to benefits. The study also found that early childhood professionals do not stay in the profession and too many have low levels of education. The recommendations from the study suggest an increase in the state subsidy rates, development of a mechanism to encourage early childhood professional to obtain focused education and training beyond high school, developing a mechanism to bring additional educated professionals into the field, and connecting early childhood education employers to lower-cost health insurance.