eye of these child care workers for eight hours a day everydy called teachers here. they are teachers. they are not just daycare work h workers. reporter: but 98% with him and almost half people of color are paid poverty level wages to watch, care for and teach america s youngest. earning about $24,000 median. and now there is a shortage of people. finding teachers today is quite a challenge. reporter: these classrooms at one of wonder spring centers sit empty because 30% of their positions are open. just above national numbers showing a nearly 20% loss in the child care workforce since the pandemic. i can t just accept sell mort paper to pay my teachers more. and i can t randomly charge the families 25%, 40% more in tuition. i have to be able to have