Juanmonino/Getty Images The childcare industry is dealing with its own labor shortage, making other shortages worse. Parents need care to be able to get back to work, but providers are understaffed and overworked. Boosting pay and benefits might help, according to workers who talked to Insider. A lead preschool teacher in Ohio loves their job, but just applied to work at a call center.That's because the new job would pay $16 an hour, $3 more than they currently make.