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child care (childcare)

NEW DATA: Childcare costs remain an almost prohibitive expense

Filed in Special Initiatives • By: Georgia Poyatzis, Gretchen Livingston • November 19, 2024

A map of the United States titled Childcare Prices by Age of Children and Care Setting.

We updated our National Database of Childcare Prices with data from 2019-2022 and found that U.S. families spend between 8.9% and 16.0% of their median income on full-day care for

New Childcare Data Shows Prices Are Untenable for Families

Filed in Data and Technology, Worker demographics, Employment and Training, Working families • By: Christin Landivar • January 24, 2023

Childcare Prices in Local Areas. Initial findings from the national database of childcare prices.

Childcare expenses are too high for many American families – accounting for 8-19.3% of median family income per child.