Home / Cost of living / Child Care Cost by State Child Care Aware of America · 2023 (2023 dollars) Child care cost by state Average yearly price of full-time care, 2023 data in 2023 dollars. It ranges from $7,862 in South Dakota to $25,480 in District of Columbia. The U.S. average across all ages and settings was $11,582 a year in 2023, per Child Care Aware of America.
AL $8,771 Alabama: $8,771 AK $11,760 Alaska: $11,760 AZ $14,040 Arizona: $14,040 AR $8,869 Arkansas: $8,869 CA $19,547 California: $19,547 CO $19,573 Colorado: $19,573 CT $17,888 Connecticut: $17,888 DE $14,995 Delaware: $14,995 DC $25,480 District of Columbia: $25,480 FL $12,639 Florida: $12,639 GA $11,066 Georgia: $11,066 HI $22,585 Hawaii: $22,585 ID $10,108 Idaho: $10,108 IL $16,373 Illinois: $16,373 IN $13,736 Indiana: $13,736 IA $12,168 Iowa: $12,168 KS $15,071 Kansas: $15,071 KY $9,685 Kentucky: $9,685 LA $10,101 Louisiana: $10,101 ME $11,960 Maine: $11,960 MD $19,906 Maryland: $19,906 MA $24,005 Massachusetts: $24,005 MI $12,667 Michigan: $12,667 MN $20,129 Minnesota: $20,129 MS $8,186 Mississippi: $8,186 MO $12,907 Missouri: $12,907 MT $11,700 Montana: $11,700 NE $13,000 Nebraska: $13,000 NV $13,024 Nevada: $13,024 NH $17,250 New Hampshire: $17,250 NJ $19,634 New Jersey: $19,634 NM $13,521 New Mexico: $13,521 NY $19,584 New York: $19,584 NC $12,251 North Carolina: $12,251 ND $10,758 North Dakota: $10,758 OH $12,351 Ohio: $12,351 OK $10,065 Oklahoma: $10,065 OR $17,680 Oregon: $17,680 PA $14,483 Pennsylvania: $14,483 RI $16,899 Rhode Island: $16,899 SC $9,048 South Carolina: $9,048 SD $7,862 South Dakota: $7,862 TN $11,985 Tennessee: $11,985 TX $11,024 Texas: $11,024 UT $11,232 Utah: $11,232 VT $17,973 Vermont: $17,973 VA $16,397 Virginia: $16,397 WA $20,370 Washington: $20,370 WV $10,140 West Virginia: $10,140 WI $13,572 Wisconsin: $13,572 WY $11,075 Wyoming: $11,075 Lower Higher Cheapest: South Dakota, $7,862. Most expensive: District of Columbia, $25,480. Find your state Rank State Child care cost Infant, family child care home 4-year-old, center Infant center, a month 1 South Dakota $7,862 $5,824 $7,218 $655 2 Mississippi $8,186 $6,724 $7,309 $682 3 Alabama $8,771 $8,186 $8,186 $731 4 Arkansas $8,869 $7,691 $8,219 $739 5 South Carolina $9,048 $7,150 $8,216 $754 6 Kentucky $9,685 $7,345 $8,525 $807 7 Oklahoma $10,065 $8,704 $8,436 $839 8 Louisiana $10,101 $8,035 $9,183 $842 9 Idaho $10,108 $7,609 $8,496 $842 10 West Virginia $10,140 $8,320 $9,100 $845 11 North Dakota $10,758 $9,203 $9,685 $897 12 Texas $11,024 $9,724 $9,932 $919 13 Georgia $11,066 $8,407 $9,666 $922 14 Wyoming $11,075 $9,475 $9,745 $923 15 Utah $11,232 $8,400 $8,268 $936 16 Montana $11,700 $9,100 $10,400 $975 17 Alaska $11,760 $9,624 $9,600 $980 18 Maine $11,960 $8,580 $8,580 $997 19 Tennessee $11,985 $8,024 $10,389 $999 20 Iowa $12,168 $8,176 $9,745 $1,014 21 North Carolina $12,251 $9,617 $10,206 $1,021 22 Ohio $12,351 $9,278 $9,580 $1,029 23 Florida $12,639 $10,881 $9,139 $1,053 24 Michigan $12,667 $9,044 $10,414 $1,056 25 Missouri $12,907 $8,498 $9,681 $1,076 26 Nebraska $13,000 $8,320 $10,920 $1,083 27 Nevada $13,024 $10,407 $10,928 $1,085 28 New Mexico $13,521 $11,564 $9,486 $1,127 29 Wisconsin $13,572 $10,400 $11,128 $1,131 30 Indiana $13,736 $8,845 $9,421 $1,145 31 Arizona $14,040 $8,840 $10,920 $1,170 32 Pennsylvania $14,483 $10,679 $12,097 $1,207 33 Delaware $14,995 $10,146 $12,084 $1,250 34 Kansas $15,071 $8,630 $9,724 $1,256 35 Illinois $16,373 $11,691 $11,987 $1,364 36 Virginia $16,397 $12,158 $13,560 $1,366 37 Rhode Island $16,899 $14,618 $14,618 $1,408 38 New Hampshire $17,250 $11,402 $14,618 $1,438 39 Oregon $17,680 $13,000 $13,832 $1,473 40 Connecticut $17,888 $14,040 $14,716 $1,491 41 Vermont $17,973 $12,395 $17,043 $1,498 42 California $19,547 $16,432 $14,396 $1,629 43 Colorado $19,573 $12,750 $13,809 $1,631 44 New York $19,584 $16,383 $16,415 $1,632 45 New Jersey $19,634 $12,144 $17,002 $1,636 46 Maryland $19,906 $14,320 $12,771 $1,659 47 Minnesota $20,129 $9,765 $15,544 $1,677 48 Washington $20,370 $15,600 $15,720 $1,698 49 Hawaii $22,585 $11,162 $13,156 $1,882 50 Massachusetts $24,005 $15,129 $18,760 $2,000 51 District of Columbia $25,480 $20,800 $20,410 $2,123
Source: Child Care Aware of America, Child Care at a Standstill: 2023 Affordability Analysis (Price of Care: 2023). Average (not median) annual price of full-time child care in 2023, nominal 2023 dollars. infantCenter and preschoolCenter (4-year-old) from Table I '2023 Average Annual Price of Full-Time Center-Based Child Care by State'; infantHome from Table II '2023 Average Annual Price of Full-Time Family Child Care by State'. State figures were reported by Child Care Resource and Referral State Networks in CCAoA's January 2024 survey; states marked with an asterisk in the source (AL, AZ, CA, FL, ID, IL, LA, MS, NH, NJ, NM, PA, RI, TN, TX, VT, WI, WY) did not report on that survey and their figures come from the state's most recent Market Rate Survey, so data vintages vary by state. The PDF prints no publication date; 'date' is approximate (report released mid-2024). National figure ($11,582) is CCAoA's 2023 national average price of child care across ages/settings, from https://www.childcareaware.org/thechildcarestandstill, computed by averaging three methodologies; CCAoA publishes no national average by age/setting, so those fields are null. The DOL Women's Bureau NDCP was not used because its state-level figures are published only as XLSX/Tableau, which could not be read. The newer 2024 Affordability Analysis omits New Mexico, so the complete 2023 edition was used for all 51. Publication date not printed in the report; released in 2024. Rank 1 = cheapest.