“Day care is f#&@ing expensive. Where I live it is $1500 per child, per month which amounts to about ~$9/hr. That’s above minimum wage. (Sadly I’m not sure where I’d find median numbers for this.)”
Here’s some 2007 data from the National Association of Child Care Resources and Referral Agencies via USA Today. I think it’s extracted from a previous version of this document. Taking a straight up median of their state-by-state numbers gives an average cost of daycare of $6499.75/year. This is very rough, but no state had numbers as high as the $18k/year you give.
“Day care is f#&@ing expensive. Where I live it is $1500 per child, per month which amounts to about ~$9/hr. That’s above minimum wage. (Sadly I’m not sure where I’d find median numbers for this.)”
Here’s some 2007 data from the National Association of Child Care Resources and Referral Agencies via USA Today. I think it’s extracted from a previous version of this document. Taking a straight up median of their state-by-state numbers gives an average cost of daycare of $6499.75/year. This is very rough, but no state had numbers as high as the $18k/year you give.