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STATE · CHILDCARE PRICES · COUNTY LEVEL

Childcare costs in Alabama

MEDIAN · INFANT · CENTER-BASED

$136

per week · Alabama · 2022 (latest official data)

MEDIAN WEEKLY PRICE · BY AGE & SETTING

Alabama median weekly childcare price by age group and care setting.
AgeCenter-basedFamily childcare
Infant$136$136
Toddler$134$130
Preschool$126$129
School-age$113$117

MOST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Shelby County

$147 /wk · infant, center †

LEAST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Clay County

$114 /wk · infant, center †

COUNTIES WITH DATA · INFANT · CENTER-BASED · WEEKLY

Alabama counties with published prices

Counties with childcare price data, sortable by name, infant center-based weekly price, and share of median family income.
Autauga County$146 †9.0%
Baldwin County$133 †7.7%
Barbour County$122 †11.4%
Bibb County$136 †10.1%
Blount County$146 †10.3%
Bullock County$146 †17.3%
Butler County$145 †12.7%
Calhoun County$115 †8.7%
Chambers County$135 †11.7%
Cherokee County$118 †9.6%
Chilton County$145 †10.4%
Choctaw County$136 †11.0%
Clarke County$132 †10.6%
Clay County$114 †9.8%
Cleburne County$114 †8.3%
Coffee County$122 †8.3%
Colbert County$136 †10.2%
Conecuh County$132 †12.4%
Coosa County$114 †9.2%
Covington County$146 †11.5%
Crenshaw County$121 †9.0%
Cullman County$135 †9.7%
Dale County$122 †9.3%
Dallas County$146 †14.5%
DeKalb County$118 †10.3%
Elmore County$146 †9.0%
Escambia County$133 †12.1%
Etowah County$118 †9.1%
Fayette County$136 †11.3%
Franklin County$135 †11.3%
Geneva County$121 †10.4%
Greene County$136 †13.3%
Hale County$136 †10.9%
Henry County$121 †8.3%
Houston County$122 †8.7%
Jackson County$118 †10.3%
Jefferson County$147 †9.2%
Lamar County$136 †11.1%
Lauderdale County$136 †9.2%
Lawrence County$135 †9.9%
Lee County$135 †8.1%
Limestone County$136 †7.4%
Lowndes County$145 †15.0%
Macon County$135 †13.3%
Madison County$136 †7.0%
Marengo County$136 †10.6%
Marion County$136 †11.1%
Marshall County$118 †8.6%
Mobile County$133 †9.8%
Monroe County$132 †11.5%
Montgomery County$146 †10.6%
Morgan County$136 †8.9%
Perry County$136 †17.4%
Pickens County$136 †11.8%
Pike County$122 †9.2%
Randolph County$114 †9.5%
Russell County$135 †11.5%
Shelby County$147 †6.8%
St. Clair County$146 †9.1%
Sumter County$136 †15.3%
Talladega County$115 †9.0%
Tallapoosa County$134 †11.0%
Tuscaloosa County$136 †8.5%
Walker County$146 †11.0%
Washington County$132 †9.1%
Wilcox County$145 †16.3%
Winston County$135 †11.4%

† Value statistically imputed by DOL.

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