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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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