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STATE · CHILDCARE PRICES · COUNTY LEVEL

Childcare costs in California

MEDIAN · INFANT · CENTER-BASED

$379

per week · California · 2022 (latest official data)

MEDIAN WEEKLY PRICE · BY AGE & SETTING

California median weekly childcare price by age group and care setting.
AgeCenter-basedFamily childcare
Infant$379$284
Toddler$238$238
Preschool$225$224
School-age$199$186

MOST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

San Francisco County

$607 /wk · infant, center †

LEAST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Imperial County

$222 /wk · infant, center †

COUNTIES WITH DATA · INFANT · CENTER-BASED · WEEKLY

California counties with published prices

Counties with childcare price data, sortable by name, infant center-based weekly price, and share of median family income.
Alameda County$516 †17.9%
Alpine County$356 †16.1%
Amador County$235 †12.7%
Butte County$354 †21.4%
Calaveras County$291 †17.0%
Colusa County$265 †17.1%
Contra Costa County$482 †18.0%
Del Norte County$224 †15.7%
El Dorado County$450 †19.1%
Fresno County$416 †28.4%
Glenn County$238 †16.4%
Humboldt County$366 †23.7%
Imperial County$222 †19.0%
Inyo County$361 †23.3%
Kern County$353 †25.8%
Kings County$261 †18.8%
Lake County$261 †17.6%
Lassen County$224 †16.9%
Los Angeles County$257 †14.3%
Madera County$332 †21.8%
Marin County$548 †15.3%
Mariposa County$254 †18.5%
Mendocino County$278 †18.2%
Merced County$245 †18.0%
Modoc County$224 †19.1%
Mono County$370 †19.3%
Monterey County$403 †21.6%
Napa County$377 †16.0%
Nevada County$317 †16.3%
Orange County$394 †16.5%
Placer County$449 †17.8%
Plumas County$224 †13.4%
Riverside County$405 †22.1%
Sacramento County$347 †18.4%
San Benito County$386 †17.8%
San Bernardino County$384 †23.4%
San Diego County$379 †17.6%
San Francisco County$607 †19.7%
San Joaquin County$387 †22.0%
San Luis Obispo County$361 †16.5%
San Mateo County$555 †16.4%
Santa Barbara County$453 †22.4%
Santa Clara County$527 †15.7%
Santa Cruz County$477 †19.5%
Shasta County$248 †15.1%
Sierra County$224 †15.8%
Siskiyou County$265 †20.3%
Solano County$424 †20.0%
Sonoma County$243 †10.6%
Stanislaus County$316 †19.6%
Sutter County$307 †19.0%
Tehama County$236 †16.8%
Trinity County$224 †18.9%
Tulare County$240 †18.5%
Tuolumne County$269 †15.3%
Ventura County$425 †18.9%
Yolo County$387 †18.1%
Yuba County$365 †24.9%

† Value statistically imputed by DOL.

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