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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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