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STATE · CHILDCARE PRICES · COUNTY LEVEL

Childcare costs in Missouri

MEDIAN · INFANT · CENTER-BASED

$215

per week · Missouri · 2022 (latest official data)

MEDIAN WEEKLY PRICE · BY AGE & SETTING

Missouri median weekly childcare price by age group and care setting.
AgeCenter-basedFamily childcare
Infant$215$156
Toddler$169$116
Preschool$169$116
School-age$152$121

MOST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

St. Louis County

$274 /wk · infant, center †

LEAST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Greene County

$143 /wk · infant, center †

COUNTIES WITH DATA · INFANT · CENTER-BASED · WEEKLY

Missouri counties with published prices

Counties with childcare price data, sortable by name, infant center-based weekly price, and share of median family income.
Atchison County——
Boone County——
Buchanan County——
Carter County——
Cass County——
Clark County——
Clay County$232 †14.0%
Cole County——
Dade County——
DeKalb County——
Gasconade County——
Gentry County——
Greene County$143 †11.7%
Jackson County$211 †14.7%
Jasper County——
Jefferson County$196 †13.2%
Mercer County——
St. Charles County$215 †10.9%
St. Clair County——
St. Francois County——
St. Louis city$219 †18.7%
St. Louis County$274 †15.7%
Webster County——
Worth County——

† Value statistically imputed by DOL.

NO PUBLISHED DATA

Counties without published data

These Missouri counties have a page, but the 2022 (latest official data) dataset publishes no childcare prices for them.

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