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STATE · CHILDCARE PRICES · COUNTY LEVEL

Childcare costs in Pennsylvania

MEDIAN · INFANT · CENTER-BASED

$218

per week · Pennsylvania · 2022 (latest official data)

MEDIAN WEEKLY PRICE · BY AGE & SETTING

Pennsylvania median weekly childcare price by age group and care setting.
AgeCenter-basedFamily childcare
Infant$218$165
Toddler$205$155
Preschool$193$150
School-age$170$148

MOST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Chester County

$304 /wk · infant, center †

LEAST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

Somerset County

$124 /wk · infant, center †

COUNTIES WITH DATA · INFANT · CENTER-BASED · WEEKLY

Pennsylvania counties with published prices

Counties with childcare price data, sortable by name, infant center-based weekly price, and share of median family income.
Adams County$213 †13.1%
Allegheny County$218 †13.0%
Armstrong County$175 †13.6%
Beaver County$185 †12.7%
Bedford County$141 †11.3%
Berks County$215 †13.7%
Blair County$155 †11.9%
Bradford County$186 †14.8%
Bucks County$276 †12.8%
Butler County$214 †11.8%
Cambria County$131 †10.4%
Cameron County$161 †16.7%
Carbon County$143 †10.4%
Centre County$240 †13.8%
Chester County$304 †12.5%
Clarion County$155 †12.2%
Clearfield County$155 †13.1%
Clinton County$162 †13.1%
Columbia County$154 †11.7%
Crawford County$185 †15.2%
Cumberland County$241 †13.9%
Dauphin County$228 †14.8%
Delaware County$231 †12.1%
Elk County$161 †11.9%
Erie County$200 †15.1%
Fayette County$175 †14.4%
Forest County$155 †15.9%
Franklin County$165 †11.4%
Fulton County$141 †11.3%
Greene County$180 †12.9%
Huntingdon County$141 †10.9%
Indiana County$204 †15.9%
Jefferson County$155 †13.0%
Juniata County$220 †16.6%
Lackawanna County$214 †15.8%
Lancaster County$270 †17.0%
Lawrence County$200 †15.8%
Lebanon County$187 †12.7%
Lehigh County$190 †12.5%
Luzerne County$195 †14.6%
Lycoming County$162 †12.6%
McKean County$161 †13.5%
Mercer County$250 †19.4%
Mifflin County$194 †17.0%
Monroe County$180 †11.8%
Montgomery County$299 †13.4%
Montour County$154 †10.5%
Northampton County$204 †12.0%
Northumberland County$144 †11.5%
Perry County$223 †14.0%
Philadelphia County$235 †21.0%
Pike County$184 †11.8%
Potter County$162 †13.8%
Schuylkill County$143 †11.2%
Snyder County$154 †11.6%
Somerset County$124 †9.9%
Sullivan County$216 †17.7%
Susquehanna County$205 †15.4%
Tioga County$163 †13.8%
Union County$154 †10.7%
Venango County$185 †15.3%
Warren County$161 †12.8%
Washington County$220 †13.6%
Wayne County$205 †15.5%
Westmoreland County$205 †13.4%
Wyoming County$193 †14.0%
York County$201 †12.7%

† Value statistically imputed by DOL.

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