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Childcare costs in Washington

MEDIAN · INFANT · CENTER-BASED

$357

per week · Washington · 2022 (latest official data)

MEDIAN WEEKLY PRICE · BY AGE & SETTING

Washington median weekly childcare price by age group and care setting.
Age	Center-based	Family childcare
Infant	$357	$254
Toddler	$249	$205
Preschool	$249	$209
School-age	$235	$195

MOST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

$478 /wk · infant, center *

LEAST EXPENSIVE COUNTY

$237 /wk · infant, center *

COUNTIES WITH DATA · INFANT · CENTER-BASED · WEEKLY

Washington 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	$237 *	18.0%
Asotin County	$237 *	16.4%
Benton County	$270 *	14.3%
Chelan County	$237 *	14.4%
Clallam County	$357 *	22.6%
Clark County	$357 *	17.9%
Columbia County	$270 *	14.7%
Cowlitz County	$357 *	22.3%
Douglas County	$237 *	13.9%
Ferry County	$237 *	17.3%
Franklin County	$270 *	16.9%
Garfield County	$237 *	15.9%
Grant County	$237 *	16.3%
Grays Harbor County	$357 *	24.4%
Island County	$363 *	19.2%
Jefferson County	$357 *	22.3%
King County	$478 *	17.0%
Kitsap County	$328 *	15.5%
Kittitas County	$270 *	15.0%
Klickitat County	$357 *	23.2%
Lewis County	$357 *	22.3%
Lincoln County	$237 *	15.6%
Mason County	$357 *	20.5%
Okanogan County	$237 *	18.0%
Pacific County	$357 *	24.0%
Pend Oreille County	$237 *	16.3%
Pierce County	$328 *	16.2%
San Juan County	$363 *	19.1%
Skagit County	$363 *	20.0%
Skamania County	$357 *	18.5%
Snohomish County	$363 *	15.5%
Spokane County	$288 *	16.7%
Stevens County	$237 *	15.8%
Thurston County	$357 *	17.5%
Wahkiakum County	$357 *	27.2%
Walla Walla County	$270 *	16.6%
Whatcom County	$363 *	19.5%
Whitman County	$237 *	14.0%
Yakima County	$270 *	19.2%

* Value statistically imputed by DOL.

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