Daycare cost calculator
What a family will pay per week, month and year for the care they need.
Tuition & costs
4 tools · 5 guides · 2 comparisons
What care costs a family, what it costs you to deliver, and what the rate has to be for the room to work.
Tools
Tuition rate calculator
Work back from labour, rent and enrollment to the rate a room has to charge.
Startup cost calculator
Build-out, licensing, equipment and the months of payroll before you break even.
Daycare budget template
A monthly operating budget with the expense lines a childcare program actually has.
Guides
- How much does daycare cost
National and state averages by age band, and what moves the number.
- Daycare cost per week
Weekly rates by age and setting, plus the fees that ride along with them.
- Why is daycare so expensive
Ratios, wages and occupancy — the three lines that set the price.
- Daycare profit margin
Where the money goes in a childcare P&L and what a healthy margin looks like.
- CACFP reimbursement rates
The food-program rates, the tiers, and what a center actually collects per child.
- Daycare vs nanny cost
Two children, one budget: where a nanny overtakes center tuition.
- CACFP vs private-pay food
Joining the food program against paying for meals yourself.