Average Annual Cost for Licensed Center-Based Child Care

Definitions: Average cost of full-time, full-year care for a child at a licensed child care center (among those providers who charge a weekly rate).

Data Source: Minnesota Department of Human Services, Annual Child Care Provider Rate Survey.

Footnotes: Annual cost was calculated by multiplying average weekly cost by 52 weeks.
NP =  no provider existed who charged a weekly rate.

Definitions: Average cost of full-time, full-year care for a child at a licensed child care center (among those providers who charge a weekly rate).

Data Source: Minnesota Department of Human Services, Annual Child Care Provider Rate Survey.

Footnotes: Annual cost was calculated by multiplying average weekly cost by 52 weeks.
NP =  no provider existed who charged a weekly rate.