What Are Your Going Rates and Where Do You Live?

[Unregistered]

I just curoius as to what other providers charge what is included and where they are located. If you are lisenced or not.

When I lived in Maryland and I was unlisenced for 3 years I charged with no food included:
100 for infants and toddlers
80 for school aged before and after school care and summer care

When I lived in Maryland and had my daycare lisenced for 5 years I charged with breakfest, lunch, and afternoon snack included:
200 for infants
150 for toddlers
100 for school aged before and after school care and summer care

I now live in NC and am unlisenced ive been doing it for 2 years I charge with breakfest, lunch, and afternoon snack included:
140 for infants
120 for toddlers
50 for after school care and 100 for Summer care

[dice401]

That's it?!?!? That's dirt cheap! I'm from Canada and it costs much more here. In one province, the avg rates are (including breakfast, lunch and 2 snacks):

FT Infant - $700/mth
FT Toddler/Preschool - $600/mth

PT Infant - $550/mth
PT Toddler/Preschool - $300/mth

B&A School - $150 mth

On the west coast, I've heard of people charging $1000/mth for an infant ft!!!

[Anna]

Here in Hawaii $500 - $600 a month is typical for a full time 18 month+ child. You would think that the rates would be higher here since the cost of living is so high but they're no too bad. There are centers around here that will charge $1200+ for a child. Also we have a lot of military on Oahu so we have to make it affordable for those families. All of my daycare children are military children (gotta love military work hours).

[Janet]

Rates

I charge a daily rate of $25/day. It's been the same since I opened my doors about 6 years ago. I live in Michigan. I'm not sure what other Michiganders charge, but I do know that if you check Craig's List, there are people who are WAY cheaper than I am!

[Crystal]

$150 week over 20 hours per week
$130 week under 20 hours per week

3 hours preschool $25 per day or $100 fo 5 days

Same rate for all ages.

[Daycare Mommy]

$125-$135/wk here

BUT, if you look on Craigslist, you'd think $50-60/week including all meals and preschool program was the going rate.

[nannyde]

There's a huge range in my city of a half million people.

I live in bluecollarville so I think it's about:

115 ish for full time
25 a day for part time

It isn't unusual at ALL to see 100 a week.

The other side of town is about

135-140 a week full time
30 a day for part time

Centers on my side 185-205 full time for infants
Centers on other side 210-285 for infants

Sure THAT info didn't help.

My rates are:

Full Time Rates (2010) based upon a maximum of nine hours a day and time your child departs from day care:

3:00 p.m. departure $135.00 per week

3:15 p.m. departure $140.00 per week

3:30 p.m. departure $145.00 per week

3:45 p.m. departure $150.00 per week

4:00 p.m. departure $155.00 per week

4:15 p.m. departure $160.00 per week

4:30 p.m. departure $165.00 per week

4:45 p.m. departure $170.00 per week

5:00 p.m. departure $175.00 per week

5:15 p.m. departure $180.00 per week

5:30 p.m. departure $185.00 per week

5:45 p.m. departure $190.00 per week

6:00 p.m. departure $195.00 per week


Part Time Rates

3:00 p.m. departure $33.00 per day

3:15 p.m. departure $34.00 per day

3:30 p.m. departure $35.00 per day

3:45 p.m. departure $36.00 per day

4:00 p.m. departure $37.00 per day

4:15 p.m. departure $38.00 per day

4:30 p.m. departure $39.00 per day

4:45 p.m. departure $40.00 per day

5:00 p.m. departure $41.00 per day

5:15 p.m. departure $42.00 per day

5:30 p.m. departure $43.00 per day

5:45 p.m. departure $44.00 per day

[Childminder]

I was told by Tom Copeland that asking another provider their rates is against the law. It's called price fixing.

That being said, I charge $160 a week based on 45 hours. Everything included except diapers. Centers around me charge $225.

[Janet]

prices

I've had people call me to check my price and they will say that they are a parent looking for care. I've been doing this for a long enough time so that I can tell when it's another provider just feeling out the prices of competition. I tell them anyway, because if they look online they'll find anyway. Based on the first couple of questions that they ask, you can totally tell!

[mismatchedsocks]

I am in Wisconsin.
$150/week for infants fulltime. (up to 45 hours)
$140/week for kids 1-3.5
$130/week for over age 3.5

$35 a day part time any age. (up to 9 hours)

[originalkat]

Kansas (Population about 450,000)
$125 ages 2-5 yrs Full Time

[momma2girls]

GOing rate here in Iowa where I live is between $100-$215.00 a week. THe large centers usually are $175-$215.00 per child.
I charge $130.00 for totally potty trained and $140.00 for infant- potty trained per week.
I charge $30.00 a day for parttime or fillin per child.

[emosks]

$40 a day or $175 per week if they are here all 5 days.

We're a group (up to 12) licensed home. I've been told my rates are high but we are pretty much full (we have 2 open spots right now but waiting for 2 lil' babies to be born from current families!!) so I think we are right on track.

We provide am snack, lunch, and pm snack as well as a curriculum.

ETA: We're in Grand Rapids, MI too.

[melskids]

i live in central NY. going rate here is $135 a week. travel 2 hours south and its almost $250 a week (thats what my cousin pays). go even closer to the city and its well over $300/wk.

[MarinaVanessa]

I was told by Tom Copeland that asking another provider their rates is against the law. It's called price fixing.

That being said, I charge $160 a week based on 45 hours. Everything included except diapers. Centers around me charge $225.

I had a book by Tom Copeland that actually says to call daycare's and say that you are looking for daycare to get their rates ::. It was pretty old so maybe it was an old printing, I wish I still had that book so I could scan it and post it. This isn't the first time that I've heard of him saying this.

But when I did my orientation for licensing and when I took a workshop "The Business of Daycare" and the question was asked about what we should charge both licensing and the speakers (one was from licensing and the other was a tax consultant that specializes in daycares and centers) they both recommended calling daycare's in the area and asking what their rates were.

I want to know because I don't want to charge too little or too much for my service when compared to others of the similar kind.