For Kicks!! What Do You Charge?

[allsmiles]

I wish I could do this as I LOVE the teaching aspect too. Our public school,provides 1/2 day pre- k 5 days a week and now has begun offering free child care for the remaining part of the day....ouch- takes all kids out of the loop who are that age.

same problem i have..

[clep]

I charge $800 per month regardless of age for full time as that is all I do. I live in an area where incomes are significant so all is well there. I am on the higher end where I live for day homes. I also provide an extensive early learning program so the pay reflects that as well.

[Patches]

I'm in Oklahoma and I charge:
$130/week - under 2
$120/week - 2 through 5
Pretty typical for my area
I have a provider down the street from me that charges $140/week across the board and another one that charges $110/week

[Patches]

Also wanted to add that about 5 years ago, I was working in a center when I had my son and I made $7/hr and had to pay $177/week for my son:confused: That didn't last long, I had to quit because I was paying to work there.

[winkiedee]

Wow some of those prices you get. I am licensed for 112 children and I am on my 6th year of being open. Things are tough right now because i am down over 20 children of what I normally have and most leave due to private sitters or economy.

for infants i charge $125 a week
over 1 it is $105
potty trained its $95
school agers its $65

we are open from 530am to 7pm and a child can only stay 10 hours, if they stay up to 12 hours a day its an extra $15 a week.

i am in stonewall louisiana

[daycaremom76]

Please feel free to log out for privacy!

This question came up in another thread, do I thought I'd make a post!

What do you charge? Is that for pt, ft, drop in, hours, slot??etc

Here's me- I live in Anne Arundel County MD
I charge $200 for infants and $185 for toddlers

In Baltimore MD the rates are a lot lower- $150 for infants, $125 for toddlers.

I haven't had any sa children yet.
My rate is for FT, haven't had pt. Up to 50 hrs a week but each family has CONTRACTED hours.
I know the rates change all over MD. A provider about 15mins from me charges $275 for an infant, & $200 for a toddler!!

I am licensed for 6 (will be 7 in july). I can have two under 2.

We are neighbors LOL! I'm in Baltimore Co MD
$225 for infants
$150 2yrs and up (but raising it to $175 for new parents in 2013)

[LaLa1923]

We are neighbors LOL! I'm in Baltimore Co MD
$225 for infants
$150 2yrs and up (but raising it to $175 for new parents in 2013)

WOW!! What area? I'm near arundel mills mall in Jessup. I am from Baltimore, just moved here not long ago....
When I lived there rates were $150 for infants and $125 for toddlers


I'm having a hard time finding families for the rates I have and it's an expensive area...

Feel free to pm me!!

[Unregistered]

I' am a registered member but I logged out for privacy. I have been open for over 6 years. Licensed for 6 kids. 2 under two years old. When I was first getting the ball rolling about opening my dc I actually had my sister call about 8 dc centers around where I lived to get info on rates and what they offered, and hours. (I logged out because I wasnt sure the peopleon this site would approve of that tactic). Lets just say I was asstounded by what what I learned. It was from that info I formed my rates.

Full time for one child is $165.00 a week
Two kids is $330.00 a week
Part time for one child is $40.00 a day (1-3 days a week)
Part time for two kids is $60.00 a day
I offer an hourly rate of $8.00 an hour then anything over 3 hours is the $40 a day.
I do offer pt care b/c is has been a way for me to stay full in the lean times.
I do provide 2 meals and one snack, diapers and wipes.

Its amazing how much rates vary from area to area.

[DaisyMamma]

CT shoreline.
$200/week FT infant
$175 FT age 2 and up
$75 afterschool

[TBird]

CT shoreline.
$200/week FT infant
$175 FT age 2 and up
$75 afterschool

Same here!!! Except my infant rate just went up to $225/week.happyface

[DaisyMamma]

Same here!!! Except my infant rate just went up to $225/week.happyface

I was considering this myself. Are you also in CT?
How have parents responded to the rate increase?

[mama2one]

this is what i have and i am new to the summer care so i am open to suggestions on how i charge. i dont live in a city i live in a very small town/ low income families so i do not charge alot. any suggestions ideas on this???? I know one dcp charges around 150 a week if not more. I have 2 parents asking for summer care and then school care.

School Age-
Summer/Breaks-
Full Time 3-5 days a week- $120.00
Part Time- 2 days a week- $50.00
1 day a week- $25.00

Before and After school Care-
3-5 days a week- $60.00
2 days a week- $30.00
1 day a week- $15.00

[rmc20021]

I have no problem posting my rates. The likelihood of another provider in my area seeing what I charge is not very high. Even if they did...so what!!!! They are perfectly free to charge whatever they want. My fees are public information.

I am open from 7:30 am - 5:30 pm.

I'm trying to accept only full time preschool/toddlers but at the moment I do have some Sa.

I am licensed for 6 and hope to increase to 12 before the end of summer.

My rates are:

90.00 full time (up to 60 hours per week)
60.00 part time
35.00 for after school

My rates are considerably less than most on here, but competitive for my area in sw Michigan. Every state, every county has different needs so each provider must be able to flow with what is acceptable in their area in order to have kids. The cost of their mortgage should not have anything to do with it...although I know it usually does.

I'm not doing child care to get rich. I'm doing it to be able to stay home with my grandkids who I have custody of, because I'm aging and to work at outside jobs is harder on my body and to provide a service to parents without them having to pay out every dime they make.

[momofsix]

this is what i have and i am new to the summer care so i am open to suggestions on how i charge. i dont live in a city i live in a very small town/ low income families so i do not charge alot. any suggestions ideas on this???? I know one dcp charges around 150 a week if not more. I have 2 parents asking for summer care and then school care.

School Age-
Summer/Breaks-
Full Time 3-5 days a week- $120.00
Part Time- 2 days a week- $50.00
1 day a week- $25.00

Before and After school Care-
3-5 days a week- $60.00
2 days a week- $30.00
1 day a week- $15.00

The way you have your rate structure, someone coming 3 days/week is paying more per day than someone that comes 1 day/week. I always like to encourage more days by making the daily rate higher for those that only come 1-2 days/week. So the more days I have a child, the less I charge per day. I do that to encourage enrollment for more days-if that's not something you want to do then your rates seem very fair

I charge:
100 week/ 2-3 days
120/4 days
130/5 days

[mama2one]

Thanks for the input, im not that good on giving someone rates, i try to be fair and not make them pay alot. Both parents are on a set schedule one is 3 days a week half day, and the other is full time during the summer and then before and after school. thanks for your help