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I never said that I did this, I simply said that others do this.
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Not a problem. I filled up in no time, but this my be becausei started at the end of Summer which is a time when parents are very busy looking for daycare right before school starts. I don't think I would ever do it any other way. I am not sure how infants would fit into our group. I enjoy doing circle time, arts and crafts, science experiements, going on nature walks etc. I think our group is too fast moving to have to include infants. I may be wrong. If I took in infants, I would probably only watch infants exclusively so that I can focus on baby stuff like baby signs etc.Comment
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$175/5 days & always up to 50 hours+ $5/hr 50-60 hours (1 family needs this)
$160/4 set days
$140/3 set days
$100/2 set days
$50/drop in spot-I only have Friday available and one family that uses it maybe once-twice a month
ages 2-5, I am licensed for, and have 6 under 5 right now. 2 are part time.
I no longer take infants, but I charged $225/ft and ONLY did FT (or they paid for a ft spot) when I took infants
No sib discount, 10 paid vaca/holidays
SA care is $75/week for before AND/OR after school, $150 week/summer and breaks, additional $5/half days of school.
I just termed one SA kid and will be letting my other go before summer break, sticking with just under 5 because the SA disrupt the schedule too much.
I am in central NY, in a middle class suburb.Comment
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In Eastern Oklahoma
Our rates are:
140.00 a week for 18m+
150.00 a week for infants
40.00 a day for part-time
All tuition is due and is the same for all 52 weeks a year. We don't accept state subsidy.
*No sibling discounts - no discounts of any kind, actually
We serve a middle-class/upper middle class clientele (! would guess household incomes ranging from 70,000 to 200,000+) - to give you an idea of our community.
For our area, our prices are at the higher end of home daycares. In the Tulsa area, the nicest centers are around 215.00 a week for an infant, and 175.00 a week for a toddler - and home daycares range from 115.00 - 160.00 a week (obviously a wide range exists there). I would say average home daycare tuition is about 125.00 in our area.Comment
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Our rates are:
140.00 a week for 18m+
150.00 a week for infants
40.00 a day for part-time
All tuition is due and is the same for all 52 weeks a year. We don't accept state subsidy.
*No sibling discounts - no discounts of any kind, actually
We serve a middle-class/upper middle class clientele (! would guess household incomes ranging from 70,000 to 200,000+) - to give you an idea of our community.
For our area, our prices are at the higher end of home daycares. In the Tulsa area, the nicest centers are around 215.00 a week for an infant, and 175.00 a week for a toddler - and home daycares range from 115.00 - 160.00 a week (obviously a wide range exists there). I would say average home daycare tuition is about 125.00 in our area.
Really?? Wow! Nice income area... I would think Dc would cost more bc of the income??Comment
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For those of you discussing why other providers call posing as parents and looking for rates - it's because in the U.S. it's against the law for providers who are in direct competition to discuss their rates, so you can't just call up and be up front about it.
Tom Copeland wrote about it: http://www.tomcopelandblog.com/2011/...are-rates.html
I charge $125 a week - average for my area according to my CCRRN.Comment
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Honestly, 150 - 160 is the TOP rate for home daycares in our area. I don't think you could get any higher - no matter how nice your program. All of the nicest I know, are about at 150-160 a week.
That was combined household income, just to clarify. I would say in our zip code, the average DUAL income family would bring in 80,000 - around 40,000 per adult - give or take - seems like a fair guess to me.
But I was actually trying to be specific to my best guess at our clients income range - just to give perspective on what middle/upper-middle class is in our area. Our clients all hold professional jobs, not that we haven't had clients who have worked as waitresses and tellers before (because we have and will again) and I am not in any way demeaning those jobs or incomes. But we do serve a more middle/upper middle class clientel, at this point.
In our area:
Unlicensed moms on craigslist attempt: (75-100.00)
Licensed daycares: 115-150/160 - very dependent on program & quality of care
Commercial daycare: 220 (infant) & 175/180 (preschooler).
And why what you said is so funny to me, is, I still ALWAYS hear about the crazy costs of childcare - even with people whose car payment is the same as their daycare. So, it's not an insane amount for a car, but it is for your child's care ?!? DRIVES ME BONKERS !!!Comment
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The cost of living is so high where I live and child care is very expensive. To the point that stayed home with my children because I couldn't afford to put them in childcare. I am open 7:30-5:30
I charge between 270-300/week FT
4 days a week $260
1, 2 or 3 days a week is $70 a day
however, I just hired an assistant and am paying her $12/hour. I really want to have someone help me out full time but in order to do that I need a lot of families.Comment
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$2.60 hr. SW Mich-20 min northwest of kzoo. Little bitty town
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Hi MyAngels, in the blog entry you posted, Tom is talking about discussing rates at association meetings and between association members - not individuals. Not all US providers are part of an association - so your information that discussing rates between providers is illegal.
Also, even if it were illegal - pretending to be an interested parent and wasting a provider's precious time like that is by far morally worse!Comment
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