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clarkfan1979:
I was just at a wedding and a friend told me there were paying $2400/month for daycare for a 5 month old in D.C. They don't make a lot of money and he considered the price to be "average"

I was just listening to a biggerpockets episode and a young couple said the pay $280/month because they are in a low cost of living area, but their sister lives in the D.C. area and pays $1,000/month.

$1,000 vs. $2,400 seems like a big difference.

slb59:
I believe it!

About five years ago, we were paying $1040/month for an in-home daycare near the very last station on the red line in DC (about an hour outside of the city). Going with an in-home daycare so far away from the city center saved us a lot of money over a center and a more central location. I've heard from other people more recently in the VA suburbs that they're paying upwards of $2k. If your friends are using a center and are in the city, $2400 sounds right.

I currently live in a low-cost of living area in the Southeast, and prices here are between $175 and $195 per week at centers for an infant. I was paying $160 a week for my four year old.

When we moved, we ended up paying less for two kids than we had for just one in DC :) Location makes a huge difference!

FIRE@50:
We are currently paying $170/week for my 8yo to go to 'summer camp' two days a week.

Jrr85:

--- Quote from: clarkfan1979 on July 18, 2018, 10:50:29 AM ---I was just at a wedding and a friend told me there were paying $2400/month for daycare for a 5 month old in D.C. They don't make a lot of money and he considered the price to be "average"

I was just listening to a biggerpockets episode and a young couple said the pay $280/month because they are in a low cost of living area, but their sister lives in the D.C. area and pays $1,000/month.

$1,000 vs. $2,400 seems like a big difference.

--- End quote ---

We live in a low to moderate cost of living area and we pay about $2200 a month on average for three kids under 5.  We could do it as cheap as $1845 per month but that would be with them in a facility with no greenspace, just some playground area with the black rubber ground, which they basically woudln't be able to use for much of July and August. 

TVRodriguez:
The "D.C. area" can vary wildly, so it's impossible to compare those two situations without much more information, OP.

Infants are the most expensive for childcare regardless.  The care gets cheaper as the child gets older.  The ratio of caregivers to kids changes and the diaper and feeding situations change, too.

In South Florida in 2008, I was paying ~$1000 for a 5 month old.

Now, I am paying $180/week for full day summer camp for a school-aged child, which fee includes lunch, snacks, and field trips.  So, about $775/mo.

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