Bringing up (unaffordable) baby
The out-of-whack cost of childcare in America — and more in our collection of surprising facts and figures
By The Week Staff | August 27, 2012
CC BY: familymwr
$15,000
Annual cost of outside-the-home daycare for an infant in Massachusetts — the most expensive rate in the U.S.
35
States in which the cost of infant daycare is higher than a year's in-state tuition and fees at a four-year public college
22
States in which childcare costs more than rent
Source: Christian Science Monitor
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