How much do you pay per month in child care ?

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks everyone for your responses. I live on the Arlington/McLean border. I would need 50 hours per week once I go back to work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$350/month. 12 month old. Daycare center in Arlington. I think its probably pretty standard.

You mean $350/week, right? That would be pretty standard for a 12 month old. $350/month would be a good deal - probably too good to be true.

[Anonymous]

385/week for an in-home daycare in Bethesda for an 18 mo old. Soon to be $350/week in a center in Rockville. Will go down to $275ish/week once we move to the 2's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$350/month. 12 month old. Daycare center in Arlington. I think its probably pretty standard.

You mean $350/week, right? That would be pretty standard for a 12 month old. $350/month would be a good deal - probably too good to be true.

HA! Yes I meant a week. My bad.

[Anonymous]

We pay about 2K give or take for 2 kids in daycare in Arlington. That is for 3 days a week. We're one week away from public K for our oldest and I can't wait!

[Anonymous]

I paid $400/week (including taxes) for my infant in a nannyshare for 42.5 hours/week in Arlington. I thought it was standard for the arrangement: paying taxes, experienced nanny, age of my child, and location.

[Anonymous]

Mine is subsidized
my pay is 100/week
std rate for my NAEYC state lic. inhome daycare in Springfield is $215/week. food included not formula or diapers

[Anonymous]

$3600 a month. $2400 for the nanny for my infant and $1200 for daycare center for my 2 yr old. Dreaming of the day they enter public school.....

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:200 a week, inhome daycare, fairfax, infant (under 12 months). Probably getting a deal.

No "probably"about it, you are getting a hell of a deal!

Seems a bit on the low side for inhome care, but is it licensed? And where in Fairfax? I wouldn't call it a "hell of a deal."

[Anonymous]

2.5 yr old and 8 mon old. Nanny for 30-40 hrs per week (it varies week to week). $480-680/wk

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks everyone for your responses. I live on the Arlington/McLean border. I would need 50 hours per week once I go back to work.

Ouch.

[Anonymous]

Five days a week from 8:30 until 3:00 at Bethesda Country Day is approximately $1,200 (can't remember new rate for this new year).

[Anonymous]

$1100/ month in a nanny share, 45-50 hours a week. The other family has two kids, so they pay more.

[Anonymous]

OP remember that not all nannies are created equal. Legal resident, citizen, or illegal? Are you offering health insurance or no? I think it's impossible to compare nanny expenses unless you know these details. We had a nanny for about a month before we realized that the healthcare end of it just sent us way over our budget. And we felt it was immoral to not offer healthcare to the person who would be taking care of our child. We are thrilled with daycare in NW DC for 1550 per month.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2.5 yr old and 8 mon old. Nanny for 30-40 hrs per week (it varies week to week). $480-680/wk

good point by the PP; i am the poster of this rate and our nanny is 28, american born, legal and we pay her legally. Not a ton of experience, but has nannied a lot since graduating from college and is working towards a child-health related field. she has her own car.