Cost of home daycare?
Hi,
We are looking at daycare options for our soon to be 2 year old and I was wondering what the price ranges are? In particular, I'm interested in full-time rates and whether or not the daycare provides meals or snacks or both. Any data would be very helpful! Thanks!
Feb 13, 2023
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I am paying $1450 a month for full-time in home day care 8:00AM-5:30PM. Meals and snacks are included. When I was looking, I saw rates ranging from $1200/month to $2000/month.
Our 16 month old is in a home based daycare in Albany. We are paying $1,800 for 4 days. When she went 5 days it was $2,000. And the provider charges us $80 per day if we need to do a drop in on the day she doesn’t usually go. They provide meals and snacks. We talked to a lot of daycares when we were looking (she started at 6 months) and found the average range was $1,700-2,000 for full time. And most offered meals and snacks.
The home daycare we went to in Oakland was $90 a day. The one we are starting in June in Richmond is $400 a week. Both for infant, meals and snacks provided.
Here's a running spreadsheet of Alameda Daycares with info populated by parents. Prices for most are included. Good Luck!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BvzkiONjUE445Y79dPL2HFbO8H6xVgw…
Where are you looking?
Having just gone through this for our almost 2 year old in the Albany / Berkeley area, it's about $1900-$2200. I'd say most places provide lunch, some ask you to bring snacks, and only one of over 10 places we looked into asked parents to bring lunch. Many places are good about being transparent with their prices if you look at their website (some not so much). Good luck!
We pay $1430/month for our home daycare in Oakland (12 kids max). Full-time is 7:30-5pm M-F and they provide all food for the kids.
We did a lot of research on home daycare and centers. We found that full time ranged from $1500-$2200. Depending on whether meals and supplies are provided. Most home daycares we researched provided all the necessary changing supplies, breakfast and lunch and 2 snacks. The home daycare we ended up going with is $1800/mo - full time, for our almost 2 year old.
We pay 1824 every 4 weeks for 4 days a week of care. Our daycare/preschool is in El Cerrito.
My 2.5 year old goes to in-home daycare M-Thurs (8-5:45pm). This is in San Ramon for $1590/month. Meals and snacks are included. Going on Fridays would be $100 more each month. The pricing is tiered so it will be $100 less once my child is over 3.