I think it would have to vary so much by geographic location that it is almost meaningless. Maybe look at ads in your area to see what it is near you.

I agree with @janbb. I was paying a private lady $60 per day but that was cheap for this area. When my daughter went to preschool, I paid $700 a month, I believe for 3 days or 4 days per week. This was one of the more affluent areas of the country, although not quite as affluent as NYC, just to show you the difference.

Holy shit @jca. I’m sorry, but that’s outrageous. I charged a little for a lot of kids. What is the point of even working if your take home is going to be $400 a month! (I’m exaggerating…)

@Dutchess_III Salaries also vary by geographic region.

@Dutchess_III: The preschool she was in has an infant program, a toddler program and a preschool program. At this point I don’t remember if she was in both toddler and preschool or just preschool. Regardless, it was a great school, with all kinds of programs for the kids, and you could drop them off as early as 7 and pick them up as late as 6:00 or 6:30 (not sure now what the latest pickup time was). Luckily I could afford it. I also work for my benefits, which are ample as I am a public servant.

When my sister worked at Symantec as the administrative assistant of one the higher-ups there the day care for her 3 year old son was over 50% of her income from full-time work. She would have actually had more money if she stayed at home on welfare instead of paying for childcare.

And this was a big place with about 20 kids that was actually licensed.

I bet that if it were the men who were having to get daycare in order to work, something, somehow, would have been done by now. I don’t know what. But that is insane.

Some corporations have on-site day care for their employees’ children. That’s helpful.

I just did the hard work so you don’t have to.

http://i.imgur.com/xtKMSvC.png

The weekly rate will vary, depending on the hours each child is taken care of. My mum is a child-minder, and she is paid $ 4,50 per child/hour. This is the rate around here, it is neither high nor low. The state pays if moms can’t afford to and can prove their need.

I found this online.

Thanks.
I think she’s going to go with $100 a week for an infant, which is cheap, but the mom is also a single mom, so my friend is leaning toward compassion. Same thing I did.