Estimate what daycare, a nanny or another childcare arrangement will cost you each week, month and year, and see how large a share of your take-home pay it represents. Childcare is one of the biggest expenses for new families, and comparing options often comes down to the effective hourly or daily rate against how many hours of care you actually need. This tool takes your rate, the days or hours per week, and the number of children, then projects the total across common time periods and optionally compares it against your monthly income so you can gauge affordability. Enter a daily rate for daycare or an hourly rate for a nanny, set the schedule, and the totals update instantly. Everything is calculated in your browser, and this is a planning estimate. Real costs vary by region, provider, sibling discounts, subsidies and tax credits, so treat the figures as a starting point for your budget.
Estimate what daycare, a nanny or another childcare arrangement will cost you each week, month and year, and see how large a share of your take-home pay it represents. Childcare is one of the biggest expenses for new families, and comparing options often comes down to the effective hourly or daily rate against how many hours of care you actually need.
Yes. Childcare Cost Calculator is completely free, with no sign-up and no usage limits.
Yes. Childcare Cost Calculator runs in any modern web browser. There is nothing to download or install.
Yes. Childcare Cost Calculator runs entirely on your device in your browser, so nothing you enter is uploaded to a server.