This second scenario uses the MIT Living Wage salary data option as the wage selection , identifying the true cost of care when everyone working in child care earns at least a living wage . Table 9 details the estimated annual cost of care in a center , while Table 10 provides the same for a family child care home under scenario 2 . Figures 9 and 10 illustrate the gap between the cost of care and current WCCC subsidy rates at the licensed level .
Table 9 : Annual cost per child , scenario 2 , child care center
Age Group
Central WA
Eastern WA
King & Pierce
Northwest WA
Olympic Peninsula
Southwest WA
Statewide
Infants $ 29,767 $ 29,977 $ 35,304 $ 32,666 $ 31,303 $ 31,246 $ 34,074
Toddlers $ 21,863 $ 22,009 $ 25,704 $ 23,875 $ 22,929 $ 22,889 $ 24,851
Preschoolers $ 18,702 $ 18,822 $ 21,864 $ 20,358 $ 19,579 $ 19,546 $ 21,162 School age $ 9,232 $ 9,291 $ 10,786 $ 10,046 $ 9,663 $ 9,647 $ 10,441
Figure 9 : Comparison between annual cost per child , and WCCC base subsidy rate , scenario 2 , child care center , statewide average
$ 40,000
$ 35,000
$ 34,074
$ 30,000 |
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$ 25,000 |
$ 24,851 |
$ 21,162 |
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$ 20,000
$ 15,000
$ 10,000
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$ 18,234 |
$ 15,533 |
$ 14,094 |
$ 10,441 |
$ 6,355 |
$ 5,000 |
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$ 0 Infants Toddlers Preschoolers School age
Cost per Child WCCC Base Rate
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