The increased cost of high-quality child care directly supports increased compensation for the early childhood workforce

Breakdown of monthly expenses for child care for an infant in hypothetical child care programs

Note: Base-quality scenarios use default data from www.costofchildcare.org representing a program meeting state licensing regulations. The high-quality scenario includes all quality variables available in the interactive model.
Chart: Center for American Progress Source: Source: Author's analysis based on Center for American Progress, "Cost of Child Care," available at www.costofchildcare.org (last accessed June 2021).