What care costs for a preschooler and for two children, county by county, and how it compares with what families here earn.
Full-time care for a 4-year-old costs about $7,818 a year in the typical county in Wyoming, or $652 a month, 2.8% less than the $8,040 for the typical county nationally. Care for a 4-year-old and an 8-year-old comes to about $15,108 a year. The cost of care for one preschooler is 9.3% of median family income in the typical county.
The federal Department of Health and Human Services counts child care as affordable when it takes no more than 7% of family income. For one 4-year-old, 1 of Wyoming's 23 counties meets that at the median family income; nationally, 259 of 3,131 counties do. In the budget EPI draws up for two parents and two children, child care is 13.7% of the total in the typical county. In 1 county, care for one preschooler costs more than the family's housing.
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Care for a 4-year-old costs most in Teton County ($20,197), Sublette County ($10,334) and Natrona County ($9,658), and least in Niobrara County ($5,832), Goshen County ($6,515) and Crook County ($6,552). Metro counties are priced at child care centers, other counties at home-based family child care.
| Albany County | $9,129 | $761 | $17,469 | 9.5% |
| Big Horn County | $9,420 | $785 | $18,832 | 11.6% |
| Campbell County | $7,818 | $652 | $14,216 | 7.5% |
| Carbon County | $7,818 | $652 | $12,619 | 10.3% |
| Converse County | $6,870 | $573 | $9,460 | 7.2% |
| Crook County | $6,552 | $546 | $13,325 | 6.7% |
| Fremont County | $8,071 | $673 | $15,108 | 9.9% |
| Goshen County | $6,515 | $543 | $13,031 | 8.4% |
| Hot Springs County | $7,185 | $599 | $13,990 | 8.0% |
| Johnson County | $7,818 | $652 | $15,637 | 10.1% |
| Laramie County | $9,467 | $789 | $17,021 | 9.6% |
| Lincoln County | $9,174 | $765 | $17,268 | 8.4% |
| Natrona County | $9,658 | $805 | $17,349 | 10.5% |
| Niobrara County | $5,832 | $486 | $11,331 | 9.0% |
| Park County | $9,121 | $760 | $16,452 | 9.9% |
| Platte County | $7,180 | $598 | $13,992 | 10.0% |
| Sheridan County | $9,317 | $776 | $18,438 | 9.3% |
| Sublette County | $10,334 | $861 | $18,522 | 9.8% |
| Sweetwater County | $7,650 | $638 | $15,157 | 7.7% |
| Teton County | $20,197 | $1,683 | $28,625 | 15.4% |
| Uinta County | $7,818 | $652 | $14,985 | 8.2% |
| Washakie County | $7,297 | $608 | $14,855 | 9.0% |
| Weston County | $6,841 | $570 | $14,659 | 7.3% |
Click a column to sort it. The share compares care for one 4-year-old with the county's median family income. A dash means EPI publishes no income figure for that county.
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