Re:Why Child Care Is So Expensive
by bluedino on Monday December 09, 2019 @02:51PM
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In my state, a single childcare worker can watch up to 6 children. If they are infants I belive the number goes down to 4.
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That is not a lot to work with.
If there wasn't any overhead, the childcare worker with one infant would pay 1/4 of their wages on childcare, which doesn't leave a lot for housing, food, transportation, student loans, etc. They are only infants so long however...
Actually there is overhead, the child care center has to pay for a building, administrators, marketing, and possibly taxes.
Contrast that to the auto worker, who probably gets a new car relatively often, let's say it works out like a $300 a month, or $3600 a year.
I think auto workers are relatively well paid, so the cost of that car is 5% of their wages as opposed to 20% or more.