State guide · 2022 official data
Childcare costs in Louisiana
Compare a typical county, then find the county where care is provided.
A typical county in Louisiana
Unweighted medians of available county medians across the full source. These are not the prices paid by a typical resident or pooled provider medians.
- Infant · center
- $177per week · September 2026 CPI estimate2022 official data: $143 / week64 reporting counties in this stateNational typical county: $214 / week · 2661 counties↓ Lower than the national median
- Toddler · center
- $173per week · September 2026 CPI estimate2022 official data: $140 / week64 reporting counties in this stateNational typical county: $189 / week · 2663 counties↓ Lower than the national median
- Preschool · center
- $169per week · September 2026 CPI estimate2022 official data: $137 / week64 reporting counties in this stateNational typical county: $178 / week · 2670 counties≈ About the same as the national median
- Infant · home-based
- $164per week · September 2026 CPI estimate2022 official data: $133 / week64 reporting counties in this stateNational typical county: $177 / week · 2584 counties↓ Lower than the national median
Prices describe cost, not quality. Ask providers for current quotes.
Louisiana county pages
14 county pages in the national 500-county launch set, ordered by source-vintage population. The statewide benchmarks above use all available counties, not just these pages.
| County | 2022 official data | September 2026 estimate |
|---|---|---|
| East Baton Rouge Parish | $143 | $177 |
| Jefferson Parish | $152 | $187 |
| Orleans Parish | $152 | $187 |
| St. Tammany Parish | $158 | $195 |
| Lafayette Parish | $158 | $195 |
| Caddo Parish | $157 | $194 |
| Calcasieu Parish | $153 | $189 |
| Ouachita Parish | $157 | $193 |
| Livingston Parish | $158 | $195 |
| Tangipahoa Parish | $158 | $195 |
| Rapides Parish | $157 | $193 |
| Bossier Parish | $157 | $194 |
| Ascension Parish | $150 | $185 |
| Terrebonne Parish | $150 | $185 |
What this means
Use the same age group and care setting when comparing costs. A statewide typical-county figure can hide substantial local differences. CPI-adjusted figures apply national inflation to 2022 prices; they are not new local observations.
Sources & data dates
- Prices
- DOL Women’s Bureau NDCP, study year 2022. County estimates from state market-rate surveys; some values are standardized or imputed.
- Inflation
- BLS day care and preschool CPI-U (not seasonally adjusted), September 2026. These are adjusted estimates, not new local observations.
- Income & population
- Census ACS fields distributed in the DOL workbook’s 2022 rows: MFI (family income, DP03) and TOTALPOP (DP05). Income share uses 2022 prices only.
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-03 (DOL); 2026-11-03 (BLS)
- Method
- Units, typical-county benchmarks, ZIP matching and limitations