State guide · 2022 official data
Childcare costs in Michigan
Compare a typical county, then find the county where care is provided.
A typical county in Michigan
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
- $167per week · September 2026 CPI estimate2022 official data: $136 / week83 reporting counties in this stateNational typical county: $214 / week · 2661 counties↓ Lower than the national median
- Toddler · center
- $178per week · September 2026 CPI estimate2022 official data: $145 / week83 reporting counties in this stateNational typical county: $189 / week · 2663 counties↓ Lower than the national median
- Preschool · center
- $167per week · September 2026 CPI estimate2022 official data: $135 / week83 reporting counties in this stateNational typical county: $178 / week · 2670 counties↓ Lower than the national median
- Infant · home-based
- $197per week · September 2026 CPI estimate2022 official data: $160 / week83 reporting counties in this stateNational typical county: $177 / week · 2584 counties↑ Higher than the national median
Prices describe cost, not quality. Ask providers for current quotes.
Michigan county pages
19 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wayne County | $177 | $219 |
| Oakland County | $196 | $242 |
| Macomb County | $179 | $221 |
| Kent County | $173 | $214 |
| Genesee County | $152 | $188 |
| Washtenaw County | $228 | $281 |
| Ottawa County | $164 | $203 |
| Ingham County | $169 | $208 |
| Kalamazoo County | $160 | $197 |
| Livingston County | $217 | $267 |
| Saginaw County | $151 | $186 |
| Muskegon County | $121 | $149 |
| Jackson County | $115 | $142 |
| St. Clair County | $162 | $200 |
| Monroe County | $138 | $170 |
| Berrien County | $137 | $169 |
| Calhoun County | $134 | $166 |
| Allegan County | $124 | $152 |
| Eaton County | $156 | $192 |
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