State guide · 2022 official data
Childcare costs in New Jersey
Compare a typical county, then find the county where care is provided.
A typical county in New Jersey
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
- $374per week · September 2026 CPI estimate2022 official data: $304 / week21 reporting counties in this stateNational typical county: $214 / week · 2661 counties↑ Higher than the national median
- Toddler · center
- $365per week · September 2026 CPI estimate2022 official data: $296 / week21 reporting counties in this stateNational typical county: $189 / week · 2663 counties↑ Higher than the national median
- Preschool · center
- $365per week · September 2026 CPI estimate2022 official data: $296 / week21 reporting counties in this stateNational typical county: $178 / week · 2670 counties↑ Higher than the national median
- Infant · home-based
- $237per week · September 2026 CPI estimate2022 official data: $192 / week21 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.
New Jersey 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bergen County | $318 | $392 |
| Middlesex County | $314 | $387 |
| Essex County | $296 | $365 |
| Hudson County | $322 | $397 |
| Monmouth County | $314 | $388 |
| Ocean County | $314 | $387 |
| Union County | $299 | $369 |
| Camden County | $282 | $347 |
| Passaic County | $308 | $379 |
| Morris County | $327 | $403 |
| Burlington County | $303 | $374 |
| Mercer County | $294 | $363 |
| Somerset County | $326 | $401 |
| Gloucester County | $304 | $374 |
| Atlantic County | $287 | $354 |
| Cumberland County | $286 | $353 |
| Sussex County | $305 | $376 |
| Hunterdon County | $304 | $375 |
| Warren County | $286 | $353 |
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