Operation Citizen · Source notes · September 5, 2026

Childcare comparison: checked figures

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Checked
2026-09-05
Care source
Open source
Care method source
Open source
Tuition source
Open source
Tuition and required fees
11950
Tuition period
2025–26
Care period
2025 label; collection covers December 2025 through March 2026
Care population
Infant care in licensed centers; three alternative national averaging methods
Rows
MethodInfant center pricePercent above tuition
Equal-state average1563630.845188284518834
Space-weighted average1501525.64853556485356
Program-weighted average1572831.615062761506273
Calculation
100 * (infant_center_price / tuition_and_required_fees - 1)
Finding
PF01 30.8% arithmetic confirmed for equal-state method; magnitude depends on method. Comparison is price scale, not same service or same household population.
Limits
  1. Tuition is published public four-year in-state tuition and fees, before student aid, excluding living costs.
  2. Childcare prices are not necessarily household payments after subsidies.
  3. Do not replace infant-center price with the $13,184 overall mixed-setting and age average.
  4. NCES 1980–2023 tuition growth remains unchecked; two direct web fetches timed out.