County childcare costs · DOL NDCP 2022

Childcare costs in Sublette County, WY

$7,714 a year for center-based infant care - 9.0% of the local median income, against a national average of $9,592.

Center-based infant care in Sublette County, WY costs $7,714/year, while family childcare is $10,082/year, according to the U.S. Department of Labor National Database of Childcare Prices. This represents 9.0% of the median household income - exceeding the HHS 7% affordability threshold. Toddler care at a center costs $7,306/year, and preschool-age care is $7,306/year.

$7,714
Center Infant/yr
$10,082
Family Infant/yr
$85,960
Median Income
9.0%
% of Income (Infant)

NDCP county market brief

Sublette County, WY sticker posture in this snapshot

Entity-varying stamps from DOL NDCP county medians and ACS income burden, not a clone nationwide scaffold.

  1. MID NDCP sticker band
  2. OVER7 HHS income share
  3. #960 of 2,662 National infant rank
  4. $7,714 Center infant/yr
  5. $10,082 Family infant/yr
  6. Jackson County Nearest price peer
  7. 7/8 NDCP cells filled
  8. 2022 Survey vintage

Infant-price neighbourhood

Nearest ABS(center_infant) peers in WY (NDCP 2022).

Sublette (this)$7,714Converse Cou…$7,956Platte County$8,242Big Horn Cou…$7,169Carbon County$7,147Crook County$8,289

Price-band peers

Annual Childcare Costs by Age Group

Age Group Center-Based Family Childcare
Infant $7,714 $10,082
Toddler $7,306 $8,834
Preschool $7,306 $8,834
School Age $5,092 N/A

Where Sublette County ranks on infant-care cost

Center-based infant care, every U.S. county with reported prices

$7,714 Among the most affordable more affordable than 64% of 2,662 US counties

This county $2,500 $32,500 every U.S. county, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $2.5K-wide band; taller bars hold more US counties. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Department of Labor, National Database of Childcare Prices · 2022

What These Numbers Mean for Sublette County Families

Weighed against a $85,960 median household income, Sublette County's childcare bill tells an affordability story, putting infant center care at 9.0% of gross income. The HHS benchmark is 7%, meaning the typical family here exceeds the federal affordability line by 2.0 points.Sublette County families generally find care more manageable than the national picture, though waitlists at licensed providers remain the real bottleneck.

For how to vet a licensed provider (inspection reports, QRIS ratings, CCDF subsidy intake), see Choosing Quality Childcare. Rate methodology: how these numbers are computed.

Center-based infant care costs over 2014–2022 (9 years of NDCP data).

-35.1% since 2014
Infant center care: $11,877 → $7,714
$7,714/yr
Most recent annual cost (2022)
9 years
Data available (2014–2022)
2014
$11,877
2015
$10,922
2016
$9,966
2017
$9,010
2018
$8,751
2019
$8,492
2020
$8,232
2021
$7,973
2022
$7,714
View full data table (all care types)
Year Ctr Infant
2008 N/A
2009 N/A
2010 N/A
2011 N/A
2012 N/A
2013 N/A
2014 $11,877
2015 $10,922
2016 $9,966
2017 $9,010
2018 $8,751
2019 $8,492
2020 $8,232
2021 $7,973
2022 $7,714

PlainChildcare is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau National Database of Childcare Prices and Census ACS income data, no number is typed in by an editor. County childcare prices and affordability ratios are computed from NDCP and ACS records for this county. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026. Primary sources: DOL Women's Bureau NDCP and U.S. Census Bureau ACS.