Avg Infant (Center)
$6,591 /yr
Across 159 Georgia counties
Statewide childcare costs · DOL NDCP 2022
Childcare costs in Georgia
According to PlainChildcare's state ranking (DOL NDCP county averages), Georgia ranks #3 of 45 jurisdictions by average center-based infant care price (cheapest = #1).
Data updated 2026-09-24
- $6,591
- Avg infant (center)
- -31%
- Vs. national avg
- #3 of 45
- Corpus placement
NDCP state market brief
Georgia statewide sticker posture
- PRICE QUIET vs national NDCP mean
- AVG $6,591 Center infant avg
- SPREAD $5,330 County min–max gap
- RANK #3 of 45 National state rank
- COUNT 159 Reporting counties
- MIN $5,330 Cheapest county
- MAX $10,660 Priciest county
- PHOTO South Nearest avg peer
Avg-infant peers
Avg Toddler (Center)
$6,153 /yr
Center-based weighted average
Avg Preschool (Center)
$6,034 /yr
Center-based weighted average
Infant cost spread
$5,330 – $10,660
Lowest to highest county
Georgia center-based childcare averages by age
Annual cost averaged across all reporting counties. Source: DOL Women's Bureau NDCP 2022.
Where Georgia ranks on infant-care cost
Average center-based infant care, every U.S. state with reported prices
$6,591 Among the most affordable more affordable than 93% of 45 US states
Each bar is a $2.5K-wide band; taller bars hold more US states. 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 · 2026-09-24
Georgia infant care vs. HHS 7%-of-income affordability ceiling 41.2%
HHS 7% threshold
Bar shows Georgia infant care as a share of an $80,000 reference household income. The dark marker shows the HHS 7% threshold, anything past it is officially "unaffordable" by federal definition.
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Cheapest Childcare
Counties with the lowest infant care costs in Georgia, starting at $5,330/yr
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Most Expensive Childcare
Counties with the highest infant care costs in Georgia, up to $10,660/yr
Childcare Landscape Across Georgia
Across Georgia's 159 counties with NDCP price coverage, center-based infant care averages $6,591/year (QUIET vs the national mean), toddler $6,153/year, preschool $6,034/year. The age-based cost curve is unusually flat in Georgia - infant care runs only 9% above preschool, a narrower spread than most states. County stickers run $5,330 to $10,660 (Δ $5,330/yr). Licensing ratios and background checks are uniform statewide; density and subsidy acceptance are not - use the county table and Read-with drills below, not a clone licensing essay.
Counties
| County | Infant /yr | Toddler /yr | Preschool /yr | % of income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appling County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 13.0% |
| Atkinson County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 14.8% |
| Bacon County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 12.8% |
| Baker County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 12.4% |
| Baldwin County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 13.6% |
| Banks County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 8.2% |
| Barrow County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 9.9% |
| Bartow County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 9.9% |
| Ben Hill County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 14.7% |
| Berrien County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 11.6% |
| Bibb County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 15.2% |
| Bleckley County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 10.1% |
| Brantley County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 14.0% |
| Brooks County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 13.3% |
| Bryan County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 8.2% |
| Bulloch County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 13.9% |
| Burke County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 11.2% |
| Butts County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 12.4% |
| Calhoun County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 11.6% |
| Camden County | $10,660 | $9,766 | $9,308 | 15.7% |
| Candler County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 12.4% |
| Carroll County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 8.4% |
| Catoosa County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 10.8% |
| Charlton County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 12.3% |
| Chatham County | $5,330 | $5,044 | $5,096 | 8.1% |
| Chattahoochee County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 10.7% |
| Chattooga County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 13.0% |
| Cherokee County | $10,660 | $9,766 | $9,308 | 10.6% |
| Clarke County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 15.3% |
| Clay County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 13.0% |
| Clayton County | $10,660 | $9,766 | $9,308 | 19.0% |
| Clinch County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 10.6% |
| Cobb County | $10,660 | $9,766 | $9,308 | 11.3% |
| Coffee County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 11.7% |
| Colquitt County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 11.9% |
| Columbia County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 8.0% |
| Cook County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 12.1% |
| Coweta County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 8.3% |
| Crawford County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 9.9% |
| Crisp County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 11.9% |
| Dade County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 9.5% |
| Dawson County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 8.8% |
| Decatur County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 11.9% |
| DeKalb County | $10,660 | $9,766 | $9,308 | 14.0% |
| Dodge County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 12.2% |
| Dooly County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 10.4% |
| Dougherty County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 16.3% |
| Douglas County | $10,660 | $9,766 | $9,308 | 13.9% |
| Early County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 11.7% |
| Echols County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 9.2% |
| Effingham County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 9.4% |
| Elbert County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 11.7% |
| Emanuel County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 11.8% |
| Evans County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 10.2% |
| Fannin County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 10.3% |
| Fayette County | $10,660 | $9,766 | $9,308 | 10.1% |
| Floyd County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 12.8% |
| Forsyth County | $10,660 | $9,766 | $9,308 | 8.1% |
| Franklin County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 10.7% |
| Fulton County | $10,660 | $9,766 | $9,308 | 12.4% |
| Gilmer County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 8.0% |
| Glascock County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 9.3% |
| Glynn County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 11.3% |
| Gordon County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 12.9% |
| Grady County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 10.9% |
| Greene County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 7.3% |
| Gwinnett County | $10,660 | $9,766 | $9,308 | 13.0% |
| Habersham County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 9.2% |
| Hall County | $10,660 | $9,766 | $9,308 | 14.4% |
| Hancock County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 17.8% |
| Haralson County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 8.6% |
| Harris County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 8.7% |
| Hart County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 12.0% |
| Heard County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 9.0% |
| Henry County | $10,660 | $9,766 | $9,308 | 13.4% |
| Houston County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 9.7% |
| Irwin County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 12.2% |
| Jackson County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 9.1% |
| Jasper County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 9.8% |
| Jeff Davis County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 13.5% |
| Jefferson County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 12.0% |
| Jenkins County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 17.9% |
| Johnson County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 11.8% |
| Jones County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 11.2% |
| Lamar County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 11.4% |
| Lanier County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 14.1% |
| Laurens County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 12.1% |
| Lee County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 8.9% |
| Liberty County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 13.5% |
| Lincoln County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 11.1% |
| Long County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 9.9% |
| Lowndes County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 14.1% |
| Lumpkin County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 11.0% |
| Macon County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 16.6% |
| Madison County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 13.9% |
| Marion County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 11.6% |
| McDuffie County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 13.6% |
| McIntosh County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 11.0% |
| Meriwether County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 14.2% |
| Miller County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 10.8% |
| Mitchell County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 12.3% |
| Monroe County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 7.5% |
| Montgomery County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 11.5% |
| Morgan County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 9.1% |
| Murray County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 12.3% |
| Muscogee County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 13.6% |
| Newton County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 10.5% |
| Oconee County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 6.4% |
| Oglethorpe County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 8.5% |
| Paulding County | $10,660 | $9,766 | $9,308 | 11.9% |
| Peach County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 12.2% |
| Pickens County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 7.8% |
| Pierce County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 10.3% |
| Pike County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 8.9% |
| Polk County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 10.9% |
| Pulaski County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 17.5% |
| Putnam County | $7,748 | $7,176 | $6,864 | 12.7% |
| Quitman County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 14.5% |
| Rabun County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 9.9% |
| Randolph County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 22.9% |
| Richmond County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 14.7% |
| Rockdale County | $10,660 | $9,766 | $9,308 | 15.4% |
| Schley County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 10.6% |
| Screven County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 11.3% |
| Seminole County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 12.2% |
| Spalding County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 13.0% |
| Stephens County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 10.7% |
| Stewart County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 13.1% |
| Sumter County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 14.5% |
| Talbot County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 11.7% |
| Taliaferro County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 12.3% |
| Tattnall County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 10.9% |
| Taylor County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 13.9% |
| Telfair County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 13.5% |
| Terrell County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 13.0% |
| Thomas County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 10.1% |
| Tift County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 14.1% |
| Toombs County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 11.9% |
| Towns County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 10.2% |
| Treutlen County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 14.6% |
| Troup County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 13.9% |
| Turner County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 14.2% |
| Twiggs County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 11.2% |
| Union County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 9.4% |
| Upson County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 11.6% |
| Walker County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 10.8% |
| Walton County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 9.4% |
| Ware County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 12.8% |
| Warren County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 12.5% |
| Washington County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 12.9% |
| Wayne County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 11.3% |
| Webster County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 16.1% |
| Wheeler County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 15.5% |
| White County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 8.5% |
| Whitfield County | $7,436 | $6,916 | $6,638 | 12.5% |
| Wilcox County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 12.1% |
| Wilkes County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 10.9% |
| Wilkinson County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 13.8% |
| Worth County | $5,642 | $5,304 | $5,304 | 10.0% |
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does Georgia rank on childcare costs nationally?
Georgia's average center-based infant care ($6,591/yr) is cheaper than 93% of the 45 U.S. states with reported NDCP prices (national rank #3 of 45, cheapest = #1).
Is childcare more or less expensive in Georgia than the national average?
Georgia's average infant care price runs 31% below the national NDCP average ($9,592/yr) - a QUIET band in this site's sticker scale.
Does childcare cost vary a lot within Georgia?
Yes - Georgia's 159 reporting counties range from $5,330 to $10,660/yr for infant care, a $5,330 spread.
How does childcare cost change by child age in Georgia?
The age-based cost curve is unusually flat in Georgia - infant care runs only 9% above preschool, a narrower spread than most states.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau, National Database of Childcare Prices (NDCP). Costs shown are annual estimates
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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. State averages and county ranks are computed from the NDCP price tables joined to ACS median household income. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026. Primary sources: DOL Women's Bureau NDCP and U.S. Census Bureau ACS.