Using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the company Very Very Diapers examined the expenses associated with giving birth in each of the 50 states in the United States. It was discovered that the entire cost, encompassing prenatal care, delivery, and postnatal care, varied greatly, from roughly $6,000 to more over $13,000.
The expense of annual child care as well as the rent increase from a one-bedroom apartment to a two-bedroom apartment were also taken into account in the data.
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Alaska is the most costly state in the union to give birth, costing $13,244, more than twice as much as the least expensive state, Alabama, which is $6,191.
Costs of child care
The prices only go up for dual-income households in the United States, whose only choice if they don’t have trustworthy family or friends nearby, is to hire child care.
According to a recent LendingTree survey, the average rent in the 100 biggest metro areas in the country is currently 40% less than the cost of putting two young children in full-time childcare.
