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BentleysBands 03:55 AM 10-08-2010
just curious as to what everyone makes and where you are located?? if this is too personal pls let me know, i'm sorry.

I'm in Virginia (southeast) and bring in $2,000 a month ...more if i do parent nights out. I charge on the lower end than most here.

i also have a second job of sewing and bring in close to $3,000 a month give or take

i quit daycare 2yrs ago thinkng i would put all my time in sewing but soon found out 5months later how much i missed my kids and the hugs/kisses so i started back up ..
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kpa0627 04:57 AM 10-08-2010
I make roughly $3,000 a month after paying my assistant and picking up a few things for projects and such. My food program pays me enough that I don't have to pay anything out of pocket for food so that helps also.
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thatgagirl 05:06 AM 10-08-2010
1600 or so a month right now. I am in a very LCOL area so my tuition is only 75-80 a week per child
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SilverSabre25 05:24 AM 10-08-2010
about $2k a month. That's recent, though, because for awhile there I had hardly any kids and was considering getting out of the business since we couldn't afford to live. I charge on the high end for my area.
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gbcc 05:31 AM 10-08-2010
I make about $3k per month after my deductions.

I make the same year around because I charge a flat rate for school agers that includes holidays and vacations so I don't get a lot in the summer and crud during the school year!
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SunflowerMama 05:37 AM 10-08-2010
Originally Posted by gbcc:
I make about $3k per month after my deductions.
I'm about the same. It's pretty recent though. I just went from 3 full-time to 6. So with my own two girls I'm at 8. I'm probably on the higher side for my area as far as rate.
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momofboys 05:41 AM 10-08-2010
Currently I only make about $600/month but I only have one family. In a week my numbers will jump to a little under $1100 a month when I add family #2.
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boysx5 06:06 AM 10-08-2010
I make close to 4,000 a month with six kids that I have I have two more spots to fill but not looking to do that anytime soon I'm happy with what I have
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marniewon 06:10 AM 10-08-2010
It's amazing how rates differ depending on what part of the country you are in!

Right now I'm making about $1400/month and I'm in MI. I only have 2 FT kids and a PT.
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tenderhearts 06:32 AM 10-08-2010
I make about $3600/mo before deductions. That's recent finally again after 4 years..YAY!!!!!!!
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PAMommy1228 09:03 AM 10-08-2010
I make about 3700 a month at the moment, and in another month or 2 I will make about 4500
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DanceMom 09:07 AM 10-08-2010
I'm in MN and I make $4100 a month.

I have 9 kids total of which 7 are daycare kids ( 2 are my own, and I think their daddy should start paying me ( haha )

One of those 7 is school age - I dont make much off of her.
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DancingQueen 09:19 AM 10-08-2010
I will be making 2800 per month before deductions and not counting what I'm reimbursed for food program.
that doesn't feel like much though..LOL
And I'm in an expensive state too.
I don't charge nearly as much as I should to be honest.
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DancingQueen 09:20 AM 10-08-2010
I take that back - I'll be at 3K
there - i feel better now.
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Unregistered 09:27 AM 10-08-2010
I make 960 a month I only have 2 dc kids and I like it this way its just extra money anyways hubby pays all the bills, buys all the food, and supplies for the house. When I was in MD and had 7 daycare kids I made 3 grand a month I enjoyed the money but not all the stress from having a big daycare.
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momofsix 10:27 AM 10-08-2010
I'm full with full and part time kids. I'm in MI and make about $2000/month before any deductions. Not as much as I should be making if I were a better business person and less of a softhearted (read pushover) one!
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momma2girls 10:39 AM 10-08-2010
I am in Iowa and the rates here range from $100-$220.00 a week for one child. I am at $130.00/wk. for one child.
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AnythingsPossible 06:42 AM 10-09-2010
I make around 2k a month, used to do around 4, but daycare has really gone down around here(wyoming!)
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My4SunshineGirlsNY 07:59 AM 10-09-2010
Right now I make $325/week on 3 families (4 kids)..$125/week for my full time 2 year old, $100/week on 2 before/after school girls, $100/week on a part day M-F boy. So on a 4 week period= $1300

That really isn't much after I buy the food (not on food program) and craft supplies and other daycare related products.

But I chose to keep it small this year, I have had several other offers in the past month..just got another call this week! It is so tempting to make more, but I have 4 girls that really need my attention for school work/sports...plus I wish to volunteer a few times in my younger 2 girls school class, if I add more, it would be too much on my mom that takes over for me while I do this.

I am thankful that my husband makes ok money for our area, we still pinch at times, like right now because there is so much going out this time of year (school clothes for 4 girls!, school pictures, cheerleading stuff, $400 worth of tires for my van), and it's times like this I wish I would take in more, but sometimes I have to talk myself out of it and remember that my girls need me and I have enough chaos with the daycare kids I have now.
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Unregistered 09:48 AM 10-09-2010
I am a registered member, but with this info I didn't want to sign in. I make about $1700/month after paying my part time assistant ($.50/hr over minimum wage) and building rent, but didn't count any other costs of owning a daycare. I have 11 kids, but only 4 full time children, the rest are part timers (2-4 days a week). On average I have 8 children each day (Only one day a week do I have all 11).
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mac60 08:08 PM 10-09-2010
After reading these rates.....I either need to move to another state or find a different job. Our rates here are terrible.
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momma2girls 11:37 AM 10-10-2010
Originally Posted by mac60:
After reading these rates.....I either need to move to another state or find a different job. Our rates here are terrible.
Yours definately are!!
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mac60 02:57 AM 10-11-2010
Originally Posted by Iowa daycare:
Yours definately are!!
What stinks is my rates are in line with other providers I know, the centers are a little higher than the home daycares.
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My4SunshineGirlsNY 04:30 AM 10-11-2010
Originally Posted by mac60:
After reading these rates.....I either need to move to another state or find a different job. Our rates here are terrible.
I know how you feel...it makes me sick knowing that I could make OOODLES more if I were 40 miles north from where I am.
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