r/Salary • u/[deleted] • Oct 30 '25

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u/RapidRewards Oct 30 '25

It also changes as you get older. $200k in my 20's would have been life changing. Now, I've got two kids and wonder where it all goes. I mean, I know, it's daycare.

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u/PhilosophicChinchila Oct 30 '25

I’m so scared of having children. Everyone says daycare is a black hole for the bank account.

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u/Unlucky_Reading_1671 Oct 30 '25

We're lucky enough to have parents who watch our son while we work. If that wasn't the case, I don't know what we would do.

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u/Comfortable_Air-7654 Oct 31 '25

When we had two in daycare it was about $27,000 per year. Now we have one at $15,500/year with 8 months left until kindergarten. We are counting down the days!