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Child & Family Research Institute

School of Social Work

The University of Texas at Austin

2015 TEXAS CHILD CARE

MARKET RATE SURVEY FINAL REPORT

Conducted for:

The Texas Workforce Commission

By:

Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources

LBJ School of Public Affairs

The University of Texas at Austin

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction and Overview ....................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Overview of Study Design ....................................................................................................... 5

Sample of Child Care Facilities .............................................................................................. 5

Data Collection ...................................................................................................................... 6

Final Call Disposition ............................................................................................................. 7

Measures ............................................................................................................................... 8

Analytic Approach ................................................................................................................. 9

Analysis and Trends: Market Rates and Other Statistical Descriptions .............................. 10

2. Child Care Daily Market Rates ................................................................................................. 15

2.1 Child Care Daily Market Rates — State of Texas ................................................................... 17 2.2 Child Care Daily Market Rates by LWDA ............................................................................... 21 2.3 Child Care Daily Market Rates: Summary Tables by LWDA by Age Group ........................... 51 2.4 Child Care Daily Market Rates: Summary Tables by LWDA by Facility Type ......................... 67

3. Child Care Daily Market Rates and LWDA Established Rates: Percentile Analysis ...................... 83

3.1 Percentile Analysis ................................................................................................................ 85

4. Special Analyses ................................................................................................................... 101

4.1 Special Analyses — Services and Enrollment ...................................................................... 103 4.2 Special Analyses — Administrative Categories ................................................................... 119

Appendix A. Data Analysis ........................................................................................................ A-1

Appendix B. Questionnaires: Licensed Child Care Centers ......................................................... B-1

Appendix C. Questionnaire: Registered and Licensed Child Care Homes ..................................... C-1

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List of Figures

Figure 1.2.1 Share of Centers Offering Part-Day Care over Time ................................................. 12

Figure 1.2.2 Share of Licensed Homes Offering Part-Day Care over Time ..................................... 13

Figure 1.2.3 Share of Registered Homes Offering Part-Day Care over Time ................................. 14

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List of Tables

Table 1.1.1 Overview of Sample and Response Rate by Child Care Facility Type ........................... 3

Table 1.2.1 Eligibility Status of Child Care Facilities...................................................................... 7

Table 1.2.2 Final Call Disposition of Eligible Child Care Facilities .................................................. 8

Table 1.2.3 Summary of Survey Data Collected by Facility Type ................................................... 9

Table 2.1 Child Care Daily Market Rates — State of Texas .......................................................... 19

Table 2.1.1 Child Care Daily Market Rates by Age Group — State of Texas .................................. 20

Table 2.1.2 Child Care Daily Market Rates by Facility Type — State of Texas ............................... 20

Table 2.2.1 Child Care Daily Market Rates by LWDA ................................................................... 23

LWDA 1 Panhandle ................................................................................................................ 23

LWDA 2 South Plains .............................................................................................................. 24

LWDA 3 North Texas .............................................................................................................. 25

LWDA 4 North Central Texas ................................................................................................. 26

LWDA 5 Tarrant County ......................................................................................................... 27

LWDA 6 Dallas ........................................................................................................................ 28

LWDA 7 North East Texas ...................................................................................................... 29

LWDA 8 East Texas ................................................................................................................. 30

LWDA 9 West Central Texas .................................................................................................. 31

LWDA 10 Upper Rio Grande .................................................................................................. 32

LWDA 11 Permian Basin ........................................................................................................ 33

LWDA 12 Concho Valley ......................................................................................................... 34

LWDA 13 Heart of Texas ........................................................................................................ 35

LWDA 14 Capital Area ............................................................................................................ 36

LWDA 15 Rural Capital ........................................................................................................... 37

LWDA 16 Brazos Valley .......................................................................................................... 38

LWDA 17 Deep East Texas ..................................................................................................... 39

LWDA 18 South East Texas .................................................................................................... 40

LWDA 19 Golden Crescent ..................................................................................................... 41

LWDA 20 Alamo ..................................................................................................................... 42

LWDA 21 South Texas ............................................................................................................ 43

LWDA 22 Coastal Bend .......................................................................................................... 44

LWDA 23 Lower Rio Grande Valley ........................................................................................ 45

LWDA 24 Cameron County .................................................................................................... 46

LWDA 25 Texoma ................................................................................................................... 47

LWDA 26 Central Texas .......................................................................................................... 48

LWDA 27 Middle Rio Grande ................................................................................................. 49

LWDA 28 Gulf Coast ............................................................................................................... 50

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Table 2.3.1 Child Care Daily Market Rates: Summary Tables by LWDA by Age Group .................. 53

LWDA 1 Panhandle ................................................................................................................ 53


LWDA 3 North Texas .............................................................................................................. 54



LWDA 6 Dallas ........................................................................................................................ 55


LWDA 8 East Texas ................................................................................................................. 56












LWDA 20 Alamo ..................................................................................................................... 62

LWDA 21 South Texas ............................................................................................................ 63




LWDA 25 Texoma ................................................................................................................... 65



LWDA 28 Gulf Coast ............................................................................................................... 66

Table 2.4.1 Child Care Daily Market Rates: Summary Tables by LWDA by Facility Type ................ 69

LWDA 1 Panhandle ................................................................................................................ 69


LWDA 3 North Texas .............................................................................................................. 70



LWDA 6 Dallas ........................................................................................................................ 71


LWDA 8 East Texas ................................................................................................................. 72





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LWDA 20 Alamo ..................................................................................................................... 78

LWDA 21 South Texas ............................................................................................................ 79




LWDA 25 Texoma ................................................................................................................... 81



LWDA 28 Gulf Coast ............................................................................................................... 82

Table 3.1.1 Percentile Analyses by Facility Type ......................................................................... 85

Table 3.1.2 Percentile Analyses by Rate Type ............................................................................. 86

Table 3.1.3 Percentile Analyses by Age Group ............................................................................ 86

Table 3.1.4 Percentile Analyses by LWDA ................................................................................... 87

Table 3.1.5 Board Maximum Rates ............................................................................................ 88

Licensed Centers: Board Maximum Rate by Age Group ........................................................ 88

Licensed Centers: Percentile of Board Maximum Rate by Age Group .................................. 89

Licensed Homes: Board Maximum Rate by Age Group ......................................................... 90

Licensed Homes: Percentile of Board Maximum Rate by Age Group .................................... 91

Registered Homes: Board Maximum Rate ............................................................................. 92

Registered Homes: Percentile of Board Maximum Rate ....................................................... 93

Table 3.1.6 Board Maximum Enhanced Rates............................................................................. 94

Licensed Centers: Board Maximum Enhanced Rate .............................................................. 94

Licensed Centers: Percentile of Board Maximum Enhanced Rate......................................... 95

Licensed Homes: Board Maximum Enhanced Rate ............................................................... 96

Licensed Homes: Percentile of Board Maximum Enhanced Rate .......................................... 97

Registered Homes: Board Maximum Enhanced Rate ............................................................ 98

Registered Homes: Percentile of Board Maximum Enhanced Rate ...................................... 99

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Table 4.1.1 Special Analyses: Texas Services and Enrollment .................................................... 103

Table 4.1.2 Special Analyses: Services and Enrollment by LWDA ............................................... 104

LWDA 1 Panhandle .............................................................................................................. 104

LWDA 2 South Plains ............................................................................................................ 104

LWDA 3 North Texas ............................................................................................................ 105

LWDA 4 North Central Texas ............................................................................................... 105

LWDA 5 Tarrant County ....................................................................................................... 106

LWDA 6 Dallas ...................................................................................................................... 106

LWDA 7 North East Texas .................................................................................................... 107

LWDA 8 East Texas ............................................................................................................... 107

LWDA 9 West Central Texas ................................................................................................ 108

LWDA 10 Upper Rio Grande ................................................................................................ 108

LWDA 11 Permian Basin ...................................................................................................... 109

LWDA 12 Concho Valley ....................................................................................................... 109

LWDA 13 Heart of Texas ...................................................................................................... 110

LWDA 14 Capital Area .......................................................................................................... 110

LWDA 15 Rural Capital ......................................................................................................... 111

LWDA 16 Brazos Valley ........................................................................................................ 111

LWDA 17 Deep East Texas ................................................................................................... 112

LWDA 18 South East Texas .................................................................................................. 112

LWDA 19 Golden Crescent ................................................................................................... 113

LWDA 20 Alamo ................................................................................................................... 113

LWDA 21 South Texas .......................................................................................................... 114

LWDA 22 Coastal Bend ........................................................................................................ 114

LWDA 23 Lower Rio Grande Valley ...................................................................................... 115

LWDA 24 Cameron County .................................................................................................. 115

LWDA 25 Texoma ................................................................................................................. 116

LWDA 26 Central Texas ........................................................................................................ 116

LWDA 27 Middle Rio Grande ............................................................................................... 117

LWDA 28 Gulf Coast ............................................................................................................. 117

Table 4.2.1 Special Analyses: Texas Administrative Categories ................................................. 121

Table 4.2.2 Special Analyses: Administrative Categories by LWDA ............................................ 122

LWDA 1 Panhandle .............................................................................................................. 122

LWDA 2 South Plains ............................................................................................................ 122

LWDA 3 North Texas ............................................................................................................ 123

LWDA 4 North Central Texas ............................................................................................... 123

LWDA 5 Tarrant County ....................................................................................................... 124

LWDA 6 Dallas ...................................................................................................................... 124

LWDA 7 North East Texas .................................................................................................... 125

LWDA 8 East Texas ............................................................................................................... 125

LWDA 9 West Central Texas ................................................................................................ 126

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LWDA 10 Upper Rio Grande ................................................................................................ 126

LWDA 11 Permian Basin ...................................................................................................... 127

LWDA 12 Concho Valley ....................................................................................................... 127

LWDA 13 Heart of Texas ...................................................................................................... 128

LWDA 14 Capital Area .......................................................................................................... 128

LWDA 15 Rural Capital ......................................................................................................... 129

LWDA 16 Brazos Valley ........................................................................................................ 129

LWDA 17 Deep East Texas ................................................................................................... 130

LWDA 18 South East Texas .................................................................................................. 130

LWDA 19 Golden Crescent ................................................................................................... 131

LWDA 20 Alamo ................................................................................................................... 131

LWDA 21 South Texas .......................................................................................................... 132

LWDA 22 Coastal Bend ........................................................................................................ 132

LWDA 23 Lower Rio Grande Valley ...................................................................................... 133

LWDA 24 Cameron County .................................................................................................. 133

LWDA 25 Texoma ................................................................................................................. 134

LWDA 26 Central Texas ........................................................................................................ 134

LWDA 27 Middle Rio Grande ............................................................................................... 135

LWDA 28 Gulf Coast ............................................................................................................. 135

Table A-1. Area Effects, Untransformed Rates ......................................................................... A-5

Table A-2. Rate Type Effects ................................................................................................... A-6

1. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

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1.1 INTRODUCTION

The Child and Family Research Institute (CFRI), in partnership with the Ray Marshall Center for

the Study of Human Resources (RMC), has undertaken the Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey 20151 as

contracted by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) via Purchase Order number 3201500042.

This report summarizes child care market rate data for the entire state of Texas and for each of

its 28 local workforce development areas (LWDAs). Three types of child care facilities were surveyed

between September 2014 and March 2015: licensed child care centers, registered homes and licensed

homes. In the survey, licensed and registered homes are grouped together, but separated for analysis.

Table 1.1 below details the sample for the survey.

Table 1.1.1 Overview of Sample and Response Rate by Child Care Facility Type

Facility Type Total

Sampled Total

Eligible Total

Respondents Response

Rate*

Licensed child care centers 2530 2272 1783 78.5%

Registered and licensed child care homes 1949 1633 829 50.8%

Total 4479 3905 2612 66.9%

*Response rate is calculated based on the number of completed calls for those eligible to take the survey.

The report includes four sections, followed by several technical appendices. The first section,

this introduction, briefly describes the research methods used for this survey and provides an analytic

overview of key findings.

The second section is comprised of four sub-sections: first, statistics describing the distributions

of statewide market rates for child care are presented. Second, daily market rates for child care are

presented for each LWDA by: type of facility, age group, and full-day vs. part-day status. In addition to

the mean daily rates, the following percentiles are provided: 30th, 40th, 50th (median), 60th, 70th, and 75th.

Third, tables for each LWDA include a summary of rate data by age group (collapsed across facility

types). Finally, tables for each LWDA summarize rate data by facility type (collapsed across age groups).

The third section consists of a percentile analysis that compares data on local areas’ maximum

allowable reimbursement rates with actual market rate distributions. This section first includes a

1 Note that, beginning with the present 2015 report, the title has been changed to represent the report completion

year, rather than the year in which data collection was initiated. Thus, while there may appear to be a two year gap since the last report, titled the Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey 2013, in fact it has been only one year since the last report was published.

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presentation of maximum allowable reimbursement rates by LWDA by type of facility, age group, and

part- or full-day care, followed by an analysis of the percentiles at which such rates will allow

reimbursement. These analyses are presented in two groups: one for regular maximum reimbursement

rates, and another for maximum ‘enhanced’ reimbursement rates that may be available to certain

providers, depending on local rules.

The fourth section contains two sub-sections. The first sub section reports the percentages of

respondents offering care at non-traditional hours, and transportation services offered by LWDA and

facility type. Also included in this sub section are percentages of facilities with national accreditation

and Texas Rising Star status, as well as two similar but distinct measures of the percentage of facilities

serving any subsidized children, and the proportion of the enrolled children receiving a child care

subsidy. The second sub-section includes percentages of non-sectarian providers (non-profit and for-

profit), sectarian providers (non-profit and for-profit), and community-based organizations (non-profit

and for-profit).

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1.2 OVERVIEW OF STUDY DESIGN

This discussion of the study design briefly describes the sampling technique, the interview

process, and the analysis for the 2015 Child Care Market Rate Survey. A more detailed technical

description of the analytic approach for the project is supplied in Appendix A. This section concludes

with a brief analysis of trends by comparing results of this market rate survey to those of the prior year’s

survey, which was based on 2013 data and completed in early 2014.2

Sample of Child Care Facilities

The population of interest in this study is the priced child care market in Texas. Licensed and

registered facilities that charge families directly and do not discount rates based on prior relationships

with families are included in this study to determine child care market rates. The 2015 study sample

was drawn from a list of all 15,705 licensed and registered child care facilities provided by the Texas

Department of Family and Protective Services (TDFPS) in August 2014. The list included three types of

child care facilities in each of the 28 local workforce development areas (LWDAs):

● Licensed Child Care Centers (LCCCs)

● Licensed Child Care Homes (LCCHs)

● Registered Child Care Homes (RCCHs)

Head Start facilities were removed from the list prior to sampling because they do not charge

families directly. Next, a small statewide representative sample of 1,000 facilities was randomly

selected in order to 1) provide greater statistical power for estimating statewide rates and trends and 2)

increase the precision of rate estimates for the largest local boards that provide the bulk of care in the

state. A second random sample was drawn from the remaining facilities to estimate rates at the LWDA

level. For this latter sample, we chose a target number of centers and a separate target for homes from

every LWDA based on projections of the number needed to yield an average of 35 independent rate

observations in center and home full-day rate categories.3 Projections based on detailed response rates

to the 2011 through 2013 surveys indicated that, on average, 76 LCCCs, 10 LCCHs, and 59 RCCHs per

LWDA were needed to reach this goal. These target numbers were then increased by 7 percent to 13

percent for LWDA and facility type combinations that showed low response rates in recent surveys. The

target number of facilities was then randomly selected from each LWDA, or if fewer providers were

available in any given combination of LWDA and facility type, the entire population was selected (a

2 As noted elsewhere in this document, due to a change in the naming convention, the present “2015” survey

follows the prior “2013” survey by only one year. 3 Starting with the 2013 survey, licensed and registered homes were combined for sampling projection and

selection purposes, thus resulting in a higher proportion of registered homes being targeted, but also more in line with their greater representation among home providers statewide.

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complete census). Implementation of this sampling scheme resulted in all facilities of any type being

selected from three LWDAs: 12, 17 and 27. A complete census of LCCCs was necessary in 8 LWDAs, a

complete census of LCCHs was necessary in 3 LWDAs, and a complete census of RCCHs was necessary in

fifteen LWDAs.

Before final local rates were estimated, data from the statewide sample were added to that

from the local samples in their respective areas, and the weighting schemes (for estimating statewide

rates) were adjusted accordingly. Due to changes in the estimation procedures, originally implemented

in the 2010 survey and described in the small area estimation section of Appendix A, the number of rate

observations collected by this design was adequate to provide stable rate estimates for all LWDAs,

without needing to rely on rates from adjacent areas or any other kinds of estimates or approximations.

Data Collection

Detailed training and supervision was provided to research staff members on survey

methodology, interviewing protocols, data entry and collection, and tracking procedures by advanced

graduate students and the project manager.

Prior to interviews, the research staff mailed an introductory letter to all facilities in the sample

explaining the survey purpose, goals and objectives, confidentiality policies, and the voluntary nature of

participation. Information was presented in both English and Spanish unless providers’ surnames

suggested they were of Vietnamese origin, in which case information was presented in both English and

Vietnamese.

A seven-station call center at CFRI operated Monday through Friday between 8:00 AM to 7:00

PM. Research staff members maintained a tracking database containing basic provider information

(facility name, LWDA, phone number, facility identification number) and call history (number of

attempts, date and time of attempt, preferred calling times, appointments, call results, final status). A

minimum of two morning and two afternoon/evening calls were made to contact each provider

beginning in September 2014 and ending in March 2015. The research staff administered calls at least

one week apart unless an appointment or preferred calling time was established with a provider. In

these cases, the staff made up to three additional attempts to complete the survey.

In order to prevent any delay in data collection and increase participation, bilingual research

staff members (5 English/Spanish and 1 English/Vietnamese) conducted interviews with centers and

homes. An additional research staff member conducted interviews with all identified multi-site

facilities. A website was also constructed to present further information about the survey to providers.

Finally, a toll free number was available for providers to return missed calls, return a message, or ask

further questions about the survey.

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If research staff were unable to complete the survey after all attempts had been made to reach

a provider, the facility would be marked as ‘overdialed’ and no more attempts to contact that facility

would be made. In cases where the phone number provided was disconnected or no longer in service,

the research staff attempted to contact the facility three times at least one week apart. If the number

was still not working and no additional information was available online, the staff determined the facility

to be ineligible.

During an interview, research staff members screened out facilities that did not represent the

true price market for child care in Texas. These facilities include those that only offered drop-in care,

part-time care with no after-school care, summer camps, care provided to specific populations only (i.e.

children with special needs, children of teen moms, children of staff at a company, etc.), and

free/family-discounted child care services. School and kindergarten programs that did not offer regular

afterschool care and Headstart programs were also excluded. Finally, facilities that had closed or no

longer had children enrolled were determined to be ineligible.

Final Call Disposition

A total of 4479 child care facilities (2530 centers and 1949 homes) were included in the sample

this year. Of these facilities, 574 (12.8%) did not meet study eligibility criteria and were dropped from

the response rate calculations. For centers, the top reasons for not meeting eligibility criteria included:

1) Drop-in care, part day program, or school with no afterschool program (42.2%);

2) Disconnected number or non-working number (19.9%);

3) Care to specific population only (17.4%).

For homes, top reasons for ineligibility included:

1) Closed or not providing care (44.0%);

2) Disconnected number or non-working number (37.7%);

3) Free/Family-discounted child care (14.5%).

Table 1.2.1 below details the eligibility of child care providers who were contacted.

Table 1.2.1 Eligibility Status of Child Care Facilities

Homes Centers Total

Not Eligible 316 (16.2%) 258 (10.2%) 574 (12.8%)

Eligible 1633 (83.8%) 2272 (89.8%) 3905 (87.2%)

Total 1949 (100.0%) 2530 (100.0%) 4479 (100.0%)

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The number of eligible providers is used to calculate the overall response rate. Of the 3905

eligible child care providers, 2612 (66.9%) completed the survey. While this overall response rate

increased from previous surveys, homes continue to have lower response rates than centers. The

overall response rate for homes was 50.8% and the overall response rate for centers was 78.5%. Table

1.2.2 below details the final call disposition of all eligible child care facilities.

Table 1.2.2 Final Call Disposition of Eligible Child Care Facilities

Homes Centers Total

Completed 829 (50.8%) 1783 (78.5%) 2612 (66.9%)

Refused 63 (3.9%) 48 (2.1%) 111 (2.8%)

Overdialed 726 (44.5%) 428 (18.8%) 1154 (29.6%)

Withdrew 9 (0.6%) 4 (0.2%) 13 (0.3%)

Partial 6 (0.4%) 9 (0.4%) 15 (0.4%)

Total 1633 (100.0%) 2272 (100.0%) 3905 (100.0%)

HOMES: Both licensed and registered homes were combined into a single sample of 1949

homes. Of these, 829 (50.8%) completed interviews, 63 (3.9%) refused to complete interviews, and 9

(0.6%) withdrew or declined to participate in the study after they began an interview. An additional six

providers (0.4%) completed only a portion of the interview. Finally, 726 (44.5%) providers were

overdialed.

CENTERS: 2272 centers were sampled. Of these, 1783 (78.5%) completed interviews, 48 (2.1%)

refused to complete interviews, and 4 (0.5%) withdrew or declined to participate in the study after they

began an interview. An additional nine providers (0.2%) completed only a portion of the interview.

Finally, 428 (18.8%) providers were overdialed.

Measures

The Market Rate Surveys for home-based and center-based facilities covered similar topics.

However, home-based facilities provided detailed information concerning each child under their care

(age, exact schedule of care, and rate charged), whereas center-based facilities provided rates by age

group and by whether care was full-day or part-day (six hours or less per day). See Table 1.2. for a

summary of information collected on home-based and center-based surveys.

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Table 1.2.3 Summary of Survey Data Collected by Facility Type

Topics Home-based survey Center-based survey

Hours of operation Yes Yes

Vacation schedules Yes Yes

Child age and enrollment Individual age and schedule for

each child in care *Facility-determined age groups

and enrollment by age group

Rates Rate Type (CCS/Non-CCS) and

individual rate charged per child Full-time and part-day rates by

age group

Additional Fees

Yes Yes Registration

Enrollment

Activity

Administrative Categories

Yes Yes Non-profit/for-profit

Associations

Transportation

National Accreditations Yes Yes

Texas Rising Star Program Yes Yes

*Center rate data were gathered for children in various age groups, using the facility-determined age group cutoffs to set rates. These data were then collapsed into the following standard age groups for reporting: Infants (0-17 months); toddlers (18-35 months); preschoolers (36-71 months); and school age children (72 months and over).

Analytic Approach

The technical appendix provides a detailed account of the analytic approach taken in producing

the rates in this report. It is particularly important to note, however, that virtually all of the daily market

rate percentiles and other statistics presented in this report are based on large and statistically reliable

sample sizes. Even in the scarcest categories of care, such as part-day infant and toddler care in LCCHs,

and part-day infant care in RCCHs, the numbers of rates gathered were sufficient for estimating stable

rates.

Because different types of facilities tend to set their rates differently, analysis of center rates

was based on the rates for a category of care (for example, full-day care for toddlers), while the rates for

home-based care (LCCH and RCCH) were determined by the amounts charged for individual children.

That is, as mentioned earlier, in interviews with centers the researchers asked for the rates charged for a

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particular age group following a particular schedule. In contrast, researchers asked home-based

facilities for the age and rate charged for each individual child.

After the data were collected, all rates that appeared extremely high or low (known as outliers)

were identified, and researchers individually checked each rate report and corrected any errors they

found. Subsequent to these corrections, a small portion of the most extreme outliers remaining in the

sample were corrected to remove their excessive influence on statistical measures of the rates

distributions. In addition, similar procedures were implemented to detect instances in which the

number of slots reported for a given rate was too extreme, whether too high or too low, and to correct

these extremes to more reasonable values. In general, as one might expect in a large and diverse state,

extreme rates, whether at the low or high end of the scale, were typically the result of unusual services

provided by an individual facility and/or variations in subsidies and financing rather than research error.

Analysis and Trends: Market Rates and Other Statistical Descriptions

The basic outcomes for this report are presented in two sections: the first provides the child

care rates; the second describes the prevalence of services and financial and organizational

arrangements among child care facilities. Several interesting trends emerge from this analysis.

The data and analysis in this report are voluminous. The primary tables of daily child care

market rates that form the next section of this report give seven statistics for each of four age groups in

each of two schedule types (part-day and full-day) in three types of facilities for each of the 28 LWDA

Boards. These data yield a total of 4704 statistics. It is likely that in such a massive report, some

anomalies will emerge in the numbers. A systematic analysis was done of all possible comparisons

looking for common rate anomalies, such as when an older child rate significantly exceeds the

corresponding rate for a younger child, or a part-day rate exceeds the corresponding full-day rate.

However, with the changes to the estimation method beginning with the 2010 survey (see small area

estimation, Appendix A), none of these types of anomalies are present.

A comparison of the daily market rates reported in this 2015 survey to those observed in 2013

reveal several interesting trends that are evident on a statewide level.4 Overall, across facility types and

age groups, median daily rates decreased by about 4.3 percent during this period, or about -$0.87 per

day, when compared to 2013 median daily rates. Although we typically find that rates increase from

4 Median rates are compared over time as the better measure of central tendency, though higher percentiles may

be deemed more appropriate for rate-setting. Comparisons were made of all 672 median rates (28 areas multiplied by 24 rate categories) reported in this 2015 survey versus the same rates from the latest (2013) survey, and are weighted to be representative of care provided on a statewide basis. As noted elsewhere in this document, due to a change in the naming convention, the present “2015” survey follows the prior “2013” survey by only one year.

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around two to five percent per year, it is not unusual for rates to decline. This is the second time in the

last 7 annual surveys that typical overall rates were found to decline.

This decreasing trend in rates from the prior year’s report to this report is a product of diverging

trends among the different facility types. Although all facility types showed rate declines, the overall

rate decline was driven primarily by decreasing rates among Licensed Homes:

In Licensed Child Care Centers, median rates decreased by an average of 1.9 percent, or about -$0.42 per day.

In Licensed Child Care Homes, median rates decreased by an average of 7.5 percent, or about -$1.46 per day.

In Registered Child Care Homes, median rates decreased by an average of 2.5 percent, or about -$0.48 per day.

Changes in the market rates varied slightly by age groups of the children served:

Median rates for infants decreased by an average of 4 percent, or about -$0.87 per day.

Median rates for toddlers decreased by an average of 4.2 percent, or about -$0.91 per day.

Median rates for preschoolers decreased by an average of 4.5 percent, or about -$0.86 per day.

Median rates for school aged children decreased by an average of 4.8 percent, or about -$0.82 per day.

Daily rates for full-day care did not decline as much as rates for part-day:

Median full-day rates decreased by an average of 2.9 percent, or about -$0.64 per day.

Median part-day rates decreased by an average of 6.2 percent, or about -$1.10 per day.

Finally, comparing rates across regions, as in prior years, the Austin region (including Capital

Area, LWDA 14; and Rural Capital, LWDA 15) and parts of the DFW region (including North Central Texas,

LWDA 4; and Tarrant County, LWDA 5) have the most expensive child care in the state. Alamo (LWDA

20) and Gulf Coast (LWDA 28) are not far behind in terms of high rates. The least expensive care in the

state, as before, is in Cameron County (LWDA 24), with other areas of the Rio Grande Valley not far

behind.

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Several other trends noted in previous surveys were again evident in this 2015 survey. In recent

years we have noted a short supply in most areas of the state of part-day infant care, as well as part-day

care in general. To examine trends over time in part-day care availability for the various age groups, we

present the following figures showing percentages of facilities surveyed that offer part-day care. These

are shown for each of the last nine years the market rate survey was conducted.5

Figure 1.2.1 Share of Centers Offering Part-Day Care over Time

Figure 1.2.1 illustrates these trends for Licensed Centers. From this figure, it is apparent that

part-day infant and toddler care are the least likely of the age groups to be offered. Shares of centers

offering part-day preschool or school age care have fluctuated over time, but in recent years the trend

seems to be toward greater availability of part time care for these older children in centers.

5 Survey was not conducted in 2008. As noted elsewhere in this document, due to a change in the naming

convention, the present “2015” survey follows the prior “2013” survey by only one year.

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Figure 1.2.2 shows these trends over time for Licensed Homes. Part-day care in licensed homes

was scarce even in 2005, with fewer than ten percent of facilities offering such care to children of any

age. By 2012, the share of such facilities offering part-day care was very low, regardless of the age of

the child. As of 2015, availability of part day care shows signs of improving for older children, but is still

quite low at less than five percent of facilities.

Figure 1.2.2 Share of Licensed Homes Offering Part-Day Care over Time

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Figure 1.2.3 illustrates these trends for registered homes. As is the case with the other facility

types, it appears that greater shares of registered homes offer part-day care for older children, and this

figure may be rising slightly in recent years. However, generally low rates of facilities offering part-day

care tend to persist among registered homes as well.

Figure 1.2.3 Share of Registered Homes Offering Part-Day Care over Time

Due to this generally low availability of part-day care, it is difficult to gather sufficient rate data

to estimate part-day rates for all areas. Appendix A describes efforts undertaken for the 2010 through

current surveys to estimate part-day rates in some categories of care in licensed and registered homes

with the least availability of part-day care.

2. CHILD CARE DAILY MARKET RATES

2.1 CHILD CARE DAILY MARKET RATES — STATE OF TEXAS

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Table 2.1 Texas Child Care Daily Market Rates — State of Texas

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Infant Full-time $34.95 $27.54 $30.19 $34.14 $38.18 $42.18 $45.54

Part-time $28.48 $21.21 $26.08 $29.54 $34.63 $36.04 $37.34

Toddler Full-time $31.60 $24.96 $27.06 $30.19 $33.50 $37.92 $41.01

Part-time $26.22 $20.21 $24.29 $27.55 $30.68 $31.85 $32.71

Preschool Full-time $29.58 $23.72 $26.13 $28.85 $31.40 $35.23 $37.38

Part-time $17.40 $13.28 $14.26 $15.17 $17.26 $19.31 $21.04

School age Full-time $25.42 $20.14 $22.15 $24.13 $25.92 $29.10 $31.38

Part-time $14.94 $12.52 $13.19 $14.26 $15.27 $17.17 $17.92

Licensed Child Care Homes

Infant Full-time $24.91 $20.38 $23.00 $24.19 $26.00 $29.00 $30.29

Part-time $20.17 $16.00 $16.00 $16.00 $16.00 $16.00 $30.19


Part-time $14.62 $9.00 $10.00 $14.57 $14.57 $15.00 $17.00


Part-time $11.58 $10.00 $10.49 $12.00 $13.00 $13.00 $13.12


Part-time $10.29 $9.00 $9.10 $10.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.75

Registered Child Care Homes

Infant Full-time $24.97 $20.13 $24.00 $25.00 $26.10 $30.00 $30.00

Part-time $20.46 $13.04 $25.00 $25.00 $26.78 $26.78 $30.36


Part-time $16.20 $13.00 $15.00 $15.00 $15.10 $16.17 $20.00


Part-time $13.76 $10.00 $12.00 $13.00 $13.13 $15.00 $15.52


Part-time $11.74 $10.00 $10.00 $10.10 $12.00 $13.00 $15.00

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Table 2.1.1 Child Care Daily Market Rates by Age Group — State of Texas

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Infant Full-day $34.01 $27.00 $29.24 $32.56 $36.41 $41.25 $43.69

Part-day $28.22 $21.21 $25.00 $29.30 $33.51 $36.04 $37.21

Toddler Full-day $30.51 $24.00 $26.19 $28.93 $32.14 $36.12 $38.70

Part-day $26.03 $20.00 $24.01 $27.39 $30.68 $31.49 $32.71

Preschool Full-day $29.32 $23.37 $25.83 $28.46 $31.13 $35.15 $36.89

Part-day $17.27 $13.23 $14.19 $15.10 $17.15 $19.24 $21.04

School age Full-day $25.24 $20.13 $22.00 $24.13 $25.92 $29.10 $31.29

Part-day $14.83 $12.52 $13.17 $14.26 $15.23 $17.13 $17.86

Table 2.1.2 Child Care Daily Market Rates by Facility Type — State of Texas

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Full-day $30.66 $24.19 $26.65 $29.39 $32.50 $36.37 $38.54

Part-day $16.07 $13.00 $13.58 $14.77 $16.19 $18.00 $18.54


Full-day $22.92 $19.00 $20.00 $22.23 $25.00 $27.00 $28.00

Part-day $10.93 $9.00 $10.00 $10.49 $12.00 $13.00 $13.00


Full-day $22.09 $18.00 $20.00 $20.13 $24.00 $25.00 $26.21

Part-day $12.28 $10.00 $10.00 $11.00 $12.17 $13.60 $15.00

2.2 CHILD CARE DAILY MARKET RATES BY LWDA

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Table 2.2.1 Child Care Daily Market Rates by LWDA

LWDA 1 Panhandle

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Infant Full-time $24.00 $20.94 $22.29 $23.60 $24.95 $26.42 $27.26

Part-time $20.13 $17.30 $18.53 $19.73 $20.97 $22.32 $23.09


Part-time $18.79 $16.06 $17.24 $18.40 $19.59 $20.90 $21.65


Part-time $15.49 $12.98 $14.04 $15.09 $16.18 $17.37 $18.05


Part-time $14.72 $12.26 $13.30 $14.32 $15.38 $16.54 $17.20

Licensed Child Care Homes (rates from 6 of 15 facilities in area)

Infant Full-time $20.84 $17.97 $19.22 $20.44 $21.70 $23.08 $23.86

Part-time $16.20 $13.64 $14.73 $15.80 $16.91 $18.13 $18.82


Part-time $16.00 $13.45 $14.54 $15.60 $16.70 $17.91 $18.60


Part-time $13.68 $11.31 $12.31 $13.29 $14.31 $15.43 $16.07


Part-time $13.22 $10.88 $11.86 $12.82 $13.83 $14.93 $15.56

Registered Child Care Homes (rates from 25 of 88 facilities in area)

Infant Full-time $20.65 $17.79 $19.03 $20.25 $21.50 $22.87 $23.65

Part-time $16.63 $14.04 $15.15 $16.24 $17.36 $18.59 $19.29


Part-time $17.99 $15.30 $16.46 $17.59 $18.76 $20.04 $20.77


Part-time $13.91 $11.52 $12.53 $13.52 $14.54 $15.67 $16.32


Part-time $12.60 $10.31 $11.27 $12.21 $13.18 $14.26 $14.88

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LWDA 2 South Plains

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Infant Full-time $21.95 $19.42 $20.55 $21.65 $22.77 $23.99 $24.69

Part-time $18.71 $16.37 $17.40 $18.41 $19.45 $20.58 $21.22


Part-time $17.59 $15.31 $16.32 $17.29 $18.30 $19.40 $20.02


Part-time $14.79 $12.68 $13.60 $14.49 $15.41 $16.42 $16.99


Part-time $14.13 $12.07 $12.96 $13.83 $14.73 $15.72 $16.28


Infant Full-time $19.31 $16.93 $17.98 $19.01 $20.07 $21.21 $21.86

Part-time $15.40 $13.25 $14.19 $15.10 $16.04 $17.07 $17.65


Part-time $15.22 $13.09 $14.02 $14.93 $15.86 $16.88 $17.46


Part-time $13.25 $11.24 $12.11 $12.95 $13.82 $14.78 $15.32


Part-time $12.85 $10.87 $11.72 $12.55 $13.41 $14.35 $14.89


Infant Full-time $19.15 $16.78 $17.83 $18.85 $19.90 $21.04 $21.69

Part-time $15.76 $13.59 $14.54 $15.46 $16.42 $17.46 $18.05


Part-time $16.91 $14.67 $15.65 $16.61 $17.60 $18.67 $19.28


Part-time $13.44 $11.42 $12.29 $13.14 $14.02 $14.99 $15.53


Part-time $12.32 $10.38 $11.21 $12.02 $12.86 $13.78 $14.31

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LWDA 3 North Texas

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Infant Full-time $21.26 $18.41 $19.66 $20.88 $22.13 $23.49 $24.27

Part-time $17.68 $15.06 $16.19 $17.30 $18.44 $19.69 $20.40


Part-time $16.45 $13.92 $15.01 $16.07 $17.17 $18.38 $19.07


Part-time $13.42 $11.10 $12.08 $13.03 $14.03 $15.12 $15.75


Part-time $12.71 $10.45 $11.40 $12.33 $13.30 $14.36 $14.97


Infant Full-time $18.34 $15.67 $16.83 $17.95 $19.12 $20.39 $21.11

Part-time $14.07 $11.71 $12.71 $13.69 $14.71 $15.82 $16.46


Part-time $13.89 $11.53 $12.53 $13.50 $14.51 $15.62 $16.26


Part-time $11.77 $9.59 $10.49 $11.39 $12.32 $13.34 $13.93


Part-time $11.35 $9.20 $10.09 $10.96 $11.88 $12.88 $13.46


Infant Full-time $18.16 $15.51 $16.66 $17.78 $18.94 $20.20 $20.92

Part-time $14.47 $12.07 $13.09 $14.08 $15.12 $16.25 $16.90


Part-time $15.71 $13.23 $14.29 $15.33 $16.40 $17.58 $18.26


Part-time $11.98 $9.78 $10.69 $11.59 $12.53 $13.57 $14.16


Part-time $10.79 $8.69 $9.55 $10.40 $11.29 $12.28 $12.84

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LWDA 4 North Central Texas

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Infant Full-time $33.34 $28.89 $30.84 $32.74 $34.70 $36.83 $38.05

Part-time $27.75 $23.66 $25.43 $27.16 $28.94 $30.89 $32.00


Part-time $25.83 $21.87 $23.57 $25.24 $26.96 $28.84 $29.92


Part-time $21.09 $17.47 $18.99 $20.49 $22.05 $23.75 $24.73


Part-time $19.98 $16.45 $17.93 $19.39 $20.90 $22.56 $23.52


Infant Full-time $28.78 $24.62 $26.42 $28.18 $30.00 $31.99 $33.12

Part-time $22.11 $18.42 $19.98 $21.51 $23.10 $24.85 $25.85


Part-time $21.82 $18.15 $19.70 $21.22 $22.80 $24.54 $25.53


Part-time $18.51 $15.10 $16.52 $17.92 $19.37 $20.97 $21.89


Part-time $17.85 $14.49 $15.88 $17.25 $18.68 $20.26 $21.16


Infant Full-time $28.50 $24.36 $26.15 $27.91 $29.71 $31.69 $32.82

Part-time $22.73 $18.99 $20.57 $22.13 $23.75 $25.52 $26.53


Part-time $24.67 $20.79 $22.45 $24.08 $25.76 $27.60 $28.65


Part-time $18.84 $15.40 $16.83 $18.24 $19.71 $21.32 $22.25


Part-time $16.97 $13.69 $15.04 $16.38 $17.77 $19.30 $20.18

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Infant Full-time $33.40 $28.70 $30.74 $32.74 $34.80 $37.04 $38.32

Part-time $27.54 $23.23 $25.07 $26.88 $28.75 $30.79 $31.96


Part-time $25.54 $21.37 $23.14 $24.88 $26.67 $28.65 $29.77


Part-time $20.60 $16.82 $18.39 $19.94 $21.55 $23.33 $24.35


Part-time $19.45 $15.77 $17.29 $18.80 $20.36 $22.09 $23.08


Infant Full-time $28.61 $24.23 $26.11 $27.95 $29.86 $31.94 $33.13

Part-time $21.66 $17.79 $19.41 $21.00 $22.65 $24.47 $25.52


Part-time $21.36 $17.51 $19.12 $20.70 $22.34 $24.15 $25.18


Part-time $17.93 $14.38 $15.83 $17.27 $18.78 $20.44 $21.39


Part-time $17.25 $13.75 $15.18 $16.59 $18.07 $19.69 $20.63


Infant Full-time $28.32 $23.96 $25.83 $27.66 $29.56 $31.63 $32.82

Part-time $22.30 $18.38 $20.02 $21.64 $23.32 $25.17 $26.22


Part-time $24.32 $20.25 $21.97 $23.66 $25.42 $27.35 $28.45


Part-time $18.27 $14.68 $16.15 $17.61 $19.13 $20.80 $21.76


Part-time $16.35 $12.93 $14.32 $15.69 $17.12 $18.71 $19.62

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LWDA 6 Dallas

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Infant Full-time $29.81 $25.21 $27.18 $29.11 $31.11 $33.29 $34.54

Part-time $24.15 $19.97 $21.73 $23.46 $25.25 $27.23 $28.36


Part-time $22.23 $18.20 $19.88 $21.54 $23.26 $25.16 $26.24


Part-time $17.54 $13.91 $15.38 $16.84 $18.37 $20.06 $21.03


Part-time $16.46 $12.93 $14.35 $15.77 $17.25 $18.88 $19.83


Infant Full-time $25.19 $20.92 $22.72 $24.49 $26.32 $28.34 $29.49

Part-time $18.54 $14.82 $16.34 $17.85 $19.42 $21.15 $22.15


Part-time $18.26 $14.56 $16.07 $17.56 $19.12 $20.84 $21.83


Part-time $15.03 $11.64 $12.99 $14.34 $15.75 $17.32 $18.22


Part-time $14.40 $11.07 $12.39 $13.70 $15.08 $16.61 $17.50


Infant Full-time $24.91 $20.66 $22.45 $24.21 $26.04 $28.04 $29.18

Part-time $19.15 $15.38 $16.93 $18.46 $20.05 $21.82 $22.83


Part-time $21.08 $17.14 $18.77 $20.38 $22.06 $23.91 $24.96


Part-time $15.35 $11.92 $13.29 $14.65 $16.08 $17.66 $18.57


Part-time $13.55 $10.31 $11.59 $12.86 $14.20 $15.69 $16.54

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LWDA 7 North East Texas

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Infant Full-time $20.67 $18.19 $19.30 $20.37 $21.47 $22.67 $23.34

Part-time $17.51 $15.22 $16.23 $17.21 $18.22 $19.32 $19.95


Part-time $16.42 $14.19 $15.17 $16.12 $17.10 $18.17 $18.77


Part-time $13.70 $11.64 $12.53 $13.39 $14.29 $15.27 $15.83


Part-time $13.06 $11.05 $11.91 $12.76 $13.63 $14.59 $15.13


Infant Full-time $18.10 $15.76 $16.79 $17.79 $18.82 $19.94 $20.58

Part-time $14.29 $12.19 $13.10 $13.98 $14.90 $15.90 $16.47


Part-time $14.12 $12.04 $12.94 $13.82 $14.72 $15.72 $16.28


Part-time $12.21 $10.25 $11.09 $11.90 $12.75 $13.67 $14.20


Part-time $11.82 $9.90 $10.71 $11.52 $12.35 $13.26 $13.78


Infant Full-time $17.94 $15.62 $16.64 $17.63 $18.66 $19.78 $20.41

Part-time $14.64 $12.52 $13.44 $14.34 $15.26 $16.28 $16.85


Part-time $15.76 $13.57 $14.52 $15.45 $16.41 $17.46 $18.06


Part-time $12.39 $10.43 $11.27 $12.09 $12.94 $13.87 $14.41


Part-time $11.31 $9.42 $10.22 $11.00 $11.82 $12.71 $13.22

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Infant Full-time $22.02 $19.62 $20.70 $21.75 $22.82 $23.98 $24.64

Part-time $18.93 $16.69 $17.69 $18.66 $19.65 $20.73 $21.34


Part-time $17.85 $15.68 $16.64 $17.58 $18.55 $19.60 $20.19


Part-time $15.16 $13.14 $14.03 $14.89 $15.78 $16.75 $17.30


Part-time $14.52 $12.54 $13.41 $14.25 $15.12 $16.07 $16.61


Infant Full-time $19.50 $17.23 $18.25 $19.23 $20.24 $21.33 $21.95

Part-time $15.74 $13.69 $14.59 $15.47 $16.38 $17.37 $17.93


Part-time $15.58 $13.53 $14.43 $15.31 $16.21 $17.19 $17.75


Part-time $13.67 $11.74 $12.58 $13.40 $14.24 $15.16 $15.69


Part-time $13.28 $11.38 $12.21 $13.01 $13.85 $14.75 $15.27


Infant Full-time $19.35 $17.09 $18.10 $19.07 $20.08 $21.17 $21.79

Part-time $16.10 $14.02 $14.94 $15.83 $16.74 $17.74 $18.31


Part-time $17.20 $15.06 $16.01 $16.93 $17.88 $18.91 $19.49


Part-time $13.86 $11.92 $12.77 $13.59 $14.44 $15.37 $15.89


Part-time $12.77 $10.90 $11.71 $12.50 $13.31 $14.21 $14.71

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LWDA 9 West Central Texas

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Infant Full-time $21.47 $18.40 $19.73 $21.03 $22.37 $23.84 $24.67

Part-time $17.65 $14.85 $16.04 $17.22 $18.43 $19.76 $20.52


Part-time $16.35 $13.64 $14.79 $15.91 $17.08 $18.37 $19.10


Part-time $13.14 $10.68 $11.70 $12.71 $13.76 $14.91 $15.57


Part-time $12.40 $10.01 $10.99 $11.97 $12.98 $14.11 $14.75


Infant Full-time $18.35 $15.50 $16.72 $17.92 $19.15 $20.51 $21.29

Part-time $13.83 $11.32 $12.36 $13.40 $14.47 $15.65 $16.33


Part-time $13.64 $11.14 $12.18 $13.20 $14.27 $15.44 $16.11


Part-time $11.42 $9.11 $10.05 $10.98 $11.96 $13.03 $13.65


Part-time $10.97 $8.70 $9.63 $10.54 $11.49 $12.55 $13.16


Infant Full-time $18.16 $15.32 $16.54 $17.73 $18.96 $20.31 $21.08

Part-time $14.25 $11.70 $12.76 $13.81 $14.90 $16.10 $16.79


Part-time $15.56 $12.91 $14.03 $15.13 $16.27 $17.52 $18.24


Part-time $11.63 $9.30 $10.26 $11.20 $12.18 $13.27 $13.89


Part-time $10.39 $8.17 $9.07 $9.95 $10.88 $11.91 $12.50

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LWDA 10 Upper Rio Grande

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Infant Full-time $22.79 $19.41 $20.87 $22.29 $23.77 $25.38 $26.30

Part-time $18.61 $15.52 $16.83 $18.11 $19.44 $20.90 $21.74


Part-time $17.18 $14.20 $15.45 $16.68 $17.96 $19.37 $20.17


Part-time $13.68 $10.99 $12.09 $13.19 $14.33 $15.59 $16.31


Part-time $12.88 $10.25 $11.32 $12.38 $13.49 $14.71 $15.41


Infant Full-time $19.37 $16.23 $17.56 $18.87 $20.23 $21.72 $22.58

Part-time $14.43 $11.67 $12.81 $13.94 $15.11 $16.40 $17.14


Part-time $14.22 $11.48 $12.61 $13.72 $14.88 $16.17 $16.90


Part-time $11.81 $9.28 $10.30 $11.31 $12.37 $13.54 $14.21


Part-time $11.33 $8.85 $9.84 $10.83 $11.87 $13.01 $13.68


Infant Full-time $19.17 $16.03 $17.36 $18.67 $20.02 $21.50 $22.35

Part-time $14.89 $12.09 $13.25 $14.39 $15.58 $16.89 $17.64


Part-time $16.32 $13.41 $14.62 $15.82 $17.07 $18.44 $19.23


Part-time $12.04 $9.49 $10.52 $11.55 $12.61 $13.80 $14.48


Part-time $10.69 $8.28 $9.24 $10.20 $11.20 $12.32 $12.96

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LWDA 11 Permian Basin

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Infant Full-time $24.59 $21.59 $22.92 $24.22 $25.55 $27.00 $27.82

Part-time $20.77 $17.99 $19.21 $20.40 $21.62 $22.96 $23.71


Part-time $19.46 $16.76 $17.93 $19.08 $20.26 $21.56 $22.29


Part-time $16.17 $13.69 $14.76 $15.80 $16.88 $18.06 $18.73


Part-time $15.40 $12.98 $14.01 $15.03 $16.08 $17.24 $17.89


Infant Full-time $21.48 $18.65 $19.89 $21.10 $22.35 $23.70 $24.47

Part-time $16.88 $14.35 $15.44 $16.51 $17.61 $18.82 $19.50


Part-time $16.68 $14.16 $15.25 $16.31 $17.40 $18.60 $19.28


Part-time $14.38 $12.02 $13.02 $14.00 $15.02 $16.13 $16.77


Part-time $13.91 $11.59 $12.57 $13.54 $14.54 $15.63 $16.26


Infant Full-time $21.29 $18.48 $19.71 $20.91 $22.15 $23.50 $24.27

Part-time $17.31 $14.75 $15.86 $16.94 $18.05 $19.27 $19.97


Part-time $18.65 $16.01 $17.16 $18.28 $19.44 $20.70 $21.43


Part-time $14.60 $12.23 $13.24 $14.23 $15.25 $16.38 $17.02


Part-time $13.30 $11.02 $11.98 $12.92 $13.90 $14.97 $15.59

34

LWDA 12 Concho Valley

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n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-time $22.26 $19.92 $20.98 $22.00 $23.05 $24.19 $24.84

Part-time $19.23 $17.04 $18.02 $18.97 $19.95 $21.01 $21.61


Part-time $18.17 $16.04 $16.99 $17.91 $18.86 $19.89 $20.48


Part-time $15.52 $13.53 $14.41 $15.26 $16.13 $17.09 $17.63


Part-time $14.89 $12.94 $13.80 $14.63 $15.49 $16.42 $16.96


Infant Full-time $19.79 $17.57 $18.57 $19.53 $20.52 $21.60 $22.21

Part-time $16.09 $14.07 $14.97 $15.83 $16.73 $17.70 $18.25


Part-time $15.93 $13.92 $14.81 $15.67 $16.56 $17.53 $18.08


Part-time $14.04 $12.15 $12.98 $13.79 $14.62 $15.53 $16.05


Part-time $13.66 $11.79 $12.61 $13.40 $14.23 $15.12 $15.63


Infant Full-time $19.64 $17.43 $18.42 $19.38 $20.37 $21.44 $22.04

Part-time $16.44 $14.40 $15.30 $16.18 $17.09 $18.07 $18.62


Part-time $17.53 $15.43 $16.36 $17.27 $18.20 $19.21 $19.79


Part-time $14.23 $12.32 $13.16 $13.97 $14.81 $15.73 $16.25


Part-time $13.15 $11.31 $12.11 $12.90 $13.70 $14.58 $15.08

35

LWDA 13 Heart of Texas

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-time $22.60 $19.54 $20.88 $22.19 $23.53 $25.00 $25.84

Part-time $18.76 $15.95 $17.16 $18.35 $19.57 $20.91 $21.68


Part-time $17.45 $14.72 $15.89 $17.03 $18.21 $19.51 $20.24


Part-time $14.19 $11.71 $12.75 $13.77 $14.84 $16.01 $16.68


Part-time $13.44 $11.01 $12.02 $13.02 $14.05 $15.19 $15.85


Infant Full-time $19.47 $16.60 $17.84 $19.05 $20.30 $21.67 $22.44

Part-time $14.89 $12.35 $13.42 $14.47 $15.57 $16.76 $17.45


Part-time $14.69 $12.17 $13.23 $14.27 $15.36 $16.55 $17.23


Part-time $12.43 $10.08 $11.05 $12.01 $13.01 $14.10 $14.73


Part-time $11.97 $9.67 $10.62 $11.56 $12.54 $13.61 $14.23


Infant Full-time $19.28 $16.43 $17.66 $18.86 $20.10 $21.46 $22.24

Part-time $15.31 $12.74 $13.83 $14.90 $16.01 $17.22 $17.91


Part-time $16.65 $13.98 $15.12 $16.23 $17.39 $18.65 $19.37


Part-time $12.65 $10.29 $11.27 $12.23 $13.24 $14.34 $14.98


Part-time $11.37 $9.12 $10.05 $10.96 $11.91 $12.96 $13.56

36

LWDA 14 Capital Area

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n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-time $35.41 $31.05 $32.98 $34.86 $36.79 $38.89 $40.09

Part-time $29.87 $25.84 $27.60 $29.33 $31.10 $33.03 $34.13


Part-time $27.96 $24.05 $25.75 $27.41 $29.13 $31.00 $32.07


Part-time $23.21 $19.61 $21.15 $22.66 $24.22 $25.93 $26.91


Part-time $22.09 $18.57 $20.08 $21.55 $23.07 $24.74 $25.69


Infant Full-time $30.89 $26.80 $28.59 $30.35 $32.15 $34.11 $35.23

Part-time $24.23 $20.56 $22.14 $23.69 $25.28 $27.03 $28.03


Part-time $23.94 $20.29 $21.86 $23.39 $24.98 $26.72 $27.71


Part-time $20.61 $17.19 $18.64 $20.06 $21.53 $23.14 $24.07


Part-time $19.93 $16.57 $17.99 $19.39 $20.83 $22.42 $23.33


Infant Full-time $30.62 $26.54 $28.33 $30.07 $31.87 $33.82 $34.94

Part-time $24.85 $21.14 $22.74 $24.31 $25.92 $27.69 $28.70


Part-time $26.80 $22.96 $24.63 $26.25 $27.93 $29.77 $30.81


Part-time $20.93 $17.50 $18.96 $20.39 $21.87 $23.50 $24.43


Part-time $19.04 $15.75 $17.13 $18.50 $19.91 $21.46 $22.35

37

LWDA 15 Rural Capital

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n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-time $32.50 $28.11 $30.03 $31.91 $33.84 $35.95 $37.14

Part-time $26.99 $22.95 $24.69 $26.40 $28.16 $30.08 $31.18


Part-time $25.10 $21.19 $22.87 $24.50 $26.20 $28.06 $29.12


Part-time $20.43 $16.86 $18.36 $19.83 $21.36 $23.04 $24.00


Part-time $19.34 $15.86 $17.32 $18.75 $20.23 $21.87 $22.81


Infant Full-time $28.00 $23.89 $25.67 $27.41 $29.20 $31.16 $32.28

Part-time $21.43 $17.79 $19.33 $20.84 $22.40 $24.12 $25.11


Part-time $21.15 $17.53 $19.05 $20.55 $22.11 $23.82 $24.79


Part-time $17.90 $14.53 $15.93 $17.30 $18.73 $20.31 $21.21


Part-time $17.25 $13.94 $15.30 $16.65 $18.05 $19.60 $20.49


Infant Full-time $27.73 $23.64 $25.41 $27.13 $28.92 $30.87 $31.98

Part-time $22.04 $18.35 $19.91 $21.45 $23.04 $24.78 $25.78


Part-time $23.96 $20.13 $21.76 $23.36 $25.02 $26.83 $27.87


Part-time $18.22 $14.83 $16.23 $17.62 $19.06 $20.65 $21.56


Part-time $16.38 $13.15 $14.48 $15.79 $17.15 $18.66 $19.53

38

LWDA 16 Brazos Valley

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n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-time $26.53 $22.90 $24.49 $26.03 $27.63 $29.37 $30.36

Part-time $21.99 $18.65 $20.08 $21.49 $22.94 $24.53 $25.43


Part-time $20.43 $17.20 $18.58 $19.93 $21.33 $22.86 $23.73


Part-time $16.58 $13.64 $14.87 $16.08 $17.34 $18.73 $19.52


Part-time $15.69 $12.82 $14.01 $15.19 $16.41 $17.76 $18.53


Infant Full-time $22.82 $19.43 $20.89 $22.32 $23.80 $25.42 $26.34

Part-time $17.41 $14.40 $15.67 $16.91 $18.20 $19.62 $20.43


Part-time $17.17 $14.19 $15.44 $16.67 $17.96 $19.36 $20.17


Part-time $14.50 $11.73 $12.87 $14.00 $15.18 $16.47 $17.22


Part-time $13.96 $11.24 $12.36 $13.47 $14.62 $15.89 $16.62


Infant Full-time $22.59 $19.22 $20.67 $22.10 $23.57 $25.18 $26.09

Part-time $17.91 $14.87 $16.15 $17.41 $18.72 $20.16 $20.98


Part-time $19.49 $16.33 $17.67 $18.99 $20.35 $21.85 $22.70


Part-time $14.76 $11.97 $13.12 $14.26 $15.45 $16.76 $17.51


Part-time $13.26 $10.60 $11.68 $12.76 $13.88 $15.12 $15.83

39

LWDA 17 Deep East Texas

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-time $20.89 $18.35 $19.48 $20.58 $21.71 $22.93 $23.63

Part-time $17.66 $15.30 $16.33 $17.34 $18.38 $19.51 $20.15


Part-time $16.54 $14.25 $15.25 $16.22 $17.22 $18.32 $18.94


Part-time $13.75 $11.65 $12.55 $13.43 $14.35 $15.35 $15.92


Part-time $13.10 $11.04 $11.92 $12.78 $13.68 $14.65 $15.21


Infant Full-time $18.25 $15.86 $16.91 $17.94 $18.99 $20.14 $20.79

Part-time $14.35 $12.21 $13.13 $14.04 $14.97 $15.99 $16.58


Part-time $14.18 $12.05 $12.97 $13.87 $14.79 $15.81 $16.39


Part-time $12.23 $10.23 $11.08 $11.91 $12.77 $13.72 $14.26


Part-time $11.83 $9.86 $10.70 $11.52 $12.36 $13.30 $13.83


Infant Full-time $18.09 $15.71 $16.75 $17.77 $18.82 $19.97 $20.62

Part-time $14.72 $12.55 $13.48 $14.40 $15.35 $16.38 $16.97


Part-time $15.86 $13.61 $14.59 $15.54 $16.52 $17.60 $18.21


Part-time $12.42 $10.41 $11.26 $12.10 $12.97 $13.93 $14.47


Part-time $11.31 $9.38 $10.19 $10.99 $11.82 $12.73 $13.25

40

LWDA 18 South East Texas

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-time $22.21 $19.58 $20.75 $21.89 $23.06 $24.33 $25.05

Part-time $18.85 $16.41 $17.49 $18.53 $19.61 $20.78 $21.45


Part-time $17.69 $15.32 $16.36 $17.37 $18.41 $19.55 $20.20


Part-time $14.79 $12.60 $13.55 $14.47 $15.43 $16.47 $17.06


Part-time $14.11 $11.97 $12.89 $13.79 $14.72 $15.74 $16.32


Infant Full-time $19.47 $16.99 $18.09 $19.15 $20.25 $21.44 $22.11

Part-time $15.42 $13.19 $14.16 $15.10 $16.07 $17.14 $17.74


Part-time $15.24 $13.02 $13.98 $14.92 $15.89 $16.95 $17.55


Part-time $13.20 $11.12 $12.01 $12.88 $13.78 $14.77 $15.33


Part-time $12.79 $10.74 $11.61 $12.47 $13.36 $14.33 $14.88


Infant Full-time $19.30 $16.84 $17.93 $18.98 $20.07 $21.26 $21.94

Part-time $15.80 $13.54 $14.52 $15.48 $16.46 $17.54 $18.15


Part-time $16.98 $14.66 $15.67 $16.66 $17.69 $18.80 $19.44


Part-time $13.40 $11.31 $12.21 $13.08 $13.99 $14.98 $15.55


Part-time $12.24 $10.23 $11.09 $11.92 $12.79 $13.74 $14.28

41

LWDA 19 Golden Crescent

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-time $23.30 $20.79 $21.92 $23.02 $24.15 $25.37 $26.06

Part-time $20.05 $17.71 $18.75 $19.77 $20.81 $21.95 $22.59


Part-time $18.92 $16.64 $17.65 $18.64 $19.65 $20.76 $21.38


Part-time $16.09 $13.97 $14.90 $15.81 $16.74 $17.76 $18.34


Part-time $15.42 $13.34 $14.25 $15.14 $16.05 $17.05 $17.62


Infant Full-time $20.65 $18.27 $19.34 $20.37 $21.43 $22.58 $23.23

Part-time $16.70 $14.54 $15.50 $16.42 $17.37 $18.41 $19.00


Part-time $16.53 $14.38 $15.33 $16.25 $17.19 $18.23 $18.81


Part-time $14.52 $12.49 $13.38 $14.24 $15.13 $16.10 $16.65


Part-time $14.11 $12.11 $12.98 $13.83 $14.71 $15.66 $16.21


Infant Full-time $20.49 $18.12 $19.18 $20.21 $21.27 $22.41 $23.06

Part-time $17.08 $14.89 $15.86 $16.79 $17.76 $18.81 $19.40


Part-time $18.23 $15.99 $16.98 $17.95 $18.95 $20.03 $20.65


Part-time $14.72 $12.68 $13.57 $14.44 $15.33 $16.31 $16.86


Part-time $13.57 $11.61 $12.46 $13.29 $14.15 $15.09 $15.62

42

LWDA 20 Alamo

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n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-time $29.26 $25.76 $27.32 $28.83 $30.38 $32.07 $33.03

Part-time $24.79 $21.55 $22.98 $24.37 $25.80 $27.36 $28.24


Part-time $23.25 $20.10 $21.48 $22.82 $24.21 $25.72 $26.58


Part-time $19.41 $16.50 $17.75 $18.98 $20.24 $21.63 $22.41


Part-time $18.50 $15.66 $16.88 $18.08 $19.31 $20.66 $21.43


Infant Full-time $25.62 $22.32 $23.78 $25.19 $26.64 $28.23 $29.13

Part-time $20.24 $17.28 $18.56 $19.81 $21.10 $22.51 $23.32


Part-time $20.00 $17.06 $18.33 $19.57 $20.86 $22.26 $23.06


Part-time $17.30 $14.54 $15.71 $16.87 $18.06 $19.37 $20.12


Part-time $16.75 $14.03 $15.19 $16.32 $17.50 $18.79 $19.52


Infant Full-time $25.40 $22.12 $23.56 $24.97 $26.41 $27.99 $28.89

Part-time $20.74 $17.75 $19.04 $20.31 $21.62 $23.05 $23.86


Part-time $22.31 $19.22 $20.57 $21.89 $23.24 $24.72 $25.57


Part-time $17.56 $14.79 $15.97 $17.13 $18.34 $19.65 $20.41


Part-time $16.03 $13.36 $14.49 $15.60 $16.75 $18.01 $18.73

43

LWDA 21 South Texas

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-time $23.27 $20.14 $21.51 $22.84 $24.22 $25.72 $26.57

Part-time $19.35 $16.47 $17.71 $18.92 $20.18 $21.55 $22.33


Part-time $18.00 $15.22 $16.41 $17.58 $18.79 $20.11 $20.86


Part-time $14.67 $12.14 $13.20 $14.25 $15.34 $16.54 $17.22


Part-time $13.90 $11.42 $12.46 $13.48 $14.54 $15.70 $16.37


Infant Full-time $20.06 $17.14 $18.41 $19.64 $20.92 $22.31 $23.11

Part-time $15.39 $12.80 $13.89 $14.97 $16.08 $17.31 $18.01


Part-time $15.19 $12.61 $13.70 $14.76 $15.87 $17.09 $17.78


Part-time $12.87 $10.47 $11.47 $12.45 $13.47 $14.59 $15.23


Part-time $12.41 $10.05 $11.02 $11.98 $12.98 $14.09 $14.72


Infant Full-time $19.87 $16.96 $18.22 $19.45 $20.72 $22.11 $22.90

Part-time $15.82 $13.20 $14.31 $15.40 $16.53 $17.77 $18.48


Part-time $17.19 $14.46 $15.62 $16.76 $17.94 $19.24 $19.97


Part-time $13.10 $10.68 $11.69 $12.67 $13.70 $14.83 $15.48


Part-time $11.79 $9.49 $10.43 $11.37 $12.34 $13.42 $14.04

44

LWDA 22 Coastal Bend

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-time $26.23 $21.82 $23.68 $25.51 $27.41 $29.49 $30.68

Part-time $20.89 $16.92 $18.56 $20.18 $21.87 $23.73 $24.80


Part-time $19.09 $15.27 $16.83 $18.38 $19.99 $21.78 $22.80


Part-time $14.73 $11.32 $12.67 $14.02 $15.43 $17.00 $17.91


Part-time $13.74 $10.43 $11.73 $13.02 $14.39 $15.90 $16.78


Infant Full-time $21.86 $17.80 $19.49 $21.15 $22.88 $24.78 $25.87

Part-time $15.66 $12.16 $13.55 $14.94 $16.40 $18.02 $18.95


Part-time $15.39 $11.92 $13.30 $14.68 $16.13 $17.73 $18.65


Part-time $12.43 $9.26 $10.48 $11.71 $13.01 $14.45 $15.29


Part-time $11.84 $8.74 $9.93 $11.13 $12.39 $13.80 $14.62


Infant Full-time $21.60 $17.56 $19.24 $20.89 $22.61 $24.50 $25.58

Part-time $16.22 $12.67 $14.09 $15.51 $16.99 $18.64 $19.59


Part-time $18.01 $14.29 $15.80 $17.30 $18.87 $20.60 $21.60


Part-time $12.71 $9.52 $10.76 $12.00 $13.31 $14.77 $15.62


Part-time $11.08 $8.06 $9.21 $10.36 $11.58 $12.95 $13.74

45

LWDA 23 Lower Rio Grande Valley

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-time $22.10 $18.61 $20.10 $21.56 $23.07 $24.73 $25.67

Part-time $17.83 $14.67 $15.99 $17.30 $18.65 $20.14 $20.99


Part-time $16.38 $13.34 $14.60 $15.85 $17.15 $18.58 $19.40


Part-time $12.85 $10.12 $11.22 $12.32 $13.46 $14.74 $15.47


Part-time $12.04 $9.38 $10.45 $11.51 $12.62 $13.85 $14.56


Infant Full-time $18.61 $15.38 $16.74 $18.07 $19.46 $20.98 $21.85

Part-time $13.61 $10.80 $11.94 $13.07 $14.25 $15.56 $16.31


Part-time $13.39 $10.60 $11.73 $12.86 $14.03 $15.32 $16.07


Part-time $10.97 $8.42 $9.43 $10.44 $11.49 $12.67 $13.35


Part-time $10.50 $7.99 $8.98 $9.96 $10.99 $12.14 $12.81


Infant Full-time $18.40 $15.19 $16.54 $17.86 $19.24 $20.75 $21.62

Part-time $14.07 $11.22 $12.38 $13.53 $14.73 $16.06 $16.82


Part-time $15.51 $12.54 $13.77 $14.98 $16.24 $17.63 $18.43


Part-time $11.21 $8.63 $9.65 $10.67 $11.74 $12.93 $13.62


Part-time $9.87 $7.43 $8.38 $9.33 $10.33 $11.45 $12.09

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LWDA 24 Cameron County

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-time $21.30 $18.16 $19.52 $20.84 $22.21 $23.70 $24.55

Part-time $17.42 $14.55 $15.77 $16.96 $18.20 $19.55 $20.32


Part-time $16.09 $13.33 $14.49 $15.64 $16.82 $18.13 $18.87


Part-time $12.85 $10.35 $11.37 $12.39 $13.45 $14.62 $15.29


Part-time $12.10 $9.66 $10.66 $11.64 $12.67 $13.80 $14.45


Infant Full-time $18.13 $15.21 $16.45 $17.67 $18.93 $20.31 $21.10

Part-time $13.54 $10.98 $12.04 $13.09 $14.17 $15.37 $16.06


Part-time $13.34 $10.80 $11.85 $12.89 $13.97 $15.16 $15.84


Part-time $11.10 $8.76 $9.71 $10.65 $11.63 $12.72 $13.34


Part-time $10.66 $8.35 $9.28 $10.20 $11.16 $12.23 $12.84


Infant Full-time $17.93 $15.03 $16.27 $17.48 $18.73 $20.11 $20.89

Part-time $13.96 $11.37 $12.45 $13.51 $14.61 $15.83 $16.53


Part-time $15.30 $12.59 $13.73 $14.84 $16.00 $17.27 $18.00


Part-time $11.32 $8.96 $9.91 $10.86 $11.86 $12.96 $13.59


Part-time $10.07 $7.82 $8.72 $9.61 $10.55 $11.58 $12.18

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LWDA 25 Texoma

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-time $25.06 $21.91 $23.30 $24.66 $26.05 $27.57 $28.43

Part-time $21.07 $18.16 $19.43 $20.67 $21.94 $23.34 $24.13


Part-time $19.69 $16.87 $18.09 $19.29 $20.52 $21.87 $22.64


Part-time $16.27 $13.68 $14.79 $15.87 $16.99 $18.22 $18.92


Part-time $15.47 $12.94 $14.01 $15.07 $16.16 $17.37 $18.05


Infant Full-time $21.80 $18.84 $20.14 $21.40 $22.70 $24.12 $24.93

Part-time $17.01 $14.36 $15.50 $16.61 $17.76 $19.01 $19.73


Part-time $16.80 $14.17 $15.30 $16.40 $17.54 $18.79 $19.50


Part-time $14.40 $11.95 $12.98 $14.00 $15.06 $16.22 $16.88


Part-time $13.92 $11.51 $12.52 $13.52 $14.56 $15.70 $16.35


Infant Full-time $21.61 $18.66 $19.95 $21.20 $22.50 $23.91 $24.71

Part-time $17.46 $14.78 $15.93 $17.05 $18.22 $19.49 $20.22


Part-time $18.86 $16.09 $17.28 $18.45 $19.66 $20.98 $21.74


Part-time $14.64 $12.17 $13.21 $14.24 $15.30 $16.47 $17.14


Part-time $13.28 $10.92 $11.91 $12.88 $13.89 $15.01 $15.65

48

LWDA 26 Central Texas

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-time $22.36 $19.69 $20.88 $22.03 $23.22 $24.50 $25.23

Part-time $18.96 $16.48 $17.57 $18.63 $19.72 $20.91 $21.58


Part-time $17.78 $15.38 $16.43 $17.45 $18.51 $19.66 $20.32


Part-time $14.85 $12.64 $13.59 $14.52 $15.49 $16.54 $17.14


Part-time $14.16 $11.99 $12.93 $13.84 $14.78 $15.81 $16.39


Infant Full-time $19.58 $17.07 $18.18 $19.26 $20.37 $21.57 $22.26

Part-time $15.48 $13.23 $14.20 $15.16 $16.14 $17.22 $17.83


Part-time $15.30 $13.06 $14.03 $14.98 $15.96 $17.03 $17.64


Part-time $13.24 $11.14 $12.04 $12.91 $13.82 $14.82 $15.39


Part-time $12.82 $10.75 $11.63 $12.50 $13.39 $14.38 $14.94


Infant Full-time $19.41 $16.92 $18.02 $19.09 $20.19 $21.39 $22.08

Part-time $15.87 $13.59 $14.57 $15.54 $16.54 $17.63 $18.25


Part-time $17.07 $14.71 $15.74 $16.74 $17.77 $18.90 $19.54


Part-time $13.44 $11.33 $12.23 $13.12 $14.03 $15.04 $15.61


Part-time $12.27 $10.24 $11.10 $11.95 $12.82 $13.78 $14.33

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LWDA 27 Middle Rio Grande

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-time $21.05 $18.39 $19.57 $20.71 $21.88 $23.16 $23.89

Part-time $17.68 $15.23 $16.30 $17.34 $18.42 $19.60 $20.26


Part-time $16.52 $14.14 $15.17 $16.18 $17.22 $18.36 $19.01


Part-time $13.64 $11.46 $12.39 $13.30 $14.25 $15.28 $15.88


Part-time $12.97 $10.83 $11.74 $12.63 $13.55 $14.56 $15.14


Infant Full-time $18.30 $15.81 $16.90 $17.96 $19.06 $20.25 $20.93

Part-time $14.26 $12.04 $12.99 $13.92 $14.89 $15.95 $16.55


Part-time $14.09 $11.87 $12.82 $13.75 $14.71 $15.76 $16.36


Part-time $12.07 $10.00 $10.87 $11.73 $12.62 $13.60 $14.15


Part-time $11.67 $9.63 $10.48 $11.33 $12.20 $13.16 $13.71


Infant Full-time $18.14 $15.65 $16.74 $17.80 $18.89 $20.08 $20.75

Part-time $14.64 $12.39 $13.35 $14.30 $15.28 $16.35 $16.96


Part-time $15.82 $13.49 $14.49 $15.48 $16.50 $17.61 $18.25


Part-time $12.27 $10.19 $11.07 $11.93 $12.82 $13.81 $14.37


Part-time $11.13 $9.13 $9.97 $10.79 $11.64 $12.58 $13.12

50

LWDA 28 Gulf Coast

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-time $32.08 $27.03 $29.19 $31.31 $33.50 $35.89 $37.26

Part-time $25.90 $21.31 $23.23 $25.12 $27.09 $29.25 $30.48


Part-time $23.80 $19.38 $21.22 $23.03 $24.91 $26.98 $28.17


Part-time $18.68 $14.71 $16.32 $17.91 $19.57 $21.41 $22.47


Part-time $17.51 $13.65 $15.20 $16.73 $18.34 $20.13 $21.15


Infant Full-time $27.03 $22.35 $24.32 $26.25 $28.26 $30.46 $31.72

Part-time $19.78 $15.70 $17.36 $19.00 $20.71 $22.61 $23.69


Part-time $19.46 $15.42 $17.06 $18.69 $20.39 $22.27 $23.35


Part-time $15.96 $12.25 $13.72 $15.18 $16.71 $18.42 $19.40


Part-time $15.26 $11.63 $13.06 $14.49 $15.99 $17.66 $18.62


Infant Full-time $26.72 $22.07 $24.02 $25.95 $27.94 $30.14 $31.39

Part-time $20.44 $16.31 $17.99 $19.66 $21.40 $23.33 $24.43


Part-time $22.54 $18.23 $20.01 $21.76 $23.59 $25.61 $26.77


Part-time $16.30 $12.56 $14.04 $15.52 $17.07 $18.80 $19.79


Part-time $14.35 $10.81 $12.19 $13.57 $15.02 $16.64 $17.58

2.3 CHILD CARE DAILY MARKET RATES:

SUMMARY TABLES BY LWDA BY AGE GROUP

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Table 2.3.1 Child Care Daily Market Rates: Summary Tables by LWDA by Age Group

LWDA 1 Panhandle

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-time $21.52 $18.60 $19.88 $21.12 $22.40 $23.80 $24.59

Part-time $17.33 $14.69 $15.83 $16.94 $18.09 $19.34 $20.06


Part-time $17.56 $14.90 $16.04 $17.16 $18.32 $19.58 $20.30


Part-time $14.22 $11.81 $12.83 $13.83 $14.87 $16.01 $16.66


Part-time $13.31 $10.96 $11.94 $12.91 $13.92 $15.02 $15.65

LWDA 2 South Plains

Mea

n

30

th p

erc

en

tile

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-time $19.70 $17.30 $18.37 $19.40 $20.47 $21.63 $22.28

Part-time $16.02 $13.83 $14.79 $15.72 $16.68 $17.73 $18.32


Part-time $16.01 $13.82 $14.78 $15.71 $16.67 $17.72 $18.31


Part-time $13.55 $11.52 $12.40 $13.25 $14.13 $15.10 $15.65


Part-time $12.93 $10.95 $11.80 $12.63 $13.50 $14.44 $14.98

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LWDA 3 North Texas

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-time $18.78 $16.08 $17.25 $18.39 $19.57 $20.86 $21.59

Part-time $14.77 $12.35 $13.38 $14.39 $15.43 $16.57 $17.23


Part-time $14.80 $12.38 $13.41 $14.42 $15.46 $16.61 $17.26


Part-time $12.10 $9.89 $10.81 $11.72 $12.66 $13.70 $14.30


Part-time $11.42 $9.27 $10.16 $11.04 $11.95 $12.96 $13.54


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-time $29.50 $25.29 $27.12 $28.90 $30.74 $32.75 $33.90

Part-time $23.31 $19.52 $21.13 $22.71 $24.34 $26.14 $27.16


Part-time $23.47 $19.68 $21.29 $22.88 $24.52 $26.32 $27.34


Part-time $19.08 $15.62 $17.06 $18.48 $19.96 $21.59 $22.52


Part-time $17.94 $14.57 $15.96 $17.34 $18.77 $20.35 $21.25

55


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-time $29.52 $25.08 $26.99 $28.87 $30.80 $32.92 $34.12

Part-time $23.26 $19.27 $20.95 $22.60 $24.31 $26.20 $27.28


Part-time $23.74 $19.71 $21.41 $23.08 $24.81 $26.72 $27.81


Part-time $18.69 $15.07 $16.56 $18.03 $19.57 $21.26 $22.23


Part-time $17.29 $13.79 $15.21 $16.63 $18.10 $19.73 $20.67

LWDA 6 Dallas

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-time $26.65 $22.27 $24.13 $25.95 $27.84 $29.91 $31.09

Part-time $20.71 $16.80 $18.42 $20.01 $21.67 $23.51 $24.56


Part-time $20.84 $16.92 $18.55 $20.15 $21.82 $23.65 $24.71


Part-time $16.03 $12.54 $13.94 $15.34 $16.80 $18.41 $19.34


Part-time $14.73 $11.37 $12.71 $14.04 $15.43 $16.99 $17.88

56


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-time $18.58 $16.22 $17.27 $18.28 $19.32 $20.46 $21.10

Part-time $15.06 $12.92 $13.85 $14.76 $15.70 $16.72 $17.31


Part-time $15.10 $12.95 $13.88 $14.79 $15.73 $16.76 $17.34


Part-time $12.58 $10.60 $11.44 $12.27 $13.13 $14.07 $14.60


Part-time $11.92 $9.99 $10.81 $11.62 $12.45 $13.37 $13.89

LWDA 8 East Texas

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-time $20.00 $17.71 $18.74 $19.73 $20.75 $21.86 $22.49

Part-time $16.48 $14.39 $15.31 $16.21 $17.14 $18.15 $18.72


Part-time $16.38 $14.29 $15.21 $16.11 $17.03 $18.04 $18.61


Part-time $14.03 $12.08 $12.93 $13.76 $14.61 $15.54 $16.07


Part-time $13.45 $11.53 $12.36 $13.18 $14.01 $14.93 $15.45

57


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-time $18.79 $15.91 $17.14 $18.36 $19.61 $20.98 $21.77

Part-time $14.55 $11.97 $13.05 $14.11 $15.21 $16.42 $17.12


Part-time $14.60 $12.02 $13.10 $14.16 $15.27 $16.48 $17.17


Part-time $11.75 $9.41 $10.37 $11.32 $12.31 $13.40 $14.03


Part-time $11.04 $8.76 $9.69 $10.60 $11.56 $12.62 $13.23


Me

an

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-time $19.77 $16.60 $17.95 $19.28 $20.65 $22.16 $23.02

Part-time $14.98 $12.18 $13.34 $14.49 $15.68 $17.00 $17.75


Part-time $14.79 $12.00 $13.15 $14.29 $15.48 $16.78 $17.53


Part-time $12.06 $9.51 $10.54 $11.57 $12.64 $13.82 $14.50


Part-time $11.46 $8.97 $9.97 $10.96 $12.00 $13.16 $13.82

58


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-time $21.90 $19.05 $20.30 $21.52 $22.78 $24.15 $24.92

Part-time $17.53 $14.95 $16.07 $17.15 $18.28 $19.51 $20.21


Part-time $17.47 $14.90 $16.01 $17.10 $18.22 $19.44 $20.14


Part-time $14.69 $12.31 $13.32 $14.31 $15.34 $16.46 $17.11


Part-time $14.01 $11.68 $12.67 $13.63 $14.64 $15.74 $16.37


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-time $20.34 $18.09 $19.10 $20.08 $21.08 $22.17 $22.79

Part-time $17.01 $14.94 $15.86 $16.76 $17.67 $18.67 $19.24


Part-time $17.17 $15.09 $16.02 $16.92 $17.84 $18.84 $19.41


Part-time $14.49 $12.57 $13.41 $14.23 $15.08 $16.00 $16.53


Part-time $13.74 $11.87 $12.69 $13.49 $14.31 $15.21 $15.72

59


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-time $19.83 $16.94 $18.19 $19.41 $20.67 $22.05 $22.83

Part-time $15.47 $12.88 $13.98 $15.05 $16.16 $17.38 $18.08


Part-time $15.45 $12.87 $13.96 $15.03 $16.15 $17.37 $18.06


Part-time $12.70 $10.34 $11.32 $12.28 $13.29 $14.40 $15.04


Part-time $12.03 $9.72 $10.68 $11.62 $12.60 $13.68 $14.30


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-time $32.57 $28.37 $30.22 $32.02 $33.87 $35.89 $37.04

Part-time $26.65 $22.82 $24.48 $26.10 $27.77 $29.60 $30.64


Part-time $26.51 $22.69 $24.34 $25.96 $27.63 $29.46 $30.50


Part-time $21.75 $18.25 $19.74 $21.20 $22.71 $24.37 $25.31


Part-time $20.47 $17.07 $18.51 $19.93 $21.39 $23.00 $23.92

60


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-time $29.26 $25.07 $26.89 $28.67 $30.50 $32.50 $33.64

Part-time $23.27 $19.49 $21.10 $22.67 $24.30 $26.10 $27.12


Part-time $23.20 $19.42 $21.03 $22.60 $24.23 $26.02 $27.04


Part-time $18.76 $15.32 $16.75 $18.16 $19.62 $21.24 $22.16


Part-time $17.60 $14.27 $15.65 $17.01 $18.43 $19.99 $20.89


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-time $23.50 $20.07 $21.55 $23.01 $24.51 $26.15 $27.08

Part-time $18.49 $15.40 $16.71 $17.99 $19.32 $20.78 $21.61


Part-time $18.57 $15.48 $16.79 $18.08 $19.41 $20.87 $21.71


Part-time $15.01 $12.20 $13.36 $14.51 $15.71 $17.03 $17.78


Part-time $14.09 $11.35 $12.48 $13.59 $14.75 $16.02 $16.76

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Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-time $18.86 $16.43 $17.50 $18.54 $19.61 $20.78 $21.44

Part-time $15.33 $13.11 $14.07 $15.01 $15.98 $17.03 $17.63


Part-time $15.44 $13.23 $14.19 $15.13 $16.10 $17.16 $17.76


Part-time $12.69 $10.66 $11.53 $12.37 $13.25 $14.22 $14.77


Part-time $11.94 $9.97 $10.80 $11.63 $12.48 $13.41 $13.95


Me

an

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Me

dia

n

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-time $20.03 $17.53 $18.64 $19.72 $20.83 $22.03 $22.72

Part-time $16.41 $14.12 $15.12 $16.09 $17.10 $18.19 $18.82


Part-time $16.69 $14.38 $15.39 $16.37 $17.38 $18.49 $19.12


Part-time $13.68 $11.57 $12.47 $13.36 $14.28 $15.28 $15.85


Part-time $12.83 $10.78 $11.65 $12.51 $13.39 $14.37 $14.92

62


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-time $20.97 $18.58 $19.65 $20.69 $21.76 $22.92 $23.57

Part-time $17.25 $15.06 $16.02 $16.96 $17.93 $18.99 $19.59


Part-time $17.28 $15.09 $16.06 $17.00 $17.97 $19.02 $19.62


Part-time $14.79 $12.74 $13.63 $14.50 $15.40 $16.38 $16.93


Part-time $14.15 $12.15 $13.02 $13.87 $14.75 $15.71 $16.25

LWDA 20 Alamo

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-time $26.55 $23.20 $24.68 $26.12 $27.60 $29.22 $30.13

Part-time $21.69 $18.63 $19.96 $21.26 $22.60 $24.06 $24.89


Part-time $21.77 $18.71 $20.04 $21.34 $22.68 $24.14 $24.98


Part-time $17.99 $15.18 $16.38 $17.56 $18.78 $20.11 $20.87


Part-time $16.97 $14.24 $15.40 $16.54 $17.72 $19.02 $19.76

63

LWDA 21 South Texas

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-time $20.55 $17.59 $18.87 $20.12 $21.41 $22.82 $23.63

Part-time $16.25 $13.59 $14.72 $15.82 $16.97 $18.23 $18.95


Part-time $16.47 $13.80 $14.94 $16.05 $17.21 $18.47 $19.20


Part-time $13.28 $10.85 $11.86 $12.86 $13.89 $15.03 $15.68


Part-time $12.42 $10.06 $11.04 $12.00 $13.00 $14.10 $14.73


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Infant Full-time $22.66 $18.53 $20.25 $21.94 $23.70 $25.64 $26.75

Part-time $16.88 $13.26 $14.72 $16.17 $17.69 $19.37 $20.33


Part-time $17.00 $13.37 $14.83 $16.29 $17.81 $19.49 $20.46


Part-time $12.99 $9.76 $11.02 $12.28 $13.60 $15.08 $15.93


Part-time $11.97 $8.85 $10.05 $11.25 $12.52 $13.94 $14.76

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Infant Full-time $19.51 $16.21 $17.60 $18.97 $20.39 $21.94 $22.83

Part-time $14.86 $11.94 $13.14 $14.32 $15.56 $16.92 $17.70


Part-time $14.75 $11.84 $13.03 $14.21 $15.44 $16.80 $17.58


Part-time $11.55 $8.94 $9.98 $11.01 $12.10 $13.30 $14.00


Part-time $10.76 $8.22 $9.22 $10.22 $11.27 $12.43 $13.10


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Infant Full-time $18.89 $15.92 $17.19 $18.43 $19.72 $21.13 $21.94

Part-time $14.68 $12.03 $13.14 $14.23 $15.36 $16.61 $17.32


Part-time $14.71 $12.06 $13.17 $14.26 $15.39 $16.64 $17.35


Part-time $11.63 $9.24 $10.21 $11.18 $12.18 $13.30 $13.94


Part-time $10.83 $8.51 $9.45 $10.38 $11.35 $12.42 $13.04

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LWDA 25 Texoma

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Infant Full-time $22.46 $19.46 $20.77 $22.06 $23.38 $24.82 $25.63

Part-time $18.10 $15.38 $16.55 $17.69 $18.88 $20.17 $20.91


Part-time $18.27 $15.54 $16.72 $17.87 $19.06 $20.36 $21.11


Part-time $14.92 $12.43 $13.48 $14.52 $15.59 $16.77 $17.45


Part-time $14.02 $11.59 $12.61 $13.61 $14.65 $15.80 $16.45


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Infant Full-time $19.94 $17.41 $18.53 $19.61 $20.73 $21.95 $22.64

Part-time $16.19 $13.89 $14.89 $15.87 $16.87 $17.97 $18.60


Part-time $16.48 $14.16 $15.17 $16.16 $17.17 $18.28 $18.91


Part-time $13.58 $11.46 $12.37 $13.26 $14.18 $15.19 $15.77


Part-time $12.78 $10.71 $11.59 $12.46 $13.35 $14.33 $14.89

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Infant Full-time $18.74 $16.22 $17.33 $18.40 $19.51 $20.72 $21.41

Part-time $14.94 $12.67 $13.64 $14.60 $15.59 $16.67 $17.29


Part-time $14.91 $12.64 $13.62 $14.57 $15.56 $16.64 $17.26


Part-time $12.39 $10.30 $11.19 $12.05 $12.95 $13.94 $14.51


Part-time $11.77 $9.72 $10.58 $11.43 $12.30 $13.27 $13.82

LWDA 28 Gulf Coast

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Infant Full-time $28.15 $23.39 $25.40 $27.38 $29.42 $31.67 $32.96

Part-time $21.69 $17.45 $19.19 $20.91 $22.71 $24.69 $25.83


Part-time $22.27 $17.98 $19.74 $21.49 $23.31 $25.32 $26.47


Part-time $16.85 $13.05 $14.56 $16.07 $17.65 $19.40 $20.41


Part-time $15.33 $11.69 $13.12 $14.55 $16.05 $17.73 $18.69

2.4 CHILD CARE DAILY MARKET RATES: SUMMARY TABLES BY LWDA BY FACILITY TYPE

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Table 2.4.1 Child Care Daily Market Rates: Summary Tables by LWDA by Facility Type

LWDA 1 Panhandle

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Full-time $21.61 $18.70 $19.97 $21.22 $22.50 $23.90 $24.70

Part-time $16.43 $13.85 $14.95 $16.03 $17.15 $18.37 $19.07


Full-time $19.26 $16.49 $17.69 $18.86 $20.07 $21.40 $22.15

Part-time $14.30 $11.88 $12.90 $13.90 $14.94 $16.09 $16.74


Full-time $17.57 $14.92 $16.06 $17.18 $18.33 $19.60 $20.32

Part-time $14.62 $12.18 $13.21 $14.23 $15.28 $16.44 $17.10

LWDA 2 South Plains

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40

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70

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Full-time $19.96 $17.54 $18.62 $19.66 $20.73 $21.90 $22.56

Part-time $15.59 $13.43 $14.37 $15.29 $16.24 $17.27 $17.86


Full-time $17.98 $15.68 $16.70 $17.69 $18.70 $19.81 $20.44

Part-time $13.77 $11.73 $12.61 $13.48 $14.37 $15.34 $15.89


Full-time $16.56 $14.34 $15.31 $16.26 $17.24 $18.30 $18.91

Part-time $14.05 $11.99 $12.88 $13.76 $14.65 $15.64 $16.20

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LWDA 3 North Texas

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Full-time $19.05 $16.34 $17.52 $18.67 $19.86 $21.15 $21.89

Part-time $14.28 $11.90 $12.91 $13.90 $14.92 $16.05 $16.69


Full-time $16.88 $14.32 $15.42 $16.50 $17.62 $18.84 $19.53

Part-time $12.33 $10.10 $11.03 $11.95 $12.90 $13.95 $14.55


Full-time $15.33 $12.87 $13.92 $14.95 $16.01 $17.18 $17.84

Part-time $12.63 $10.38 $11.32 $12.25 $13.21 $14.27 $14.88


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70

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Full-time $29.90 $25.66 $27.50 $29.30 $31.15 $33.18 $34.33

Part-time $22.44 $18.72 $20.29 $21.84 $23.44 $25.20 $26.21


Full-time $26.50 $22.50 $24.22 $25.91 $27.65 $29.56 $30.65

Part-time $19.39 $15.90 $17.36 $18.79 $20.28 $21.92 $22.86


Full-time $24.08 $20.24 $21.88 $23.48 $25.14 $26.96 $28.00

Part-time $19.86 $16.33 $17.81 $19.26 $20.77 $22.42 $23.37

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Full-time $29.78 $25.32 $27.24 $29.12 $31.07 $33.19 $34.41

Part-time $22.00 $18.10 $19.73 $21.34 $23.00 $24.84 $25.89


Full-time $26.24 $22.02 $23.82 $25.58 $27.40 $29.40 $30.54

Part-time $18.84 $15.20 $16.70 $18.18 $19.72 $21.42 $22.40


Full-time $23.71 $19.68 $21.38 $23.05 $24.78 $26.68 $27.77

Part-time $19.32 $15.64 $17.16 $18.66 $20.22 $21.94 $22.93

LWDA 6 Dallas

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Full-time $26.31 $21.97 $23.81 $25.62 $27.49 $29.55 $30.73

Part-time $18.86 $15.11 $16.65 $18.17 $19.75 $21.50 $22.51


Full-time $22.90 $18.82 $20.53 $22.21 $23.96 $25.88 $26.98

Part-time $15.88 $12.41 $13.80 $15.19 $16.64 $18.25 $19.17


Full-time $20.49 $16.60 $18.21 $19.79 $21.44 $23.27 $24.31

Part-time $16.34 $12.82 $14.23 $15.64 $17.11 $18.74 $19.68

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Full-time $18.73 $16.36 $17.41 $18.42 $19.47 $20.61 $21.26

Part-time $14.47 $12.37 $13.28 $14.17 $15.09 $16.10 $16.67


Full-time $16.80 $14.55 $15.54 $16.50 $17.49 $18.57 $19.19

Part-time $12.71 $10.73 $11.58 $12.41 $13.27 $14.22 $14.76


Full-time $15.42 $13.25 $14.19 $15.11 $16.06 $17.10 $17.69

Part-time $12.98 $10.98 $11.84 $12.68 $13.55 $14.51 $15.05

LWDA 8 East Texas

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Full-time $20.12 $17.82 $18.85 $19.85 $20.87 $21.99 $22.62

Part-time $15.93 $13.87 $14.77 $15.66 $16.57 $17.56 $18.13


Full-time $18.23 $16.03 $17.01 $17.96 $18.93 $19.99 $20.59

Part-time $14.18 $12.22 $13.08 $13.91 $14.77 $15.71 $16.24


Full-time $16.86 $14.74 $15.68 $16.59 $17.53 $18.55 $19.13

Part-time $14.45 $12.47 $13.34 $14.18 $15.05 $15.99 $16.53

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Full-time $19.11 $16.20 $17.45 $18.68 $19.94 $21.33 $22.12

Part-time $14.05 $11.52 $12.57 $13.62 $14.70 $15.89 $16.57


Full-time $16.81 $14.06 $15.23 $16.37 $17.55 $18.86 $19.60

Part-time $12.00 $9.64 $10.61 $11.57 $12.57 $13.67 $14.30


Full-time $15.16 $12.54 $13.64 $14.73 $15.85 $17.09 $17.79

Part-time $12.32 $9.93 $10.91 $11.88 $12.89 $14.01 $14.65


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Full-time $20.21 $17.00 $18.37 $19.71 $21.10 $22.62 $23.49

Part-time $14.67 $11.89 $13.04 $14.17 $15.36 $16.66 $17.40


Full-time $17.68 $14.66 $15.93 $17.18 $18.48 $19.91 $20.72

Part-time $12.44 $9.86 $10.91 $11.95 $13.03 $14.23 $14.92


Full-time $15.88 $13.00 $14.20 $15.38 $16.61 $17.97 $18.74

Part-time $12.78 $10.17 $11.23 $12.29 $13.39 $14.60 $15.30

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Full-time $22.24 $19.37 $20.64 $21.87 $23.13 $24.51 $25.30

Part-time $17.11 $14.56 $15.66 $16.73 $17.84 $19.06 $19.75


Full-time $19.92 $17.19 $18.38 $19.54 $20.74 $22.05 $22.79

Part-time $14.99 $12.59 $13.61 $14.61 $15.65 $16.79 $17.44


Full-time $18.24 $15.62 $16.76 $17.87 $19.02 $20.27 $20.98

Part-time $15.31 $12.89 $13.93 $14.94 $15.99 $17.14 $17.79


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Full-time $20.40 $18.15 $19.16 $20.14 $21.15 $22.24 $22.86

Part-time $16.28 $14.25 $15.14 $16.02 $16.92 $17.89 $18.45


Full-time $18.54 $16.39 $17.35 $18.28 $19.24 $20.28 $20.87

Part-time $14.55 $12.62 $13.47 $14.29 $15.14 $16.06 $16.59


Full-time $17.20 $15.12 $16.04 $16.94 $17.86 $18.86 $19.43

Part-time $14.81 $12.87 $13.72 $14.56 $15.41 $16.35 $16.88

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Full-time $20.24 $17.32 $18.59 $19.82 $21.09 $22.48 $23.28

Part-time $15.11 $12.56 $13.64 $14.70 $15.80 $17.00 $17.69


Full-time $17.91 $15.15 $16.33 $17.49 $18.69 $20.00 $20.75

Part-time $13.03 $10.64 $11.63 $12.61 $13.63 $14.75 $15.40


Full-time $16.24 $13.60 $14.72 $15.82 $16.96 $18.21 $18.93

Part-time $13.35 $10.93 $11.94 $12.93 $13.96 $15.10 $15.75


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Full-time $32.00 $27.84 $29.67 $31.46 $33.29 $35.29 $36.43

Part-time $24.56 $20.87 $22.46 $24.01 $25.62 $27.38 $28.38


Full-time $28.63 $24.67 $26.40 $28.08 $29.82 $31.71 $32.79

Part-time $21.49 $18.02 $19.49 $20.95 $22.45 $24.10 $25.04


Full-time $26.21 $22.41 $24.05 $25.66 $27.32 $29.14 $30.17

Part-time $21.96 $18.45 $19.95 $21.42 $22.94 $24.60 $25.55

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Full-time $29.11 $24.93 $26.74 $28.51 $30.34 $32.33 $33.47

Part-time $21.75 $18.09 $19.64 $21.16 $22.74 $24.47 $25.46


Full-time $25.76 $21.81 $23.50 $25.17 $26.88 $28.77 $29.84

Part-time $18.76 $15.32 $16.75 $18.16 $19.63 $21.24 $22.16


Full-time $23.37 $19.58 $21.20 $22.78 $24.41 $26.21 $27.23

Part-time $19.22 $15.75 $17.19 $18.62 $20.10 $21.73 $22.67


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Full-time $23.73 $20.28 $21.77 $23.23 $24.74 $26.39 $27.32

Part-time $17.67 $14.65 $15.92 $17.17 $18.47 $19.90 $20.72


Full-time $20.97 $17.71 $19.10 $20.47 $21.89 $23.44 $24.33

Part-time $15.21 $12.38 $13.55 $14.71 $15.91 $17.24 $18.00


Full-time $19.00 $15.88 $17.20 $18.51 $19.85 $21.33 $22.18

Part-time $15.58 $12.72 $13.91 $15.09 $16.30 $17.65 $18.42

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Full-time $18.90 $16.47 $17.54 $18.58 $19.66 $20.83 $21.49

Part-time $14.54 $12.38 $13.32 $14.23 $15.17 $16.20 $16.79


Full-time $16.93 $14.61 $15.63 $16.61 $17.63 $18.74 $19.37

Part-time $12.75 $10.71 $11.58 $12.43 $13.31 $14.28 $14.83


Full-time $15.51 $13.29 $14.25 $15.19 $16.16 $17.23 $17.83

Part-time $13.02 $10.97 $11.85 $12.71 $13.60 $14.57 $15.13


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Full-time $20.15 $17.63 $18.74 $19.83 $20.94 $22.15 $22.84

Part-time $15.62 $13.38 $14.35 $15.30 $16.28 $17.35 $17.96


Full-time $18.10 $15.70 $16.75 $17.78 $18.83 $19.98 $20.64

Part-time $13.74 $11.63 $12.54 $13.42 $14.34 $15.35 $15.92


Full-time $16.62 $14.32 $15.32 $16.30 $17.31 $18.42 $19.04

Part-time $14.03 $11.90 $12.81 $13.71 $14.64 $15.66 $16.24

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Full-time $21.31 $18.89 $19.97 $21.02 $22.10 $23.27 $23.93

Part-time $16.90 $14.73 $15.69 $16.62 $17.58 $18.62 $19.21


Full-time $19.32 $17.01 $18.04 $19.04 $20.06 $21.18 $21.81

Part-time $15.06 $13.00 $13.90 $14.77 $15.68 $16.67 $17.23


Full-time $17.88 $15.65 $16.64 $17.60 $18.59 $19.66 $20.27

Part-time $15.34 $13.26 $14.17 $15.06 $15.97 $16.97 $17.53

LWDA 20 Alamo

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Full-time $26.51 $23.17 $24.65 $26.08 $27.56 $29.17 $30.09

Part-time $20.50 $17.53 $18.81 $20.07 $21.37 $22.79 $23.60


Full-time $23.79 $20.61 $22.00 $23.36 $24.76 $26.29 $27.16

Part-time $18.02 $15.21 $16.41 $17.59 $18.81 $20.14 $20.90


Full-time $21.83 $18.77 $20.10 $21.41 $22.75 $24.21 $25.05

Part-time $18.40 $15.56 $16.78 $17.97 $19.20 $20.55 $21.32

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LWDA 21 South Texas

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Part-time $15.62 $13.01 $14.11 $15.20 $16.32 $17.55 $18.26


Full-time $18.47 $15.66 $16.87 $18.05 $19.27 $20.61 $21.37

Part-time $13.48 $11.04 $12.06 $13.06 $14.10 $15.25 $15.91


Full-time $16.77 $14.08 $15.22 $16.35 $17.51 $18.79 $19.52

Part-time $13.81 $11.34 $12.37 $13.39 $14.44 $15.61 $16.27


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Part-time $15.95 $12.42 $13.84 $15.24 $16.71 $18.35 $19.29


Full-time $19.72 $15.84 $17.43 $19.01 $20.65 $22.46 $23.50

Part-time $13.20 $9.95 $11.22 $12.49 $13.83 $15.32 $16.18


Full-time $17.46 $13.79 $15.28 $16.75 $18.29 $20.00 $20.98

Part-time $13.62 $10.33 $11.62 $12.91 $14.26 $15.78 $16.65

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Part-time $13.85 $11.02 $12.17 $13.31 $14.50 $15.82 $16.58


Full-time $16.89 $13.80 $15.09 $16.35 $17.67 $19.12 $19.95

Part-time $11.61 $8.99 $10.03 $11.07 $12.16 $13.37 $14.07


Full-time $15.07 $12.13 $13.34 $14.53 $15.78 $17.15 $17.94

Part-time $11.95 $9.30 $10.36 $11.41 $12.52 $13.74 $14.45


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Full-time $18.90 $15.93 $17.20 $18.45 $19.73 $21.14 $21.95

Part-time $13.76 $11.19 $12.25 $13.31 $14.40 $15.61 $16.30


Full-time $16.56 $13.76 $14.94 $16.10 $17.30 $18.63 $19.38

Part-time $11.69 $9.30 $10.27 $11.24 $12.25 $13.36 $14.00


Full-time $14.89 $12.22 $13.33 $14.43 $15.57 $16.83 $17.55

Part-time $12.01 $9.58 $10.57 $11.55 $12.58 $13.71 $14.36

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Full-time $22.60 $19.60 $20.92 $22.20 $23.53 $24.97 $25.79

Part-time $17.24 $14.58 $15.72 $16.84 $18.00 $19.26 $19.98


Full-time $20.17 $17.32 $18.56 $19.77 $21.02 $22.39 $23.16

Part-time $15.04 $12.54 $13.60 $14.64 $15.72 $16.90 $17.58


Full-time $18.43 $15.69 $16.87 $18.03 $19.22 $20.53 $21.27

Part-time $15.38 $12.85 $13.92 $14.98 $16.07 $17.26 $17.95


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Part-time $15.68 $13.42 $14.40 $15.36 $16.35 $17.43 $18.05


Full-time $18.19 $15.77 $16.83 $17.87 $18.93 $20.10 $20.76

Part-time $13.79 $11.65 $12.57 $13.46 $14.39 $15.41 $15.99


Full-time $16.70 $14.37 $15.38 $16.37 $17.40 $18.51 $19.15

Part-time $14.08 $11.92 $12.85 $13.75 $14.69 $15.72 $16.31

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Part-time $14.46 $12.22 $13.18 $14.12 $15.10 $16.16 $16.77


Full-time $16.93 $14.52 $15.57 $16.59 $17.64 $18.79 $19.45

Part-time $12.61 $10.50 $11.39 $12.27 $13.17 $14.17 $14.74


Full-time $15.46 $13.15 $14.15 $15.12 $16.13 $17.23 $17.85

Part-time $12.89 $10.76 $11.66 $12.55 $13.47 $14.48 $15.05

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Part-time $20.12 $16.02 $17.69 $19.35 $21.08 $22.99 $24.08


Full-time $24.53 $20.06 $21.92 $23.76 $25.67 $27.77 $28.98

Part-time $16.88 $13.08 $14.60 $16.10 $17.68 $19.43 $20.44


Full-time $21.90 $17.64 $19.39 $21.12 $22.92 $24.91 $26.06

Part-time $17.37 $13.53 $15.07 $16.60 $18.20 $19.98 $21.00

3. CHILD CARE DAILY MARKET RATES AND LWDA ESTABLISHED RATES:

PERCENTILE ANALYSIS

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3.1 PERCENTILE ANALYSIS

Maximum reimbursement rates in effect for Local Workforce Development Areas (LWDAs) in

May 2015 for the various categories of child care were compared to the distributions of daily market

rates gathered in this 2015 survey to determine at what percentile of the market such maximum rates

would provide access. Similar comparisons were made for maximum enhanced rates, or the highest rate

a local board will reimburse for care in facilities that, for example, receive more stars on the Texas Rising

Star scale, or whatever other criteria are used locally to assign enhanced rates. Exact percentiles at

which access is provided, whether for regular reimbursement or maximum enhanced rates, are listed for

all categories of care in the tables below.

Several clarifications are in order. First, it should be noted that these percentiles at which

access to care is potentially available should not be confused with percentiles at which care is

reimbursed.6 Second, it is possible that confusion could arise regarding the interpretation of several

instances in these tables in which access to care is listed as the zero percentile. In these instances, the

maximum reimbursement rate was found to be the same as or below the lowest rate gathered in the

survey for that type of care.

General trends in the level of access potentially provided are presented below. Overall, across

care types, facility types, age groups, and local boards, maximum reimbursement rates were found to

provide access to the 37th percentile of market rates, while maximum enhanced rates provide access to

the 46th percentile. These market access numbers are higher than the same figures documented in the

2013 survey, indicating a trend toward greater market access.

As shown in the following table, access is fairly uniform across facility types, ranging between

the 36th and 39th percentiles of the market for maximum regular rates, and the 43rd through 46th

percentiles of the market for maximum enhanced rates.

Table 3.1.1 Percentile Analyses by Facility Type

Facility Type Average

maximum rate Percentile of

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Average maximum

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Percentile of maximum

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Licensed Child Care Centers $21.55 37 $22.98 46

Licensed Child Care Homes $18.74 39 $19.91 46

Registered Child Care Homes $17.79 36 $18.93 43

6 To estimate the percentile at which care is reimbursed, corrections would need to be made for reimbursement

below the maximum, as well as differential weighting of more common and rarer forms of care.

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Part-day care was found to be potentially reimbursed at slightly higher percentiles, indicating

greater market access, as compared to full-day care, as shown in the table below. It should be noted,

however, that there is greater uncertainty surrounding market rates for part-day care. In many facilities,

part-day care is not offered at all, and in most areas it can be difficult to find.

Table 3.1.2 Percentile Analyses by Rate Type

Rate Type Average


maximum rate

Average maximum

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enhanced rate

Full-day $21.40 36 $22.74 45

Part-day $16.64 39 $17.93 47

Percentiles of the market rates to which maximum reimbursement rates potentially provide

access were also found to vary by age groups of the children served. In terms of percentiles at which

reimbursement is possible, the greatest market access should be for infant rates, however, as with part

time care, infant care can be very difficult to find.

Table 3.1.3 Percentile Analyses by Age Group

Rate Type Average


maximum rate

Average maximum

enhanced rate


enhanced rate

Infant $23.61 43 $25.13 53

Toddler $21.42 39 $22.75 47

Preschooler $18.31 33 $19.54 41

School age $16.35 36 $17.56 44

Finally, reimbursement percentiles varied by LWDA. The table below lists the percentiles of

market rates to which maximum reimbursement rates potentially provide access by LWDA. Following

that, detailed tables list maximum reimbursement rates and market rate access by facility type, age of

child, and LWDA, for both regular rates and maximum enhanced rates.

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Table 3.1.4 Percentile Analyses by LWDA

LWDA Average


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Average maximum

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1 Panhandle $16.91 37 $17.93 46

2 South Plains $14.94 28 $15.93 36

3 North Texas $15.49 45 $16.43 53

4 North Central Texas $23.63 40 $24.97 48

5 Tarrant County $22.28 34 $23.62 42

6 Dallas $19.19 36 $21.06 47

7 North East Texas $15.75 46 $16.54 54

8 East Texas $17.99 54 $18.89 63

9 West Central Texas $13.97 33 $14.68 38

10 Upper Rio Grande $15.08 37 $16.59 49

11 Permian Basin $15.35 20 $16.30 27

12 Concho Valley $15.97 30 $16.93 39

13 Heart of Texas $15.16 34 $18.23 59

14 Capital Area $23.19 25 $24.43 32

15 Rural Capital $22.42 37 $23.93 46

16 Brazos Valley $17.21 30 $19.21 44

17 Deep East Texas $15.12 40 $15.73 45

18 South East Texas $15.32 31 $16.11 38

19 Golden Crescent $15.28 19 $16.11 26

20 Alamo $20.29 31 $21.31 37

21 South Texas $15.02 30 $16.02 37

22 Coastal Bend $18.00 48 $19.20 55

23 Lower Rio Grande Valley $14.39 39 $16.03 51

24 Cameron County $13.21 30 $14.39 39

25 Texoma $21.29 64 $22.99 75

26 Central Texas $15.82 35 $17.09 47

27 Middle Rio Grande $13.16 22 $15.13 39

28 Gulf Coast $21.63 41 $22.75 47

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Table 3.1.5 Board Maximum Rates

Licensed Centers: Board Maximum Rate by Age Group

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1 Panhandle $22.00 $19.15 $20.50 $17.85 $18.95 $14.00 $17.55 $12.70

2 South Plains $21.70 $14.95 $19.72 $14.95 $19.28 $13.52 $17.70 $8.75

3 North Texas $20.49 $18.83 $19.11 $15.17 $17.38 $14.03 $17.02 $12.43

4 North Central Texas $30.00 $27.00 $27.50 $26.00 $25.50 $20.00 $24.50 $18.00

5 Tarrant County $29.50 $22.00 $28.50 $18.00 $25.00 $16.50 $23.00 $16.50

6 Dallas $25.27 $22.07 $23.12 $20.53 $21.32 $15.96 $19.57 $14.98

7 North East Texas $21.01 $18.00 $19.64 $16.50 $18.58 $13.40 $16.37 $12.20

8 East Texas $23.04 $19.13 $20.93 $18.15 $19.84 $14.67 $19.21 $14.03

9 West Central Texas $19.21 $12.71 $17.56 $11.56 $16.17 $10.38 $15.40 $8.26

10 Upper Rio Grande $19.66 $16.44 $18.23 $15.53 $15.80 $13.63 $14.80 $11.11

11 Permian Basin $19.25 $15.77 $18.60 $13.50 $18.25 $12.40 $16.70 $13.23

12 Concho Valley $22.45 $22.45 $18.14 $12.09 $16.49 $12.36 $16.51 $9.66

13 Heart of Texas $21.27 $16.77 $18.24 $16.03 $15.45 $13.58 $13.87 $13.40

14 Capital Area $35.67 $26.49 $28.05 $22.00 $26.14 $18.35 $24.15 $16.00

15 Rural Capital $28.97 $25.25 $26.72 $23.66 $24.96 $18.98 $23.72 $17.36

16 Brazos Valley $24.57 $16.87 $21.71 $15.35 $20.23 $12.40 $19.57 $14.39

17 Deep East Texas $20.11 $20.11 $18.59 $18.06 $17.11 $16.33 $16.66 $14.19

18 South East Texas $19.57 $20.30 $17.81 $18.25 $17.36 $16.61 $16.77 $11.53

19 Golden Crescent $19.42 $17.06 $18.55 $14.96 $17.62 $12.67 $16.81 $10.65

20 Alamo $34.25 $27.60 $23.92 $17.74 $22.25 $14.28 $26.16 $13.66

21 South Texas $17.85 $15.89 $17.85 $15.89 $20.92 $15.89 $15.86 $13.94

22 Coastal Bend $24.57 $18.44 $21.84 $17.85 $18.82 $15.29 $19.87 $15.33

23 Lower Rio Grande Valley $18.25 $16.09 $16.75 $14.49 $15.60 $13.93 $14.57 $11.67

24 Cameron County $19.03 $18.00 $14.19 $13.71 $14.60 $13.71 $12.66 $10.55

25 Texoma $26.72 $25.25 $24.61 $22.94 $22.60 $20.64 $21.80 $14.23

26 Central Texas $19.83 $18.08 $17.77 $16.40 $16.66 $13.48 $16.27 $12.48

27 Middle Rio Grande $19.43 $12.63 $17.63 $11.46 $17.63 $11.46 $15.88 $10.32

28 Gulf Coast $32.91 $25.06 $28.31 $23.40 $23.43 $16.22 $20.76 $13.71

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Licensed Centers: Percentile of Board Maximum Rate by Age Group

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1 Panhandle 38 45 38 45 33 40 29 34

2 South Plains 50 18 44 27 48 39 40 5

3 North Texas 47 63 47 41 40 60 45 51

4 North Central Texas 36 49 34 55 31 47 32 40

5 Tarrant County 34 24 40 14 30 28 26 35

6 Dallas 30 42 30 44 28 44 25 44

7 North East Texas 56 58 55 54 53 50 39 43

8 East Texas 62 55 54 56 52 47 53 47

9 West Central Texas 36 15 35 15 31 27 32 15

10 Upper Rio Grande 32 37 33 41 23 54 23 38

11 Permian Basin 15 15 20 9 23 19 18 32

12 Concho Valley 54 81 25 4 17 18 23 5

13 Heart Of Texas 43 37 31 41 18 48 14 54

14 Capital Area 54 34 26 19 23 23 19 16

15 Rural Capital 34 43 34 45 32 44 32 40

16 Brazos Valley 40 19 34 18 31 21 34 43

17 Deep East Texas 46 75 44 68 37 78 40 65

18 South East Texas 30 66 26 59 29 71 31 26

19 Golden Crescent 19 24 22 16 21 18 20 8

20 Alamo 81 71 29 16 26 15 60 16

21 South Texas 16 26 25 36 56 65 23 54

22 Coastal Bend 45 39 42 47 32 59 45 66

23 Lower Rio Grande Valley 28 41 28 39 28 64 27 52

24 Cameron County 36 59 14 33 22 62 15 39

25 Texoma 65 81 62 77 55 85 56 42

26 Central Texas 31 45 25 40 23 39 26 35

27 Middle Rio Grande 39 11 35 10 42 30 33 25

28 Gulf Coast 57 50 48 52 31 39 25 30

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Licensed Homes: Board Maximum Rate by Age Group

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Part- time

1 Panhandle $18.60 $15.50 $17.50 $14.65 $16.70 $12.15 $15.05 $11.30

2 South Plains $16.30 $13.50 $15.40 $13.00 $15.40 $13.00 $15.40 $11.41

3 North Texas $15.73 $15.37 $15.17 $14.09 $14.49 $12.29 $13.65 $12.29


5 Tarrant County $27.00 $22.50 $25.50 $19.00 $23.00 $14.00 $20.00 $11.50

6 Dallas $21.77 $17.64 $20.47 $15.41 $19.52 $14.76 $16.72 $12.78

7 North East Texas $18.09 $13.25 $17.45 $12.25 $16.91 $8.00 $14.81 $7.05

8 East Texas $19.73 $17.30 $19.04 $15.94 $18.48 $15.20 $16.94 $14.84


10 Upper Rio Grande $17.03 $14.01 $16.36 $13.33 $14.75 $11.50 $12.50 $10.45

11 Permian Basin $16.70 $15.48 $16.65 $14.52 $16.25 $12.40 $14.33 $12.31

12 Concho Valley $22.45 $22.45 $16.70 $14.63 $15.93 $11.15 $14.30 $9.55

13 Heart of Texas $16.69 $16.69 $15.92 $15.92 $14.70 $10.00 $13.43 $9.00

14 Capital Area $29.36 $27.36 $22.20 $21.91 $21.90 $17.60 $18.00 $14.50

15 Rural Capital $24.66 $20.73 $23.37 $19.67 $22.94 $17.68 $20.55 $15.62

16 Brazos Valley $18.67 $14.63 $18.37 $14.04 $17.32 $13.46 $15.38 $11.11

17 Deep East Texas $18.06 $15.17 $15.74 $14.58 $15.74 $14.58 $14.58 $13.43

18 South East Texas $17.20 $17.20 $14.79 $13.24 $13.24 $10.68 $13.43 $8.77

19 Golden Crescent $17.43 $16.82 $17.32 $15.83 $17.32 $15.35 $15.22 $9.86

20 Alamo $30.00 $22.15 $18.57 $15.54 $18.00 $14.81 $20.00 $14.44

21 South Texas $15.12 $13.82 $15.12 $13.82 $15.12 $13.82 $12.84 $12.04

22 Coastal Bend $18.48 $19.95 $18.90 $18.25 $18.06 $16.05 $15.89 $19.95


24 Cameron County $16.00 $16.00 $13.71 $13.71 $12.66 $12.66 $11.60 $10.55

25 Texoma $25.82 $24.59 $23.41 $21.42 $21.56 $19.63 $20.45 $12.58

26 Central Texas $16.95 $14.56 $16.14 $13.11 $15.54 $12.05 $13.78 $12.25


28 Gulf Coast $26.13 $20.67 $24.91 $19.48 $18.54 $16.22 $15.67 $11.03

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Licensed Homes: Percentile of Board Maximum Rate by Age Group

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Part- time

1 Panhandle 35 47 35 41 31 38 25 34

2 South Plains 25 33 25 29 27 51 34 36

3 North Texas 30 66 35 56 31 60 31 64


5 Tarrant County 45 59 47 39 35 28 26 16

6 Dallas 35 49 37 36 33 53 25 43

7 North East Texas 53 42 57 32 54 9 40 6

8 East Texas 55 69 58 57 55 70 47 71


10 Upper Rio Grande 36 51 40 46 30 52 21 46

11 Permian Basin 17 40 23 33 22 34 15 37

12 Concho Valley 77 96 30 38 25 19 17 9

13 Heart of Texas 31 69 34 65 26 29 23 23

14 Capital Area 44 72 16 40 16 33 7 17

15 Rural Capital 34 49 36 44 36 53 30 42

16 Brazos Valley 25 32 32 29 27 45 21 29

17 Deep East Texas 51 62 38 58 40 78 37 71

18 South East Texas 32 71 20 32 11 25 17 12

19 Golden Crescent 23 54 30 45 32 62 21 10

20 Alamo 79 68 16 19 14 32 33 33

21 South Texas 16 39 23 41 25 63 16 51

22 Coastal Bend 34 80 46 73 43 79 37 94


24 Cameron County 36 75 27 58 21 70 20 54

25 Texoma 80 95 74 86 64 90 63 41

26 Central Texas 29 44 31 30 27 40 19 47


28 Gulf Coast 49 60 53 55 22 57 15 26

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Registered Homes: Board Maximum Rate

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1 Panhandle $18.60 $15.50 $17.50 $14.65 $16.70 $12.15 $15.05 $11.30

2 South Plains $14.30 $11.50 $14.30 $11.50 $14.30 $8.50 $14.30 $8.25

3 North Texas $15.73 $14.73 $15.17 $13.66 $14.01 $12.01 $13.06 $12.01


5 Tarrant County $25.50 $17.00 $24.00 $15.00 $23.00 $13.00 $19.50 $12.00

6 Dallas $21.22 $18.46 $19.72 $17.22 $18.52 $13.36 $15.52 $11.47

7 North East Texas $17.14 $12.25 $16.33 $12.25 $15.50 $8.00 $13.15 $7.05

8 East Texas $19.52 $15.83 $18.62 $16.93 $17.70 $13.17 $15.00 $12.55


10 Upper Rio Grande $16.83 $13.22 $15.95 $14.29 $13.90 $10.24 $11.33 $10.12

11 Permian Basin $15.50 $15.44 $15.50 $13.23 $15.00 $11.03 $13.23 $9.27

12 Concho Valley $22.45 $22.45 $16.70 $14.63 $15.93 $11.15 $14.30 $9.55

13 Heart of Texas $16.68 $16.68 $15.92 $14.49 $13.95 $10.00 $12.00 $8.49

14 Capital Area $24.21 $23.95 $24.86 $22.09 $21.74 $20.64 $18.64 $13.55

15 Rural Capital $24.55 $19.79 $23.15 $19.85 $21.28 $18.24 $18.24 $14.22

16 Brazos Valley $18.67 $16.32 $18.55 $15.81 $17.32 $10.02 $15.38 $6.43

17 Deep East Texas $14.19 $14.19 $12.38 $12.38 $12.90 $9.02 $12.90 $7.72

18 South East Texas $15.15 $14.48 $14.78 $14.27 $14.47 $13.24 $13.68 $10.48

19 Golden Crescent $16.38 $14.72 $15.42 $14.72 $15.22 $13.67 $14.70 $8.03

20 Alamo $25.08 $17.97 $20.00 $16.50 $17.00 $12.81 $14.13 $12.21

21 South Texas $14.34 $13.03 $14.34 $13.03 $12.00 $8.35 $12.00 $7.17

22 Coastal Bend $18.48 $15.75 $16.80 $15.75 $16.80 $15.75 $15.75 $13.23


24 Cameron County $14.00 $11.00 $12.12 $10.55 $11.60 $10.55 $10.55 $8.44

25 Texoma $24.41 $23.44 $22.27 $20.29 $20.58 $18.58 $19.29 $11.51

26 Central Texas $17.15 $15.50 $16.50 $14.50 $16.50 $13.50 $15.98 $12.00


28 Gulf Coast $25.76 $19.28 $24.16 $21.18 $17.51 $12.36 $14.50 $10.30

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Registered Homes: Percentile of Board Maximum Rate

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Part- time

1 Panhandle 36 43 38 25 37 36 61 40

2 South Plains 12 12 18 7 22 6 60 10

3 North Texas 32 56 37 34 32 55 62 67


5 Tarrant County 38 22 40 8 41 20 59 24

6 Dallas 33 50 35 30 34 40 53 39

7 North East Texas 45 27 48 18 45 8 59 8

8 East Texas 55 50 56 50 53 45 63 51


10 Upper Rio Grande 36 40 39 37 29 37 44 49

11 Permian Basin 11 36 17 11 18 19 36 15

12 Concho Valley 78 95 32 22 31 18 50 12

13 Heart of Texas 32 66 36 34 25 27 44 24

14 Capital Area 19 48 30 25 20 52 34 16

15 Rural Capital 35 39 37 28 32 54 51 38

16 Brazos Valley 26 41 35 26 32 16 56 4

17 Deep East Texas 18 48 12 19 20 16 56 13

18 South East Texas 17 39 22 26 24 52 53 33

19 Golden Crescent 16 28 16 19 19 41 49 4

20 Alamo 51 32 25 14 13 16 22 21

21 South Texas 13 29 20 19 10 11 40 11

22 Coastal Bend 35 52 35 40 42 76 73 72


24 Cameron County 22 27 17 15 18 47 43 37

25 Texoma 73 91 69 65 62 84 85 36

26 Central Texas 32 50 36 28 42 54 75 51


28 Gulf Coast 49 48 51 47 22 29 40 26

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Table 3.1.6 Board Maximum Enhanced Rates

Licensed Centers: Board Maximum Enhanced Rate

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1 Panhandle $23.32 $20.30 $21.73 $18.92 $20.09 $14.84 $18.60 $13.46

2 South Plains $23.63 $16.55 $20.71 $16.55 $20.24 $15.00 $18.64 $9.40

3 North Texas $21.73 $19.96 $20.20 $16.09 $18.43 $14.87 $18.05 $13.19


5 Tarrant County $31.00 $23.10 $30.00 $19.00 $26.50 $17.50 $24.50 $17.50

6 Dallas $28.90 $24.48 $24.28 $24.00 $22.39 $18.59 $22.02 $17.99

7 North East Texas $22.07 $18.90 $20.62 $17.33 $19.51 $14.07 $17.19 $12.81

8 East Texas $24.19 $20.09 $21.98 $19.06 $20.83 $15.40 $20.17 $14.73


10 Upper Rio Grande $21.82 $18.25 $20.24 $17.24 $17.54 $15.13 $16.43 $12.33

11 Permian Basin $20.79 $16.75 $19.53 $14.50 $19.18 $13.62 $18.59 $13.89

12 Concho Valley $23.81 $23.81 $19.25 $12.80 $17.48 $13.11 $17.50 $10.24

13 Heart of Texas $24.76 $20.17 $21.66 $19.41 $18.72 $17.06 $16.86 $16.73

14 Capital Area $37.46 $27.82 $29.46 $23.10 $27.45 $19.27 $27.03 $16.80

15 Rural Capital $31.58 $27.01 $29.12 $25.32 $27.21 $20.31 $25.89 $18.58

16 Brazos Valley $25.84 $20.18 $22.83 $18.59 $21.27 $15.50 $21.42 $17.58

17 Deep East Texas $21.13 $21.13 $19.54 $18.98 $17.98 $17.16 $17.51 $14.92

18 South East Texas $20.60 $21.37 $18.74 $19.21 $18.26 $17.48 $17.65 $12.11

19 Golden Crescent $20.40 $17.94 $19.48 $15.72 $18.51 $13.31 $17.66 $11.19

20 Alamo $35.96 $28.98 $25.12 $18.63 $23.36 $15.00 $27.47 $14.35

21 South Texas $19.10 $17.00 $19.10 $17.00 $22.38 $17.00 $16.65 $14.64

22 Coastal Bend $26.29 $19.73 $23.37 $19.10 $20.13 $16.36 $20.86 $16.10


24 Cameron County $20.74 $19.62 $15.47 $14.94 $15.91 $14.94 $13.80 $11.50

25 Texoma $28.85 $27.27 $26.58 $24.78 $24.41 $22.29 $23.54 $15.37

26 Central Texas $21.61 $19.71 $19.37 $17.88 $18.16 $14.69 $17.73 $13.60


28 Gulf Coast $34.56 $26.31 $29.73 $24.57 $24.60 $17.19 $21.80 $14.40

95

Licensed Centers: Percentile of Board Maximum Enhanced Rate

Board


Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

1 Panhandle 48 55 48 54 43 48 38 42

2 South Plains 67 32 54 42 57 56 49 8

3 North Texas 57 72 57 50 50 68 54 59


5 Tarrant County 41 29 48 18 38 34 34 41

6 Dallas 49 56 36 64 34 61 39 65

7 North East Texas 65 66 64 62 62 58 47 51

8 East Texas 72 64 64 65 61 56 62 56


10 Upper Rio Grande 47 51 48 54 35 67 34 50

11 Permian Basin 24 21 26 14 30 29 32 39

12 Concho Valley 67 89 35 7 25 26 32 7

13 Heart of Texas 68 65 58 69 43 78 35 81

14 Capital Area 63 41 33 25 29 28 34 20

15 Rural Capital 48 54 47 55 44 53 44 49

16 Brazos Valley 49 41 41 40 38 45 47 69

17 Deep East Texas 55 82 53 75 46 84 49 72

18 South East Texas 39 74 34 67 37 78 39 31

19 Golden Crescent 27 32 30 22 28 24 27 12

20 Alamo 87 79 37 21 33 19 68 20

21 South Texas 23 34 33 45 66 73 29 61

22 Coastal Bend 54 47 50 55 39 66 51 71


24 Cameron County 49 70 22 44 31 72 22 49

25 Texoma 77 89 75 86 68 91 69 53

26 Central Texas 46 60 39 54 35 52 39 47


28 Gulf Coast 65 56 55 58 37 45 30 35

96

Licensed Homes: Board Maximum Enhanced Rate

Board


Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

1 Panhandle $19.72 $16.43 $18.55 $15.53 $17.70 $12.88 $15.95 $11.98

2 South Plains $17.70 $14.95 $16.17 $14.40 $16.17 $14.40 $16.17 $12.42

3 North Texas $16.68 $16.30 $16.09 $14.94 $15.37 $13.04 $14.47 $13.04


5 Tarrant County $28.50 $24.00 $27.00 $20.00 $24.50 $15.00 $21.00 $12.50

6 Dallas $22.86 $18.53 $21.50 $18.08 $20.50 $17.71 $17.56 $13.42

7 North East Texas $18.99 $13.91 $18.32 $12.86 $17.76 $8.40 $15.55 $7.40

8 East Texas $20.72 $18.17 $19.99 $16.74 $19.40 $15.96 $17.79 $15.58


10 Upper Rio Grande $18.56 $15.27 $17.83 $14.53 $16.08 $12.54 $13.63 $11.39

11 Permian Basin $18.08 $16.42 $17.49 $16.35 $17.07 $13.15 $15.05 $12.93

12 Concho Valley $23.81 $23.81 $17.71 $15.51 $16.87 $11.82 $15.35 $10.12

13 Heart of Texas $19.69 $19.69 $18.92 $18.92 $17.26 $10.70 $16.43 $10.20

14 Capital Area $30.83 $29.32 $23.31 $23.01 $23.00 $18.48 $19.12 $15.23

15 Rural Capital $25.90 $21.77 $24.54 $21.07 $24.09 $18.94 $21.58 $16.41

16 Brazos Valley $19.61 $17.83 $18.79 $17.22 $17.66 $16.61 $17.40 $14.14

17 Deep East Texas $18.98 $15.95 $16.55 $15.33 $16.55 $15.33 $15.33 $14.11

18 South East Texas $18.10 $18.10 $15.55 $13.92 $13.92 $11.22 $14.12 $9.21

19 Golden Crescent $18.31 $17.69 $18.91 $16.65 $18.19 $16.13 $15.99 $10.36

20 Alamo $31.50 $23.26 $19.50 $16.32 $18.90 $15.56 $21.00 $15.17

21 South Texas $16.18 $14.78 $16.18 $14.78 $16.18 $14.78 $13.48 $12.64

22 Coastal Bend $19.77 $21.35 $20.22 $19.53 $19.32 $17.18 $16.68 $20.95


24 Cameron County $17.44 $17.44 $14.94 $14.94 $13.80 $13.80 $12.64 $11.50

25 Texoma $27.88 $26.55 $25.28 $23.13 $23.29 $21.20 $22.09 $13.59

26 Central Texas $18.14 $15.58 $17.27 $14.03 $16.63 $12.89 $14.74 $13.11


28 Gulf Coast $27.44 $21.70 $26.16 $20.45 $19.66 $17.21 $16.45 $11.58

97

Licensed Homes: Percentile of Board Maximum Enhanced Rate

Board


Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

1 Panhandle 44 56 44 49 39 46 32 41

2 South Plains 37 48 32 44 34 66 42 48

3 North Texas 39 74 43 64 39 67 38 71


5 Tarrant County 53 68 55 46 43 34 31 22

6 Dallas 41 54 43 53 39 72 30 48

7 North East Texas 62 49 65 39 62 12 48 8

8 East Texas 65 77 67 66 64 77 56 78


10 Upper Rio Grande 48 61 52 57 41 62 29 56

11 Permian Basin 26 49 30 50 29 41 20 44

12 Concho Valley 86 98 41 48 34 26 26 13

13 Heart of Texas 55 87 59 85 47 36 48 35

14 Capital Area 53 81 21 47 21 39 10 21

15 Rural Capital 41 56 43 53 43 61 36 48

16 Brazos Valley 31 57 35 54 29 71 35 56

17 Deep East Texas 60 70 46 65 49 83 44 77

18 South East Texas 40 78 26 39 15 31 23 15

19 Golden Crescent 30 63 46 54 41 70 27 14

20 Alamo 86 75 21 25 19 39 40 40

21 South Texas 23 48 31 50 34 72 20 57

22 Coastal Bend 42 85 54 79 51 84 43 96


24 Cameron County 48 83 37 68 30 78 28 63

25 Texoma 89 98 84 92 75 94 75 51

26 Central Texas 40 54 41 40 37 50 27 57


28 Gulf Coast 56 65 60 60 27 63 19 30

98

Registered Homes: Board Maximum Enhanced Rate

Board


Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

1 Panhandle $19.72 $16.43 $18.55 $15.53 $17.70 $12.88 $15.95 $11.98

2 South Plains $15.02 $13.00 $15.02 $12.45 $15.02 $9.45 $15.02 $8.90

3 North Texas $16.67 $15.62 $16.09 $14.48 $14.86 $12.69 $13.84 $12.73


5 Tarrant County $27.00 $18.00 $25.50 $16.00 $24.50 $14.00 $20.50 $13.00

6 Dallas $22.80 $22.14 $21.27 $20.66 $19.45 $15.20 $18.25 $13.37

7 North East Texas $18.00 $12.86 $17.15 $12.86 $16.28 $8.40 $13.81 $7.40

8 East Texas $20.50 $16.62 $19.55 $17.78 $18.59 $13.83 $15.75 $13.17


10 Upper Rio Grande $18.34 $14.41 $17.39 $15.58 $15.15 $11.16 $12.35 $11.03

11 Permian Basin $16.68 $16.37 $16.28 $14.03 $15.75 $11.70 $13.89 $9.73

12 Concho Valley $23.81 $23.81 $17.71 $15.51 $16.87 $11.82 $15.35 $10.12

13 Heart of Texas $19.68 $19.68 $18.92 $17.59 $15.76 $15.76 $14.59 $11.09

14 Capital Area $25.43 $25.15 $26.11 $23.20 $22.83 $22.73 $20.04 $14.23

15 Rural Capital $25.78 $21.20 $24.31 $20.85 $22.35 $19.54 $19.16 $14.94

16 Brazos Valley $21.03 $19.61 $20.71 $19.07 $19.61 $12.99 $17.57 $9.22

17 Deep East Texas $14.45 $14.45 $12.55 $12.55 $13.10 $9.02 $13.10 $7.66

18 South East Texas $15.93 $15.24 $15.54 $15.01 $15.22 $13.92 $14.38 $11.01

19 Golden Crescent $17.20 $15.47 $16.20 $15.47 $15.99 $14.37 $15.44 $8.44

20 Alamo $26.33 $18.87 $21.00 $17.33 $17.85 $13.45 $14.84 $12.83

21 South Texas $15.34 $13.94 $15.34 $13.94 $12.84 $8.93 $12.60 $7.53

22 Coastal Bend $19.77 $16.85 $17.98 $16.85 $17.98 $16.85 $16.54 $13.89


24 Cameron County $15.26 $11.99 $13.21 $11.50 $12.64 $11.50 $11.50 $9.20

25 Texoma $26.36 $25.31 $24.05 $21.91 $22.23 $20.06 $20.84 $12.43

26 Central Texas $18.35 $16.59 $17.66 $15.52 $17.66 $14.45 $17.10 $12.84


28 Gulf Coast $27.05 $20.24 $25.37 $22.24 $18.57 $13.11 $15.23 $10.92

99

Registered Homes: Percentile of Board Maximum Enhanced Rate

Board


Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

1 Panhandle 46 52 47 32 46 44 69 48

2 South Plains 16 24 23 12 29 12 67 15

3 North Texas 40 65 45 42 40 62 69 74


5 Tarrant County 46 28 49 11 50 26 65 30

6 Dallas 42 72 44 52 39 54 70 54

7 North East Texas 54 34 56 23 54 11 66 10

8 East Texas 64 59 65 59 62 53 71 58


10 Upper Rio Grande 47 50 51 48 39 46 54 58

11 Permian Basin 18 45 23 16 24 25 43 18

12 Concho Valley 86 98 43 31 40 24 63 17

13 Heart of Texas 57 85 61 62 41 80 69 51

14 Capital Area 24 55 38 31 25 66 44 20

15 Rural Capital 42 48 44 34 39 63 57 44

16 Brazos Valley 42 66 51 51 50 39 72 19

17 Deep East Texas 19 51 13 20 21 16 58 13

18 South East Texas 22 47 28 33 31 59 61 39

19 Golden Crescent 22 36 22 25 26 49 58 5

20 Alamo 59 39 32 18 17 20 27 26

21 South Texas 19 37 27 26 15 15 46 13

22 Coastal Bend 43 59 43 47 49 81 77 76


24 Cameron County 32 36 25 21 26 57 53 45

25 Texoma 84 95 80 76 74 90 91 45

26 Central Texas 43 61 47 38 54 64 83 60


28 Gulf Coast 56 53 58 53 27 34 44 31

4. SPECIAL ANALYSES

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4.1 SPECIAL ANALYSES — SERVICES AND ENROLLMENT

Table 4.1.1 Special Analyses: Texas Services and Enrollment

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Licensed Child Care Centers 3.6% 33.9% 9.6% 10.9% 45.0% 19.2% 127317 1787

Licensed Child Care Homes 10.5% 22.6% 13.7% 6.5% 32.0% 12.5% 2268 234

Registered Child Care Homes 12.9% 23.1% 6.4% 3.8% 19.5% 10.7% 4974 617

All facility types 6.8% 29.9% 9.0% 8.6% 36.7% 18.8% 134559 2638

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Table 4.1.2 Special Analyses: Services and Enrollment by LWDA

LWDA 1 Panhandle

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LWDA 3 North Texas

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LWDA 6 Dallas

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4.2 SPECIAL ANALYSES — ADMINISTRATIVE CATEGORIES

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Table 4.2.1 Special Analyses: Texas Administrative Categories

Non-Profit For-Profit Community based Number of

Facilities Sectarian Non-

sectarian Sectarian

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10% 18% 1% 71% 2% 0% 1787


0% 10% 1% 89% 0% 2% 234


0% 12% 1% 87% 0% 0% 617

All facility types 7% 16% 1% 77% 1% 1% 2638

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Table 4.2.2 Special Analyses: Administrative Categories by LWDA

LWDA 1 Panhandle


Facilities

All facilities sampled Sectarian

Non-sectarian

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11% 34% 1% 54% 0% 0% 54 N


0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 6 N


0% 12% 0% 88% 0% 4% 25 N


LWDA 2 South Plains


Facilities


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9% 24% 0% 67% 1% 0% 63 N


0% 13% 0% 88% 0% 0% 8 N


0% 10% 0% 90% 0% 5% 20 Y


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LWDA 3 North Texas


Facilities


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14% 17% 3% 66% 10% 0% 51 Y


0% 17% 0% 83% 0% 0% 6 N


0% 5% 0% 95% 0% 0% 21 Y




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9% 9% 0% 82% 1% 0% 88 N


0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 9 N


0% 7% 0% 93% 0% 0% 27 N


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Facilities


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7% 21% 1% 71% 6% 0% 83 N


0% 9% 18% 73% 0% 0% 11 N


0% 7% 5% 88% 2% 0% 43 N


LWDA 6 Dallas


Facilities


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10% 18% 1% 71% 1% 1% 64 N


0% 31% 0% 69% 0% 0% 16 N


0% 15% 0% 85% 0% 0% 41 N


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17% 11% 0% 73% 0% 0% 47 Y


0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 7 N


0% 22% 0% 78% 0% 0% 9 Y


LWDA 8 East Texas


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31% 11% 1% 58% 4% 0% 72 N


0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 4 N


0% 19% 0% 81% 0% 0% 16 N


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Facilities


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17% 34% 1% 48% 0% 0% 63 N


0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 4 N


0% 7% 0% 93% 0% 0% 28 N




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7% 32% 2% 59% 0% 0% 78 N


0% 14% 0% 86% 0% 29% 7 N


3% 8% 0% 89% 0% 0% 37 N


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Facilities


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11% 36% 1% 52% 10% 1% 69 N


0% 25% 0% 75% 0% 0% 4 N


0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 10% 10 N




Facilities


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17% 37% 0% 46% 0% 0% 42 Y


0% 20% 0% 80% 0% 0% 5 N


0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 11 Y


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Facilities


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21% 12% 2% 65% 0% 0% 48 N


0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 3 N


0% 18% 0% 82% 0% 0% 11 N




Facilities


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6% 27% 0% 68% 0% 0% 75 N


0% 27% 0% 73% 0% 7% 15 N


0% 23% 0% 77% 0% 0% 30 N


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10% 28% 0% 62% 4% 0% 72 N


0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 13 N


0% 7% 0% 93% 0% 0% 28 N




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20% 5% 4% 71% 0% 0% 61 N


0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 11 N


0% 16% 0% 84% 5% 0% 19 Y


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19% 11% 0% 71% 1% 0% 54 Y


0% 17% 0% 83% 0% 0% 6 Y


0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 8 Y




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10% 19% 1% 70% 0% 0% 54 N


0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 7 N


0% 10% 0% 90% 0% 0% 10 Y


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18% 27% 0% 55% 5% 0% 44 Y


0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 7 N


0% 22% 0% 78% 0% 0% 9 Y


LWDA 20 Alamo


Facilities


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17% 16% 2% 65% 1% 0% 83 N


0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 7 N


0% 9% 0% 91% 0% 0% 47 N


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LWDA 21 South Texas


Facilities


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1% 8% 0% 90% 1% 1% 48 Y


0% 33% 0% 67% 0% 0% 9 N


0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 10 Y




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17% 30% 1% 52% 19% 1% 73 N


0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 9 N


0% 21% 0% 79% 0% 0% 19 N


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2% 16% 1% 81% 0% 0% 65 N


0% 10% 0% 90% 0% 0% 10 N


0% 14% 0% 86% 0% 5% 22 N




Facilities


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6% 7% 1% 86% 0% 0% 57 N


0% 17% 0% 83% 0% 0% 6 N


0% 11% 0% 89% 0% 0% 9 N


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LWDA 25 Texoma


Facilities


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17% 13% 2% 67% 0% 0% 30 Y


0% 14% 0% 86% 0% 0% 7 N


0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 15 Y




Facilities


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16% 32% 1% 51% 0% 0% 67 N


0% 11% 0% 89% 0% 0% 9 N


0% 10% 0% 90% 0% 0% 20 N


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Facilities


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8% 20% 0% 73% 5% 0% 26 Y


0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 1 N


0% 17% 0% 83% 0% 0% 6 Y


LWDA 28 Gulf Coast


Facilities


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9% 15% 0% 77% 1% 1% 156 N


0% 15% 0% 85% 0% 0% 27 N


0% 15% 0% 85% 0% 0% 66 N


APPENDICES

A-1

APPENDIX A. DATA ANALYSIS

It is important to note that all of the daily market rate percentiles presented in this report are

based on large and statistically reliable sample sizes. Even in the scarcest categories of care, such as

part-day infant and toddler care in Licensed Homes, and part-day infant care in Registered Homes, the

numbers of rates gathered were sufficient for estimating highly stable rates, due to innovations in the

estimation methodology described below.

Levels of Analysis

Project researchers summarized the survey data and conducted analysis at several distinct

levels. The most basic analyses were done at the level of individual providers. These results document

the proportion of providers responding to the survey that offer various services (e.g., non-traditional

hours, transportation), or that fall into different administrative categories (e.g., sectarian, community-

based, and for-profit). The exception to this rule is the item in section four that measures the “percent

of enrollment that is subsidized,” which is analyzed at the level of the individual child. A similar item

concerns the percentage of facilities that serve any subsidized children. When this number is higher

than the “percent of enrollment” number, it indicates that the subsidized children in an area are widely

dispersed among facilities, and when it is lower, it indicates that the subsidized children are relatively

concentrated among a smaller number of facilities in the area.

The remaining analyses were conducted at either the rate observation level or at the level of the

child care slot, as described below. Each center or home-based facility can contribute more than one

rate observation to the analysis, and each rate observation can represent more than one slot. However,

the nature of this relationship depends on the type of facility.

Daily market rates for licensed centers were gathered for all categories of care offered,

regardless of whether any children were currently being served in such categories. The categories

consisted of all possible combinations of age group (gathered for actual age categories in which each

center offered rates, but aggregated to the four standard categories for reporting) by full-time status

(part-day or full-day). Thus, one center could contribute as many as eight independent rate

observations, each representing any number of children (including zero). These rate observations were

then weighted by the number of child care slots they represent (described below) when calculating

market rate percentiles.

In contrast, market rates for home-based facilities, including Registered Homes and Licensed

Homes, were gathered at the level of the individual child currently being served. Each child’s age,

detailed weekly schedule, and rates charged were gathered for purposes of calculating daily market

rates. In this case, the individual children were treated as independent rate observations, and each

facility could contribute as many as nine observations (or fewer depending on the facility type and

A-2

number of children enrolled). Because of this, there was no need to differentially weight the rate

observations when calculating the local market rate percentiles for home-based facilities: each child (or

rate) received a weight equal to one.

For the analysis of center rates, the number of child care slots for each rate category was

determined in one of two ways. First, as done previously, for categories of care in which children were

currently being served, the number of children in each category served as a proxy for the number of

slots. Second, rate categories in which no children were currently being served were also included in

the analysis, since they were also theoretically part of the market. This was done by estimating the

number of slots for each of these rate categories with a formula that multiplies the number of children

served at each facility by the average proportion of children, across all licensed centers, served in each

rate category. Thus, for example, a facility that served 100 children and had an existing part-day infant

rate schedule, but did not currently serve any part-day infants, would have its number of slots for this

category of care estimated at two (100 child capacity X 2 percent of children served in the part-day

infant category across all licensed centers). If the same facility served no part-day preschoolers, its

number of slots would be estimated at seven (100 child capacity X 7 percent served in this category

across all licensed centers). This method allows fuller use of the rate information gathered, especially

for rare forms of care in which rate observations were otherwise scarce.

Statewide Estimation

For statistics conducted at various levels of analysis, special procedures were necessary in order

to compute statewide versions of the tables. Due to the fact that smaller areas were over-sampled for

this survey (meaning that facilities in these areas were more likely to be selected for the survey), a

correction had to be applied in order to estimate statewide rates without over-representing facilities in

these smaller areas. Similarly, it was also necessary to apply a correction because of over-sampling of

Licensed Homes, which are much less common than centers or Registered Homes. The correction

involves computing weights that, when applied to the statewide analysis, equalize the probability that

any given facility or rate might have been selected at random.

The calculation of weights for statewide estimation varies slightly depending on the level of

analysis: facility level or rate level (see preceding discussion). For facility-level analyses, the weight is

the inverse of the probability of selecting the facility at random. Thus, for small areas in which all

facilities were selected, the weight would equal one. For larger areas in which, for example, 20 percent

of facilities were selected, the weight would equal five (1 divided by 0.20). When these weights are

applied to any given statistical analysis, the facility with a weight of five would count five times as much

as the facility with a weight of one, and the result would be representative of the state as a whole.

Similar procedures are used for the calculation of statewide rates, except in this case it is more

complicated because each rate must be weighted according to its share of the statewide child care slots.

A-3

Small-Area Estimation

In many smaller LWDAs and for some exceptionally rare rate categories (particularly part-day

care in homes) the number of rate observations would have been too small to estimate stable rates

using traditional methods, even for the many areas in which the entire universe of facilities had been

sampled. For this reason, an estimation methodology first developed for the 2010 survey was used.

Using this approach, parameters are estimated that fully characterize the distribution of rates in each

category of care. These parameters are then applied, using an assumption of normality of the rate

distributions, to estimate each rate percentile of interest. The primary advantage of this solution is that

a medium to large sample size of rates is utilized to estimate each parameter, and thus the estimates

based on this methodology are more stable over time, and they fall into the expected patterns more

frequently.

Prior to any estimation of parameters, the daily rates themselves are first transformed to make

them assume a more normal distribution. This transformation is done by taking the positive square root

of the daily rate. The effect of this is to minimize the effect of high-end outliers on estimates of the

parameters of distributions7. This transformation is reversed later, following all estimation, by squaring

the rates. The next step in the estimation of parameters involves estimating area effects, the average

rate for each LWDA, while statistically controlling for all other features of the rates involved in the

estimation (including facility type, age group, and rate type). The average rates for all 28 LWDAs are

listed in Table A-1. Note that Capital Area (LWDA 14) has the highest rates, and Cameron County (LWDA

24) has the lowest rates in the state.

7 High rates have greater influence on estimates of the distribution of daily rates due to the simple fact that rates

cannot go below zero, but there is no effective upper limit. Square root transformation mutes this influence.

A-4

Levels of variation among rates in each area, as indicated by the standard deviation measure,

are also listed for LWDAs in the last column of Table A-1. Note that those areas with the highest average

rates also tended to have greater variation or spread among rates. Note also that the average level and

spread of rates in each LWDA was estimated with 200 or more rate observations. Thus these

parameters are estimated with a high level of precision.

The next step involves estimating the typical patterns among rates of varying facility type, age

group, and rate type, while holding constant the area effects measured above. This estimation was

done using one model for licensed centers that included independent predictor variables for each of the

eight combinations of age group and full-day vs. part-day rate. A second model was used to estimate

these parameters for all homes combined, but in addition to the eight variables, a ninth variable was

included that coded for whether it was a Licensed or Registered Home. Results of this estimation are

shown in Table A-2. In this case the typical rates are shown in standard deviation units. Thus the first

row of Table A-2 can be interpreted to mean that full-day infant rates tend to be roughly a full standard

deviation higher than the average rate.

A-5

Table A-1. Area Effects, Untransformed Rates

LWDA Observations Average8 St. dev.

1 Panhandle 450 19.12 4.45

2 South Plains 478 18.08 3.80

3 North Texas 440 16.73 4.36

4 North Central Texas 574 26.38 6.92

5 Tarrant County 626 26.00 7.16

6 Dallas 605 22.56 6.96

7 North East Texas 357 16.61 4.02

8 East Texas 484 18.21 3.78

9 West Central Texas 453 16.71 4.62

10 Upper Rio Grande 677 17.31 4.93

11 Permian Basin 365 19.78 4.44

12 Concho Valley 227 18.62 3.72

13 Heart of Texas 298 17.69 4.70

14 Capital Area 544 28.66 7.06

15 Rural Capital 521 25.77 6.68

16 Brazos Valley 433 20.89 5.44

17 Deep East Texas 384 16.78 4.12

18 South East Texas 338 17.94 4.05

19 Golden Crescent 289 19.24 4.11

20 Alamo 654 23.76 5.39

21 South Texas 399 18.09 4.95

22 Coastal Bend 441 19.64 5.53

23 Lower Rio Grande Valley 595 16.39 4.98

24 Cameron County 373 16.04 4.86

25 Texoma 275 19.98 4.84

26 Central Texas 455 17.96 4.10

27 Middle Rio Grande 206 16.56 4.32

28 Gulf Coast 1200 24.13 7.43

8 For ease of illustration, figures in this table represent the average and standard deviations of untransformed

rates, though transformed rates were used in actual calculations.

A-6

Table A-2. Rate Type Effects

Facility Type Age Group Rate type Observations9 Deviation from Average Rate


Infant Full-day 1162 1.035

Part-day 274 0.261

Toddler Full-day 1387 0.725

Part-day 432 -0.022

Preschool Full-day 1439 0.523

Part-day 1393 -0.774

School age Full-day 545 0.336

Part-day 1367 -0.961



Part-day 6 (2) -0.605


Part-day 20 (11) -0.653

Preschool Full-day 303 0.094

Part-day 93 (32) -1.219

School age Full-day 11 -0.116

Part-day 231 (76) -1.339



Part-day 19 (12) -0.505


Part-day 61 (40) -0.199

Preschool Full-day 498 -0.069

Part-day 141 -1.161

School age Full-day 44 -1.070

Part-day 505 -1.501

9 Figures in bold indicate totals including rates added from the prior year’s survey, as described in the text, while

the figures in parentheses are the numbers from the prior year.

A-7

Note that in almost all cases the number of observations in Table A-2 is more than sufficient for

estimating the patterns among rates to a high degree of precision. The only exceptions to this are for

certain categories of part-day care in homes. As discussed in the analysis and trends section of the main

paper, persistently low shares of facilities offering part-day care are responsible for the low numbers of

rates in these categories. As a solution to this shortfall, the number of rates in six of these categories

was bolstered by including six rare categories of part-day home rates from the 2013 survey, adjusted

with an inflation factor to make them comparable to 2015 rates. These six categories are shown in

Table A-2 with the total number of observations in bold, and the number incorporated as estimates

from 2013 rates in parentheses. With these additions, this should be just enough to estimate stable

rates in most cases.

Finally, the 28 area effects from Table A-1 are recombined with the 24 rate type effects from

Table A-2 to estimate the parameters (mean and standard deviation) of the distributions of all 672

categories of care in the full report. Using these parameters together with known properties of normal

distributions, one can then estimate percentiles of the rate distributions for all categories of care. As

described above, these figures are then squared to undo the transformation described above. On the

whole, the resulting percentile estimates were found to be much more stable over time, in comparison

to estimates made for small areas using the methodology of market rate surveys prior to 2010.

B-1

APPENDIX B. QUESTIONNAIRES: LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTERS

1. Date:_________________________

2. Interviewer:______________________________

3. Hi, Can I please speak to the director of (CENTER NAME). Hi my name is ___________and I’m calling from the University of Texas at Austin on behalf of the Texas Workforce Commission. We are conducting the annual childcare market rate study. Do you have about 3-5 minutes to answer questions about your center?

Accept - Continue with survey

Refusal

Overdial

Not eligible

Wrong number - New number is available ____________________

Withdrew

4. Is your facility any of the following?

Only a drop-in care center not offering regular child care or after-school care

A school, nursery school or kindergarten not offering regular or after-school care

A Head Start program

Only part-time care (less than 6 hrs per day or less than 5 days per week) and no regular after-school care

A free child care service

A facility only offering summer camps

None of the above- Continue Survey

5. What are your hours of operation (M-F)?

Weekday Open Close

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

6. What are your hours of operation on Saturday and Sunday, if any?

Weekday Open Close

Saturday

Sunday

B-2

7. How many days out of the year do you close for national, state, or religious holidays?

8. Outside of weekends and holidays, how many days out of the year do you close for personal vacation, summer, or any other reasons?

9. Do you regularly offer drop-in care?

Yes

No

Don't know

10. All together, how many children are enrolled at your center?

Number of Children Enrolled:_____________________

Number of Age Groups:____________________

11. What are the age groups on which your rate structure is based?

Group Age Range in Months Number Enrolled by Age Group

Comments Min Max Full-Time Part-Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

12. Full Time Rates: Ask about each age group

a. What are your standard full time rates (6+hrs per day/5 days per week) for children in Age Group__?

b. Is that rate per hour, day, week, month, or year?

c. How many days of care per week does this rate cover?

d. Do you currently have a full time waitlist for this group?

13. Part-Day Rates: Ask about each age group

a. What are your standard part day rates (Less than 6 hrs per day/5 days per week) for children in Age Group__?


c. How many days of care per week does this rate cover?

d. Do you currently have a part day waitlist for this group?

B-3

14. Additional Weekend Rates

a. What are your standard Additional weekend rates for children in Age Group ___?


15. Rate Comments:

16. Fees: Do you charge a ____________________ (in addition to the regular rate)?

Yes No Unsure Amount

One time registration fee

Yearly or semester enrollment fee

Additional activity or supply fee

If enrollment fee is Yes: Is your enrollment fee per _____________?

Semester

Academic Year

Calendar Year

If activity fee is Yes: Is your activity fee per _____________?

Month

Semester

Academic Year

Calendar Year

17. Comments about additional rates

18. Does your center offer regular transportation? (Excludes field trips)

Yes

No

Don’t know

19. Is your child care center a for-profit or non-profit facility (501.C3 status)?

Non-Profit

For-Profit

Don't Know

B-4

20. Do you provide any discounts in the form of a sliding scale? (Note: If offer scholarships to some children, count as sliding scale)

Yes

No

Don’t know

21. Do you accept CCS children (children receiving subsidies)?

Do not accept CCS children

Accept CCS children, do NOT allocate a specific number of slots

Accept CCS children, allocate specific number of slots: ____________________

Don't Know

22. Is your child care facility __________?

Part of a local or regional chain

Part of a national chain

Independently owned

Other ____________________

None of the above

Don't know

23. Is your child care associated with any of the following?

Church or religious organization

Community-based organization

YMCA/ YWCA

Public school

Private or parochial school

Military institution

Other ____________________

No associations

Don't know

B-5

24. Does your facility receive any of the following services for free or at a reduced cost?

Building use

Utilities

Volunteer work

Furniture or equipment

Supplies

Other ____________________

None

Don't know

25. Does your facility receive any donations?

Federal Child Care Food Program

CCMS (other than subsidies)

United Way

Religious institutions

Local, state or federal government funding

Private or individual donations

YMCA / YWCA

School district

Foundations

Other ____________________

No donations

Don't know

26. In addition to your state operating license, does your center have any of the following national accreditation or certifications?:

NAEYC - National Association for the Education of Young Children

NAFCC - National Association for Family Child Care

NACC - National Association of Child Care Professionals

Montessori Accreditation

Other: ____________________

No accreditations

Don't Know

B-6

27. Is your service certified as a Texas Rising Star provider?

Yes, number of stars: ____________________

No

Don't know

28. Do you offer after-school care during the school year?

Yes

No

Don't know

29. Do you offer full or part day care for school-age children during the summer?

Yes

No

Don't know

30. Do you have access to the Internet?

Yes

No

Don't know

31. General comments:

Thank you for your time.

C-1

APPENDIX C. QUESTIONNAIRE: REGISTERED AND LICENSED CHILD CARE HOMES

1. Date:_________________________

2. Interviewer:______________________________

3. Hi, Can I please speak to the director of (CENTER NAME). Hi my name is ___________and I’m calling from the University of Texas at Austin on behalf of the Texas Workforce Commission. We are conducting the annual childcare market rate study. Do you have about 3-5 minutes to answer questions about your center?

Accept - Continue with survey

Refusal

Overdial

Not eligible

Wrong number - New number is available ____________________

Withdrew

4. Are you a registered or licensed home child care provider?

Registered Child Care Home (RCCH)

Licensed Child Care Home (LCCH)

Neither- Not Eligible

5. What are your hours of operation (M-F)?

Weekday Open Close

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

6. What are your hours of operation on Saturday and Sunday, if any?

Weekday Open Close

Saturday

Sunday

7. Do you regularly offer drop-in care?

Yes

No

Don't know

8. How many days out of the year do you close for national, state, or religious holidays?

C-2

9. Outside of weekends and holidays, how many days out of the year do you close for personal vacation, summer, or any other reasons?

10. All together, how many children including your own are you currently caring for at your home?

Number of ALL Children:_____________________

11. How many of these children are either not paying or paying at discounted rates because they are friends or family?

Number of Discounted Children:____________________

12. Total Eligible Children:______________________

13. For Interviewer purpose only, I am only going to ask about the __ children not receiving friend or family discounting rates. I will ask about each child's age, how many hours a day, and how many days a week the child is in your care. If you have siblings, please list them together by family.

How old is the youngest child in the first family?" What time does this child arrive on ____? What time do they leave on_____? (Mon-Su)

Child Family ID Age Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun

Family Child Months *A *L *A *L *A *L *A *L *A *L *A *L *A *L

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

*A=Arrive/*L=Leave

14. Child Rates:

a. Does child __ receive subsidized care through CCS? (Ask about all children)

b. Rate Amount:

NON-CCS: What is the rate or cost of childcare for this child? CCS/CoPay: Can you tell me the amount you receive from CCS?/ What is the parent Co-Pay? CSS Total Only: How much money do you receive in total for the care of this child?

c. Is that rate per hour, day, week, month, or year?

d. Does this child receive a multiple child discount?

e. How many children are covered under this rate?

15. Rate Comments:

C-3

16. Fees: Do you charge a ____________________ (in addition to the regular rate)?

Yes No Unsure Amount

One time registration fee

Yearly or semester enrollment fee

Additional activity or supply fee

If enrollment fee is Yes: Is your enrollment fee per _____________?

Semester

Academic Year

Calendar Year

If activity fee is Yes: Is your activity fee per _____________?

Month

Semester

Academic Year

Calendar Year

17. Comments about additional rates

18. Do you offer regular transportation as defined by using your own personal vehicle to transport children (Excludes field trips)

Yes

No

Don’t know

19. Do you have a waitlist for any age groups? If so, which ones?

Infants (0-17 months)

Toddlers (18-35 months)

Preschool (36-71 months)

School Age (72+ months)

No Waitlist

Don't know

C-4

20. Is your child care home a for-profit or non-profit child care home (501.C3 status)?

Non-Profit

For-Profit

Don't Know

21. Is your child care associated with any of the following?

Church or religious organization

Community-based organization

Other ____________________

No associations

Don't know

22. Does your facility receive any of the following services for free or at a reduced cost?

Building use

Utilities

Volunteer work

Furniture or equipment

Supplies

Other ____________________

None

Don't know

23. In addition to your state operating license, does your home have any of the following national accreditation or certifications?:

NAEYC - National Association for the Education of Young Children

NAFCC - National Association for Family Child Care

NACC - National Association of Child Care Professionals

Montessori Accreditation

Other: ____________________

No accreditations

Don't Know

C-5

24. Is your service certified as a Texas Rising Star provider?

Yes, number of stars: ____________________

No

Don't know

25. Do you offer after-school care during the school year?

Yes

No

Don't know

26. Do you offer full or part day care for school-age children during the summer?

Yes

No

Don't know

27. Do you have access to the Internet?

Yes

No

Don't know

28. General comments:

Thank you for your time.

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