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by kghose 4176 days ago
To put that into further perspective, it costs us about $20000/year for day care for our baby. This is near Boston.
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So you have to make close to $30k before taxes to pay for day care? Is this normal for daycare?

If one parent in a situation like this is making around the median individual income of ~$40k a year, it probably makes more sense financially to not work until the kid is school age.

Obviously it's not that simple because of potential lost future earnings resulting from delayed career advancement, but I wonder if people really bother doing the math.

Different country similar issue. Yes people do the math, once the baby is there.