CONCORD — The price of childcare in New Hampshire continued to rise in 2025 while the number of providers declined, placing growing financial pressure on Granite State families seeking affordable, high-quality care for their children, according to a new analysis from the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute.
The analysis, which draws from newly released 2025 data from Child Care Aware of America and the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, found that the average annual price of center-based care for an infant and a 4-year-old in New Hampshire reached about $30,000 in 2025, up from approximately $22,500 in 2017. During the same period, the number of licensed childcare providers statewide declined by 120 programs (14 percent).
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