(Undated) – If you have young children it comes as no surprise that child care is expensive. According to a new study from LendingTree, Illinois ranks ninth in the highest percentage of average income spent on childcare. Matt Schultz is one of the authors of the study which used data collected by the U.S Census Bureau to determine the percentage of annual income by state that is spent on child care. In Illinois, single parents pay 51.4% of their income for center-based infant child care. Married parents of two children living at the poverty line pay 96.4% of their household income for center-based child care. Nevada ranked 1st on the list and is considered a childcare desert for the lack of available childcare options.
