According to a new report released week by 'Child Care Aware of America', from 2022 to 2023, the national average price for child care rose 3.7 percent to $11,582. In Michigan, the average price of Child Care ranges from a little over $9,000 oer year for an infant to nearly $8,900 for a toddler in family child care, to more than $12,000 per year for an infant or toddler in center-based child care.