How much of parents' 給料 does childcare eat up in YOUR area?

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支払う／賃金ing for childcare in the East or South East of the UK could （問題を）取り上げる as much as 54 per cent of a 年一回の salary, a 熟考する／考慮する （人命などを）奪う，主張するs.

Those in the South East of England 証明する hardest 攻撃する，衝突する, with 十分な-time childcare costs of £16,219 per year, more than half of the 普通の／平均（する） salary?of £30,118, によれば 研究 from AJ Bell.

The 人物／姿／数字s are based on the cost of childcare for one child, and those with 多重の children may find it is not financially viable for both parents to stay in work.?

It comes as a separate 報告（する）／憶測 from the charity Coram 明らかにする／漏らすd that nursery costs have risen by 7 per cent in just one year.?

How much will childcare cost you? Data shows that people in the North West and East Midlands will 爆撃する out the least on childcare

A part-time nursery place for a child under two to receive 25 hours now costs an 普通の／平均（する） of £158 per week, compared with just £148 in 2023, it said.?

AJ Bell based its 熟考する／考慮する on the cost of 50 hours of childcare per week, 同様に as median 週刊誌 支払う／賃金 pre-税金 支払う／賃金 in 2023.

一方／合間, in the East of England, parents earn an 普通の／平均（する） of £28,382, but 直面する childcare costs of £15,204 per year, which also eats into their salary by 54 per cent.

After 支払う／賃金ing the costs of childcare, people in the South-East will take home just £13,961, while those in the East of England will take home even いっそう少なく at £13,177.

While the cost of childcare can reach as high as £18,986 in London, the 普通の／平均（する） 行う of £37,705 means that nursery or childminder 料金s will （問題を）取り上げる 50 per cent of salary on 普通の／平均（する）

The West Midlands and South West also （機の）カム in above 50 per cent, while it will cost half the 普通の／平均（する） 行う in the North East to care for your children.

Laura Suter, personal 財政／金融 director at AJ Bell said: 'These 人物／姿／数字s 明らかにする／漏らす the 財政上の challenge 直面するd by many working parents, illustrating the 抱擁する 百分率 of 給料 that can be swallowed up by childcare 料金s.

'When you factor in 税金s, and the cost of getting to work on 最高の，を越す of this, it's （疑いを）晴らす that for many people going 支援する to work just isn't financially viable.?

'直面するd with the prospect of losing more than half their 支払う／賃金 to childcare many parents, predominantly women, don't return to work.'

The cheapest 場所s for childcare are the East Midlands and the North West, with the East Midlands costing parents £12,626 per year, and taking up 47 per cent of an 普通の／平均（する） salary of £26,754.

In the North West, childcare costs an 普通の／平均（する） of £13,271, compared with an 普通の／平均（する） salary of £27,082.

In Yorkshire and the Humber and in むちの跡s, it will also cost いっそう少なく than half of the 普通の／平均（する） 行う to 支払う／賃金 for childcare.

'If you find yourself taking an 延長するd career break to care for children at home then it's important not to lose sight of the 衝撃 on your 財政／金融s,' Suter said.?

'You won't be 支払う／賃金ing into your workplace 年金 during a career break, so you should consider whether you can 支払う／賃金 into a?personal 年金 or Lifetime Isa during your break.'

What help can parents get with childcare costs??

There is 政府 help 利用できる to 支払う／賃金 for the cost of childcare, in the form of 解放する／自由な childcare hours and 税金-解放する／自由な childcare, though Suter said it was 'chronically underclaimed'.?

What the child 利益 threshold rise to £60,000 means for you?

'税金-解放する／自由な childcare 申し込む／申し出s up to £2,000 a year per child off childcare costs for 適格の parents, while the 解放する／自由な hours 計画／陰謀 現在／一般に in place 申し込む／申し出s 30 hours for parents of three and four-year-olds,' she 追加するd.?

The 解放する／自由な hours 計画／陰謀 is 始める，決める to be 延長するd to 30 hours for children from 9 months old in September 2025.?

However, the 解放する／自由な hours only 適用する ーに関して／ーの点で time and often don't 支払う／賃金 enough to cover the 十分な hourly 料金, meaning nurseries have to 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 付加 料金s.?

Parents should also 確実にする they are （人命などを）奪う，主張するing any child 利益 they are 適格の for.??

The （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 raised the threshold at which working parents 支払う／賃金 the high income child 利益 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 to £60,000 in the Spring 予算.

現在／一般に the 政府 claws 支援する child 利益 from 世帯s where the highest earner has an income above £50,000, and 身を引くs it 完全に when they earn over £60,000.

This will change from April, when the threshold will rise to £60,000, while the threshold at which it is 孤立した will 増加する to £80,000.

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