Average costs of raising a child in the U.S. in 2013 by category
This statistic shows the average costs of raising a child from birth to age 18 for a middle-income, two-child, two-parent family in the U.S. in 2013. Nearly 45,000 U.S. dollars have to be paid per child for child care and education. The total costs of raising a child in 2013 amount to about 245,340 U.S. dollars.