How Your Raise Is Finally Beating the Cost of Childcare

Wages and Prices with Fexingo: Cost of Living, Pay Raises, and Workers' Purchasing Power · Jul 30, 2026 · 5m · transcript

This episode unpacks the latest wage data and childcare costs. With average hourly earnings rising to $37.60 and median weekly earnings hitting $1,204, we explore why your raise is finally outpacing the skyrocketing cost of childcare. Lucas and Luna discuss the factors driving childcare inflation, including labor shortages and regulatory costs, and what this means for working parents. A specific case: the cost of daycare in a mid-sized city versus the national average. Tune in for a data-driven look at how wages are winning against one of the biggest household expenses.

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