Most Expensive States To Have a Baby – Massachusetts Is #1
You’re having a baaabbbbyyyyy!! The news can obviously be the greatest news of your life – but then – here come the bills. A new study looked at the cost…
You're having a baaabbbbyyyyy!! The news can obviously be the greatest news of your life - but then - here come the bills. A new study looked at the cost of childbirth in all 50 states to determine where having a child is relatively a bargain and where having a child is Massachusetts.
Body Nest, a California company that makes pregnancy pillows, crunched the data and spit out a master list of states ranking them from least expensive states to most expensive states to have a baby in. We'll give you the Top 10 in each category and spoiler: the news ain't great for Massachusetts...
To get their data Body Nest added together rent increase, infant childcare, and childbirth cost.
LEAST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #10
GEORGIA
Total Average Cost: $17,787
LEAST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #9
NEW MEXICO
Total Average Cost: $17,304
LEAST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #8
IDAHO
Total Average Cost: $17,149
LEAST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #7
SOUTH DAKOTA
Total Average Cost: $17,066
LEAST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #6
SOUTH CAROLINA
Total Average Cost: $16,112
LEAST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #5
LOUISIANA
Total Average Cost: $16,012
LEAST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #4
ARKANSAS
Total Average Cost: $15,470
LEAST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #3
KENTUCKY
Total Average Cost: $15,450
LEAST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #2
MISSISSIPPI
Total Average Cost: $14,748
LEAST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #1
ALABAMA
Total Average Cost: $14,130
MOST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #10
MARYLAND
Total Average Cost: $26,148
MOST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #9
COLORADO
Total Average Cost: $26,311
MOST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #8
WISCONSIN
Total Average Cost: $26,386
MOST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #7
HAWAII
Total Average Cost: $26,498
MOST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #6
MINNESOTA
Total Average Cost: $26,634
MOST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #5
NEW JERSEY
Total Average Cost: $26,693
MOST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #4
CONNECTICUT
Total Average Cost: $27,979
MOST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #3
ALASKA
Total Average Cost: $29,192
MOST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #2
CALIFORNIA
Total Average Cost: $29,695
MOST Expensive States To Have a Baby In: #1
M A S S A C H U S E T T S ! ! !
Total Average Cost: $34,689
Not... even...... close. :(
