Washington · Childcare
How much can you earn before you lose childcare help in Washington?
Losing childcare help here can cost a family of 4−$25,850in a single step, the year it falls away.
The short answer
In Washington, childcare help for a family of 4 falls away around $84,000 a year. Crossing that can cut real take-home by $25,850 in one step, so a small raise can leave the household behind until pay climbs well past it.
Falls away around$84,000/yr
Biggest single drop$25,850
ProgramWorking Connections Child Care
Your benefits cliff
Washington, household of 4. The filled line is your real take-home. The dashed line is wages alone.
You now$83kOffer$84kSafe exit$114kWages onlyBenefits end$84k
Every number comes from a government source
Each figure is drawn from the primary government source shown above. Two values are close approximations, not filing-grade quotes: the ACA benchmark (SLCSP) uses each state’s largest metro as a stand-in, and childcare help varies by county — both land within roughly 10%. See how CliffCheck knows the numbers
Questions people ask
- How much can you earn before you lose childcare help in Washington?
- For a family of 4 in Washington, childcare help falls away around $84,000 a year. The exact point depends on your household, so check your own number, but that is where the drop hits for a typical family of 4.
- What is the Washington childcare subsidy called?
- Washington's childcare help is called Working Connections Child Care. It is one of the steepest cliffs, because the whole subsidy can fall away in a single income step, taking a large amount of take-home with it.
- What income clears the cliff in Washington?
- For a family of 4 in Washington, real take-home passes its earlier level again at about $114,000 a year. Earn past that safe exit and the raise pays off for good.