Child Day Care Services in Illinois — margin & local benchmarks
The child day care services industry's national net profit margin is 36.7% (national, owner-operator basis — no state-level margin exists in any public source). In Illinois, there are 3,138 child day care services establishments.
36.7%net profit margin · owner-operator basis
Owner-operator basis (IRS SOI sole proprietorships, TY2023): net income less deficit ÷ business receipts. Measured at NAICS 624 — Social Assistance (day care + individual/family/emergency services); home-based day-care proprietors dominate. Owner's own labor is not expensed, which inflates this figure. Profit margin is published only nationally (IRS SOI);
this site never adjusts it to look local — see methodology.
Child Day Care Services in Illinois
Local counts from Census County Business Patterns (2023) and BLS QCEW. Establishment counts survive disclosure suppression; payroll/wage cells may be withheld and are then shown as insufficient data.
| Metric | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Establishments in Illinois | 3,138 | State 2023 source ↗ |
| Employment in Illinois | 42,273 | State 2023 source ↗ |
| Annual payroll in Illinois | $1,410,206,000 | State 2023 source ↗ |
| Average weekly wage in Illinois | $672 | State 2024 source ↗ |
Business survival rates by firm age are published by Census BDS at the national level only (not by state or industry jointly) — so no local survival figure is shown here, rather than a misleading one.
Metro-level counts, multi-year trends, and geography-to-geography comparison are available to subscribers. This page shows the current national margin plus current Illinois counts.
Frequently asked
How many child day care services businesses are in Illinois?
3,138 establishments (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
What is the average child day care services wage in Illinois?
$672 per week (BLS QCEW 2024, private sector).
What profit margin do child day care services businesses make?
About 36.7% net margin nationally (owner-operator basis, IRS SOI) — no state-level margin is published.
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