(The Center Square) –The cost of living in California is driving up the cost of raising children in the Golden State, new from SmartAsset shows.
The study, published in July, shows that the San Francisco Bay Area is the most expensive place to raise a child in the United States. Families in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont area will pay $43,171 in 2026 to raise a kid there, followed closely by families in nearby San Jose. Families in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara area will pay $41,817 to raise a child there this year. That put the San Jose metropolitan area at the third-most expensive place in the country to raise a kid, that study shows.
Costs are up by 10.75% in the San Francisco area over last year compared to 10.43% for families in the San Jose area, according to the study…