According to a report by the Center for American Progress (CAP), there were more than 16 million Millennial mothers in 2014. This demographic can expect an average cost of child care (for infants under 12 months old) to total $18,000 a year for 45 hour weeks—more than the entire annual income earned for the same duration at a minimum wage job. As CAP points out in the report, Millennials made up 70 percent of minimum wage earners in 2013.