I started in 2007 and raised my rates 4% in 2009.

However I created two fee plans in 2009 ... one where clients paid the direct fee increase each week and another where they kept their 2007 fees but paid for my 2 weeks vacation (aka 4% vacation pay)

I raised my fees 4% again in 2011 with the same options of a direct fee increase weekly or keeping 2007 rates bit I added in 10 additional paid days or a total of 8% in vacation/personal time to be taken over the year...also added an amendment to that contract that if you 'withdrew' from care with vacation/personal time still being owed it would be subtracted from your security deposit - cause I had a family who agreed to the lower plan and than gave notice to be done the Friday before my vacation started and I did not feel I could 'charge' them for the vacation time cause i had not made that CLEAR

So on average I have raised my fees 2% a year which is less than the rate of 'inflation' that everything else seems to be going up ... in my city I am in the 'midge range' of feeds ... so still below what 'others' are able to charge in their location however on the 'higher' end in my own location which has a higher population of lower economical income earners as well as many 'illegal' daycares with people working under the table and warehousing more children than 'legal' for Ontario