There’s no question prices have been going up the last couple of years. Thanks to a study done by Wisevoter, a bipartisan educational platform, it seems even the tooth fairy isn’t immune to inflation! Wisevoter, gathered data from 2022 and 2020, noticing patterns for tooth fairy payouts across the US. They noticed an interesting trend when it comes to parents’ payouts to their children from the tooth fairy.

Key Insights: 

• Northeast region saw an increase of parents rewarding by 28% since 2020
• West saw an increase of rewards by 26% since 2020
• South saw a decrease in parents rewarding as a tooth fairy by 13.4% 
• Mid-West saw a decrease also by 4% since 2020

The study includes a list of states where the tooth fairy is more generous than others, despite the increase and decreases since 2020. 

 **Tooth Fairy Payout Index***
(Ranked by highest amount in dollars, paid by state on average)

1. Delaware    $8.91
2. Hawaii    $8.39
3. Florida    $7.42
4. Mississippi    $6.17
5. Rhode Island   $ 6.12
6. Texas    $6.00
7. Wisconsin    $5.89
8. New York   $ 5.88
9. Georgia   $5.81
10. New Jersey    $5.61
11. Alabama    $5.57
12. Michigan    $5.48
13. Pennsylvania    $5.44
14. New Mexico    $5.29
15. Nevada    $5.21

For the complete list of state rankings — or additional details about Tooth Fairy trends in your state vist  https://wisevoter.com/state-rankings/tooth-fairy-payout-by-state/