The Louisiana Department of Education contracted with Emergent Method, a Louisiana-based management consulting firm to conduct the 2020 Market Rate Survey of child care providers. This survey was conducted to identify both the typical rates charged by child providers across the state, as well as to better understand the cost to those providers of providing quality child care. In total, over 800 child care professionals (810), or 57.37 percent of active providers statewide, participated in the survey, providing a significant number of responses from which to identify the baseline costs and operating practices. (author abstract)