The average tooth is now worth $5.01, down from $5.84 a year ago. Sorry kids . . . times are tough. A first tooth is worth a little more, $6.24. But even that dropped 12% from $7.09.
Kids in the South get paid the most, $5.71 . . . followed by kids out West, $5.69 . . . the Northeast, $4.59 . . . and the Midwest, just $3.46 per tooth.
It’s the second year in a row payouts have fallen. The overall average hit an all-time high of $6.23 a tooth back in 2023.
The Tooth Fairy has still outpaced inflation though. When the poll launched in 1998, the average was $1.30 per tooth. That’s like $2.55 today.
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