In Phoenix, Arizona doulas cost anywhere from $1200 to $2000 on average. 

Lots of things can impact the cost like:

• How long they’ve been a doula
• The number of births they’ve attended
• The other education and skills they bring to births
• How many births they take a month
• Other financial factors
  

Startup costs for doulas could include: 

• Birth doula training
• Birth doula certification
• Skill classes (like spinning babies, acupressure, and any other doula related class)
• Education (books, learning materials, additional classes)
• Tools for birth
• Business costs (taxes, LLCs, website hosting/maintenance, etc.)
• On call childcare
• Paying backup doulas or doula partners