How much are donated kids' jeans and pants worth?
Updated , edition 2026.1
A donated pair of kids' jeans is generally worth $2 to $10: about $6 in good used condition ($4.75 to $8), $8 to $10 like new, and $2 to $4.75 in fair condition. Baby, toddler and kids' sizes are all priced the same, and children's denim is usually outgrown long before it is worn out, so a like-new claim is often the accurate one.
- Typical value, good condition
- $6
- Published range, good condition
- $4.75 to $8
Kids' jeans and pants donation values by condition
Fair market value is a range, so these are ranges. The suggested figure sits inside the band the source guide published for that condition.
Values are per item, in 2026 dollars, from the DeductiBee valuation dataset, edition 2026.1. A range is what the source guide published; the suggested figure is the point inside it we prefill, not a price. Back to the full chart of donation values by item, or add this to a list. Got a receipt for this? Check it.
The guides price children's clothing without splitting by gender or age, so girls', boys', toddler and baby sizes share these figures. Infant (0 to 24 months), toddler (2T to 5T) and kids (4 to 16) jeans all value the same: size does not change the row, condition does.
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20 pieces, suggested total
$126.75
Supported range $104.50 to $154.50
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How this range was derived
The published band is $2 to $10, from The Salvation Army and checked against 2 other published guides. We split that band into three condition tiers: the bottom 35% is Fair, 35% to 70% is Good, and the top 30% is Like new. The suggested figure is the point we prefill inside each tier.
The dataset record
Salvation Army children's Jeans $4-12; Goodwill Int'l children's Jeans $2-10; Goodwill NNE children's Pants / Jeans $2-10. Lower-median consolidation $2-10, split 35/70 per CITATIONS.md 3.3-3.6. The registered guides price children's clothing without a gender split, so the same published children's range backs the girls' and boys' leaves.
The same rules apply to every item: how the values are built. Want a different condition? Look up this pair of children's jeans in the value tool.
- Like new
- Unworn or barely used, with tags or as good as. The top of the published range.
- Good
- Used, complete, clean, and working, with no notable damage. The middle of the range.
- Fair
- Visible wear but still usable and saleable. The bottom of the range, and generally the lowest condition that can be claimed at all.
What drives the value of a donated pair of children's jeans
The tier you pick is the biggest lever on this page. Here is what actually decides it.
The published range for children's denim runs consistently across the girls', boys', toddlers', and infants' lines, so a size is not a row: the four tables agree, and what changes is the condition. That makes the tier the entire decision on this page, and it also makes it the one place a bag of kids' clothes can be honestly valued upward, because children grow through a size in a season and plenty of denim leaves the house barely worn.
Where kids' jeans do fail, they fail at the knee, and they fail there first and completely. Check both knees for thinning even where there is no hole yet, because a thin knee becomes a hole in the wash. After that, check the adjustable waist tabs inside the waistband, which are what let a resale buyer fit the pair to their own child. A missing or snapped elastic tab drops a pair to the bottom of the range even when the denim is perfect.
Iron-on knee patches, a let-down hem with a visible crease, and a name written in the waistband all read as second-hand rather than as-new. None of them disqualify a pair; all of them argue for the middle tier rather than the top.
What the charity guides print for kids' jeans and pants
Every guide prices children's bottoms a little differently, and a reader who has seen $12 somewhere deserves to know why this page tops out at $10. Here is every published figure behind it.
We use the more conservative $2 to $10 band that two of the Goodwill guides share and split it into three condition tiers, so a typical pair lands at about $6. Why our values can look lower explains the method.
| Guide | Row | Published range |
|---|---|---|
| Salvation Army | Children's jeans | $4 to $12 |
| Goodwill Industries International | Children's jeans | $2 to $10 |
| Goodwill Northern New England | Children's pants or jeans | $2 to $10 |
| Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona | Children's pants | $4 to $12 |
| Central Coast Goodwill | Children's pants | $1 to $5 |
| DeductiBee, good condition | Jeans, any size | $4.75 to $8 |
What a bag of kids' bottoms is worth
Six pairs of jeans like new, nine pairs of casual pants in good condition and five pairs of sweatpants in good condition come to about $127 at the suggested figures. That is the tally the counter on this page starts with, so change the counts to match your bag.
Over $250 for one drop-off generally needs a written acknowledgment from the charity (the receipt checklist covers what it must say), and over $500 of noncash gifts for the year means Form 8283. For a mixed bag you would rather not count piece by piece, the bag value calculator estimates by size.
What evidence supports the condition you claimed
A number you can trace and defend is worth more in an audit than a generous one you cannot.
Photograph kids' jeans in a spread stack, several pairs visible at once, and take the count from the photograph rather than from memory. Kids' clothing is donated in volume, and the quantity is the number most likely to be reconstructed badly in April. Add one frame of the knees on a representative pair and one of an interior waist tab. Anything still carrying a store tag should be photographed with the tag showing, since outgrown-before-worn is a common and easily supported like-new claim.
Items people log as a pair of children's jeans by mistake
Filing an item under the wrong line is the quietest way to end up with a number you cannot support.
Sweatpants and dress pants
Sweatpants, joggers and dress pants sit on their own lower lines in the children's tables, about $3.75 a pair in good condition against $6 for jeans. Leggings are not one of them: they share the jeans band. Sorting the knits out before counting keeps the total defensible.
Shorts
Denim shorts are a separate published line below the jeans band, even when they are the same brand and were cut from the same pair. Length changes the row here.
Adult jeans
Adult denim carries a considerably higher published band. A mixed bag of family clothing is two sets of rows, and logging the whole bag at either rate is wrong in one direction or the other.
Up, sideways, and out
Every value on this page comes out of the children's clothing section of the donation value guide, which shows the rest of the category with the same sourcing.
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- CalculatorGot a whole bag of these?Estimate a mixed bag by size and contents when itemizing every piece is not realistic.
- LookupLook up any other itemSearch the whole catalog, pick a condition, and read the range with its citation.
- CalculatorWhat the deduction is worth to youTurn a documented total into a range of tax effect, with the marginal-rate assumption stated on screen.
Questions about donating a pair of children's jeans
Can kids' clothes really be like new?
How do I count a bag of children's clothes?
Do stains disqualify children's clothing?
How much is a bag of kids' clothes worth for taxes?
Are kids' pants and leggings worth the same as jeans?
Why is the Salvation Army's $12 higher than your $10?
Do I need a receipt for a bag of kids' clothes?
Where these values come from
Every range on this page traces to one of these. Values are derived from the published ranges, never copied from another product’s valuation database, and never invented where no source covers an item.
- Donation Value Guide (The Salvation Army Thrift Stores | Donation Valuation Guide)
The Salvation Army (Thrift Stores / Adult Rehabilitation Centers)
Primary value source. A published range from this guide can set the low or high end of an item's band. Fetched and read .
- Valuation Guide for Goodwill Donors
Goodwill Industries International (compiled list, republished by member affiliates)
Primary value source. A published range from this guide can set the low or high end of an item's band. Fetched and read .
- Donation Value Guide - What is my Donation Worth?
Goodwill Northern New England
Primary value source. A published range from this guide can set the low or high end of an item's band. Fetched and read .
The rules behind the thresholds
- Publication 561, Determining the Value of Donated PropertyIRS, IRS publication
- Publication 526, Charitable ContributionsIRS, IRS publication
- Instructions for Form 8283IRS, IRS form
A value is evidence, not a ruling. Deductibility depends on your own facts, including whether the organization is qualified and what records you kept. This is record-keeping software, not tax advice.
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