2024 Pay rates

[Anonymous]

It is free market. A lot of nannies will not accept $25 but you do not have to have the best

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:$12?

not the PP but that’s for live in. That’s $480 for a 40 hour week. No rent/utilities to pay.

Its illegal to deduct room and board from live in nannies

No it’s not ! As long as you are paying them the minimum hourly wage in your state. VA has a minimum hourly wage or $12/ hour , so assuming OP lives in VA, they are not doing anything illegal . Keep in mind they are also providing full room and board for the nanny, which pretty much leaves the nanny with a discretionary spending of $2000 a month. How many blue collar workers do you know who have $2000 left over after paying rent, utilities and groceries every month?

The nanny might have a car payment, car insurance payments, health insurance costs, cell phone bills, grocery bills, clothing costs, personal care costs, etc. It’s not “discretionary spending” if it all goes to pay bills and provide for needs.

And it actually is illegal to withhold wages to cover “rent and board” if you value those things at more than about $135 a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I spoke with a Bethesda area agency today and they said rates start at $25 for one child and add a few dollars for the second. So yeah, the $30 rates are a bit overblown.

Unless you are able to find an excellent nanny through that agency at $25/hour, you have zero clue as to whether $30/hour is “overblown”.

That agency might be placing inexperienced sitters who stay on their phone all day for $25/hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I spoke with a Bethesda area agency today and they said rates start at $25 for one child and add a few dollars for the second. So yeah, the $30 rates are a bit overblown.

Unless you are able to find an excellent nanny through that agency at $25/hour, you have zero clue as to whether $30/hour is “overblown”.

That agency might be placing inexperienced sitters who stay on their phone all day for $25/hour.

Agency probably won’t stay in business if that is case

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCUM are cheap AF! The reason why most educated nannies would only work with agencies. A lot of Nannie’s were former teachers, BTW-for those sore ass moms that say “nannies aren’t educated” or speak very little English….the ignorance here is real.

Agencies have a lot of educated nannies but many are fresh out of school with no experience. Others have degrees in irrelevant subjects. It’s a mixed bag.

[Anonymous]

$30/hr for an infant and two older kids 5 and 7 who are in school all day until 4 - nanny manager

[Anonymous]

2kids in CCMD. $30/hr + OT for 40 hours guaranteed but we typically pay for 50 hours. 5 sick days, 2 personal days, 2 weeks vacation, plus whatever additional weeks we go away she gets as vacation paid. Bonus at Christmas and when her contract renews.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2kids in CCMD. $30/hr + OT for 40 hours guaranteed but we typically pay for 50 hours. 5 sick days, 2 personal days, 2 weeks vacation, plus whatever additional weeks we go away she gets as vacation paid. Bonus at Christmas and when her contract renews.

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[Anonymous]

Bruh there's a whole Nanny Forum

[Anonymous]

The DCUM nannies are funny. In real life, there are plenty of qualified and great nannies who have a $20-25 hourly rate. I don't know a single person in my affluent NW DC neighborhood who is paying over $30/hour to their nanny.

[Anonymous]

My last Nanny job was 2 years ago. I made $1,200 a week for 40 hours full benefits. This was in Arlington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2kids in CCMD. $30/hr + OT for 40 hours guaranteed but we typically pay for 50 hours. 5 sick days, 2 personal days, 2 weeks vacation, plus whatever additional weeks we go away she gets as vacation paid. Bonus at Christmas and when her contract renews.

Dang! What is your annual household income? I don’t think that’s feasible if you’re pulling in less than $500k minimum.