What percentage of pay does the nanny take home if they get their jobs through a nanny agency?

[Anonymous]

Our nanny just asked for a raise by comparing her rate with the nanny agency email, whichstates her going date would be at least $5 more per hour than what we pay. I’m trying to figure out what the reasonable rate may be.

[Anonymous]

60 to 70 percent

[Anonymous]

Typical professional nanny rate is about $25-35/hr for the DC area, more if you’ve managed to snag an exceptional nanny. Untrained babysitters will be cheaper. Undocumented and off the books is just stupid and reckless, even though lots of parents are doing it. But don’t expect them to admit it.

[Anonymous]

What do you mean? Nannies take home all of their pay as they are employed by the family.

Families pay agencies a placement fee. If the family offers the nanny $30hr, the nanny makes $30hr gross.

[Anonymous]

OP here, I’m not talking about taxes, we pay taxes. I’m asking nanny agency pay - she’s saying for our area the minimum is $28/hr, which is honestly astronomical. We pay 23/hr, planning to go to 24 or 25 at her yearly raise in August.

[Anonymous]

OP, you were given the correct answer. Nanny does not pay anything to agency, neither does agency take anything from the nanny's paycheck. So, nanny gets 100% of her pay. Nanny rates are between $27-35 right now.

[Anonymous]

Where do you live? In Los Angeles, my rate is $40-50/hr. Average is probably $30-35. Are you paying $23 before taxes? I even if that’s after taxes, that is not a liveable wage and well below market rate. Expect high turnover.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, I’m not talking about taxes, we pay taxes. I’m asking nanny agency pay - she’s saying for our area the minimum is $28/hr, which is honestly astronomical. We pay 23/hr, planning to go to 24 or 25 at her yearly raise in August.

It probably depends on the agency and nanny. Is she with an agency? That sounds very high.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where do you live? In Los Angeles, my rate is $40-50/hr. Average is probably $30-35. Are you paying $23 before taxes? I even if that’s after taxes, that is not a liveable wage and well below market rate. Expect high turnover.

That is in no way average or normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where do you live? In Los Angeles, my rate is $40-50/hr. Average is probably $30-35. Are you paying $23 before taxes? I even if that’s after taxes, that is not a liveable wage and well below market rate. Expect high turnover.

That is in no way average or normal.

Right? PPP, how much does your employer make? What is their occupation? They are in the 1% if they can afford to pay a nanny $40-$50/hr. Most families don’t make enough to pay a nanny that!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, I’m not talking about taxes, we pay taxes. I’m asking nanny agency pay - she’s saying for our area the minimum is $28/hr, which is honestly astronomical. We pay 23/hr, planning to go to 24 or 25 at her yearly raise in August.

where do you live? That is not astronomical in DC.

[Anonymous]

I made $23hr in 2012. The going rate is absolutely $28+. Nanny agencies do not take a portion of the nanny's pay nor do nannies pay anything to the agency.

[Anonymous]

I don't live in the dc area and pay $33. Rate here is $30-35. Not nyc or la.

[Anonymous]

Ok after reading this several times I think I understand what OP is asking.

Op employs a nanny. The nanny wants a raise and showed OP an email from a nanny agency stating that rates are $28+. Op thinks Nannies who find work through agencies have to give the agencies a cut of that. She wants to tell her nanny that that $28 is really $25 after the agency gets their cut.

What op doesn't realize is that the Nannies don't pay anything to the agency. The families pay the agency a one time finding fee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok after reading this several times I think I understand what OP is asking.

Op employs a nanny. The nanny wants a raise and showed OP an email from a nanny agency stating that rates are $28+. Op thinks Nannies who find work through agencies have to give the agencies a cut of that. She wants to tell her nanny that that $28 is really $25 after the agency gets their cut.

What op doesn't realize is that the Nannies don't pay anything to the agency. The families pay the agency a one time finding fee.

This is the correct answer to OP’s question. The agency doesn’t take any of the nanny’s pay. The completely inexperienced nanny we got from an agency was being paid 20$ per hour (in DC). She was useless, so we hired a real nanny and pay her 28$ per hour (50 hours guaranteed weekly, so add overtime). Your nanny is right, she could find a better paying job.