Caregiver looking for pricing guidance
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Anonymous
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Hi!
I am a DC teacher who is looking to offer some child care options over the summer and it has been a while so I am out of touch with the pricing. The three services I am looking to offer are part time child care on a weekly basis (potentially in between summer camps), emergency/back up child care (if the primary child care for the day fell through), and overnight child care for parents who are taking a trip. I would also be interested in small group care. I plan on only offering the overnight child care to parents within my school community. I have two masters in education, a degree in child development, and I have extensive training on reading development. When I was in grad school (2017) I charged $20(+5$ per additional kid) for regular part time care, and $30(+$5 per additional kid) for emergency/back up care. If anyone has any guidance or feedback I am very open! For context I would be primarily advertising in the Georgetown/Palisades and Navy Yard/The Wharf area. Also, if anyone has advice on how to advertise my services I am open to those recs as well! |
Anonymous
| Hi, What about tutoring for a 3 year old. Only for two days a week? |
Anonymous
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Hi OP,
I'm a nanny without a Degree so take my numbers with some wiggle room for yourself, ha. *Part-time care/back up care: If providing private care in the family's home, I charge between $22-$30, depending on age and number of children and I have a 4hr min. *FOR overnight care: I will go down a few dollars (typically 1/3rd) and charge for all hours. Example: Family needs weekend overnight care from Friday at 5pm daycare/camp pickup until Sunday at 5pm. Two kids. For 48 hours, I would charge around $16 × 48 = around $770 + meals covered and any gas reimbursement. You should do whatever works best for you financially. Some nannies charge hourly rates for all hours, others do a set overnight rate + full rate for "awake" hours, etc. |
Anonymous
| OP, since all those hours are random, with no benefits, you should charge at least $35-40 for daytime hours.The only thing that your degrees may not be needed for such short term jobs but you could definitely command highest rates if you decide to take a full-time nanny job through an agency. |
Anonymous
| You could charge more for tutoring than babysitting. We currently pay $40/hour for a graduate student (with degree in education studying to become a S&L pathologist) to tutor my 5 year old. |
Anonymous
| How much is daycare these days for full time weekly? If anyone is willing to share, perhaps base your cost of of those figures. |
Anonymous
Minimum of $50/hr for normal child care and $75/hr. for tutoring |
Anonymous
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My 15 Year Old gets $20 / hour for babysitting in NW DC (2 elementary aged kids)
Minimum Wage is $17 / hour in DC If you are going to charge $50 - that is $2000 for the week. Most families can find a summer camp that is significantly less - so be clear what they are getting that makes it worth their while. (are you driving them to the pool?, teaching them to swim? etc) If you are tutoring - are you Orton-Gillingham certified (or trained). For an OG Tutor rates are more than $100 / hour |
Anonymous
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