$30/hr

[Anonymous]

Our neighborhood Facebook page is alive and well with teens home for the summer advertising their babysitting services. According to fliers, most 16 year olds are charging $30/ hr base for one kid then a surcharge for additional kids or “hot” hours. Several have a surge pricing method.

Part of me is like, you go girl. Hustle. But also, it seems super steep.

I pay our 19 year old sitter $20/ hr for two kids. Should I up her rate? She’s never asked for more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our neighborhood Facebook page is alive and well with teens home for the summer advertising their babysitting services. According to fliers, most 16 year olds are charging $30/ hr base for one kid then a surcharge for additional kids or “hot” hours. Several have a surge pricing method.

Part of me is like, you go girl. Hustle. But also, it seems super steep.

I pay our 19 year old sitter $20/ hr for two kids. Should I up her rate? She’s never asked for more.

I mean as far as capitalism goes they can charge whatever they want but you're 16 years old there's no way you have the breadth of experience or certifications to actually charge $30 an hour. Especially for a Singleton or kids that are over the age of six.
But I would be surprised if anybody's grabbing those tickets.

[Anonymous]

In less than a month minimum wage in DC will be $17.50/hr.

When I was in high school minimum wage was $4.25/hr. I was typically getting $7-10/hr to babysit back then.

It seems comparable to me.

[Anonymous]

I pay our 25 yr old babysitter $25 for two young kids. $30 is too much unless you’re bringing special experience/skills.

[Anonymous]

I would pay a college student $25/hr with a minimum of four hours. Your sitter is college-aged and watching two kids so I’d up her rate to $25.

[Anonymous]

Good for these teens but if I'm going to pay a sitter $30+ an hour (and I always do a 3hr min to make it worth it) I'm not hiring a teen.

My sitter is 35 with her own transportation, a clear background, non-smoker, CPR certified, 15+ years in both a preschool setting + private households and we pay $27 for 2 kids with a 3hr min (which we round to $30 anyway) 99% of the time for evenings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our neighborhood Facebook page is alive and well with teens home for the summer advertising their babysitting services. According to fliers, most 16 year olds are charging $30/ hr base for one kid then a surcharge for additional kids or “hot” hours. Several have a surge pricing method.

Part of me is like, you go girl. Hustle. But also, it seems super steep.

I pay our 19 year old sitter $20/ hr for two kids. Should I up her rate? She’s never asked for more.

This may depend where you live. My DD was making $20/hr for two kids back in 2017/18 when she was in high school.

[Anonymous]

My college student home for the summer is charging $20/hour for one kid. $30/hr feels like a ridiculous amount!

[Anonymous]

Just because they put it on a flier doesn’t mean that get any/many jobs. That price seems egregious to me. But maybe if they live in a very affluent neighborhood where parents have more money than common sense, then all the power to the teens.

[Anonymous]

I think they’re trying to get that but it doesn’t mean they are.
We pay our almost 19yo $20 an hour with a 3 hour minimum in moco.

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[Anonymous]

Given how many people are desperate for the hours between the end of camp and parents getting home— which is only 2-3 hours— why shouldn’t they charge $30?