How much to pay 14-15 year old babysitter?

[Anonymous]

My 13 and 15 year old daughters both babysit and they are paid their ages as an hourly wage. I will say if the babysitter is convenient to you that is also very valuable. (Parents are close by in the event of an emergency, no need to worry about how she is getting home (Uber, Lyft, you) if you have a few too many and should not be driving etc.

[Anonymous]

OP here. For what it’s worth, I asked the babysitter and she said $12! I will probably round up, but she seemed comfortable with this rate.

[Anonymous]

No one wants to work for you for $10-12. That’s not even minimum wage, hello!!

[Anonymous]

Si you know the mom? Ask if they would consider having her take the Red Cross babysitting course. It’s great training, and covers infants well.

[Anonymous]

Do you ….*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with the $10-12/hr. That's what my girls started at a few years ago.

Ten years ago bread was $3.00 a loaf: today it is $6.00 a loaf
Times and prices change. If it's her first job then I would start her out at $15 and if you like her and she is good with children then I would increase to $17.50/hr after six months and $20/hr after a year. This way you have a reliable babysitter for years to come and because you have been fair and generous with her, she will be loyal to you.

Where the hell do you live, Anchorage?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with the $10-12/hr. That's what my girls started at a few years ago.

Ten years ago bread was $3.00 a loaf: today it is $6.00 a loaf
Times and prices change. If it's her first job then I would start her out at $15 and if you like her and she is good with children then I would increase to $17.50/hr after six months and $20/hr after a year. This way you have a reliable babysitter for years to come and because you have been fair and generous with her, she will be loyal to you.

Where the hell do you live, Anchorage?

Virginia and Dave's bread is almost $6/loaf and so is organic bread.

[Anonymous]

We pay a teen sitter $12-$15 an hour. She basically hangs out with my kid and gives her dinner that I’ve pre made and just needs heating up. I don’t her to have a degree or a lot of experience and she’s not trying to pay rent or pay a car payment. It’s play money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We pay a teen sitter $12-$15 an hour. She basically hangs out with my kid and gives her dinner that I’ve pre made and just needs heating up. I don’t her to have a degree or a lot of experience and she’s not trying to pay rent or pay a car payment. It’s play money.

Maybe she's saving to buy a car or saving for college. Who are you to arbitrarily decide that it's just play money for her?

[Anonymous]

$5 if you’re home, $10 if you’re not

[Anonymous]

Pay her Whatever the kid would make starting out at McDonald’s

[Anonymous]

I have two older teen DDs. They get anywhere between $15 to $20/hour. They are in high demand because they drive, have a lot of experience and the kids love them. They basically can pick and choose who they are babysit for so if you find a good babysitter, pay a bit more, it helps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with the $10-12/hr. That's what my girls started at a few years ago.

RIght, so it's probably $15 now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with the $10-12/hr. That's what my girls started at a few years ago.

Ten years ago bread was $3.00 a loaf: today it is $6.00 a loaf
Times and prices change. If it's her first job then I would start her out at $15 and if you like her and she is good with children then I would increase to $17.50/hr after six months and $20/hr after a year. This way you have a reliable babysitter for years to come and because you have been fair and generous with her, she will be loyal to you.

Paying a 15-16 year old $20/hour seems really high to me...

I will say it again, slowly. If you trust this person to watch your precious child, it doesn't matter if the are 15 or 50. Pay them at least $20/hr.
As an aside, having a neighbor be really enthusiastic to sit for you and paying them well is ALL plusses. How do you not see this? They don't need rides, and their home is right there is something were to happen. You should really foster this relationship my friend.

I’m going to say it even sloooower to you: 15 year olds don’t need $20 an H-O-U-R.
Find a neighbor to babysit your child is not always possible or even a good idea. Our best babysitters were 16-17 year old girls who we paid $12-$15 an hour. The WORST sitter we had was an adult woman in her 50s. She was a mom, and didn’t play with my kids and wasn’t at all fun.

It's actually up to the person in question what they need. You can offer a wage, if the sitter doesn't feel that it meets their needs, they can decline. You can then either look for other sitters or decide to meet the sitter's requests. But one side doesn't get to unilaterally decide what the wage is for any specific employee.

[Anonymous]

Lol at $20 for a 14 year old. Yeah, they're not that special.