Babysitting for $15/hour?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We pay $25 but a women recently advertised on our neighborhood facebook page that her rate was $35/hr. I was surprised she had 20 comments asking for her information. She was mid 30s and had teaching experience so people were willing to pay.

For a full time nanny I could understand, but for babysitting? Why does someone need a teaching degree to sit on the couch and watch tv while my kids sleep in their rooms?

[Anonymous]

My kid is in college now. When he was little, high school sitters were $15 an hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the going rate for babysitting? 7 year old, 4 year old, and we have two larger dogs. Husband says $15/hour, I think that’s low.

Ten years ago! $20/hr..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We pay $25 but a women recently advertised on our neighborhood facebook page that her rate was $35/hr. I was surprised she had 20 comments asking for her information. She was mid 30s and had teaching experience so people were willing to pay.

For a full time nanny I could understand, but for babysitting? Why does someone need a teaching degree to sit on the couch and watch tv while my kids sleep in their rooms?

She gets paid that much do you can go out on you silly date night.

[Anonymous]

My sons babysitter charges $15 for one kid and increases by $5 per additional kid.

[Anonymous]

You should pay more than $15

[Anonymous]

My teen earns $15/hour for families who already have the kids in bed when my kid arrives, which is perfectly fair for a night of doing homework and surfing the web. Families who need "putting to bed" services for their kids tend to pay $20+ per hour.

[Anonymous]

My Bethesda daughter makes $20/hour to babysit one 4 year old girl

[Anonymous]

My teenage DD in McLean earns $20/hr, all her families have more than 1 child and some are pretty young. She does however clean up, do dishes, offers to fold laundry after the kids go down, doesn’t just sit on the couch if there are things her fams ask for help with.

[Anonymous]

My 15 year old gets $15-20 in Loudoun.

[Anonymous]

If the work is the same, why would you pay an adult more?

Just curious, I'm wondering why the adult gets paid more for the same work. Do you ask adults to do more?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We pay $25 but a women recently advertised on our neighborhood facebook page that her rate was $35/hr. I was surprised she had 20 comments asking for her information. She was mid 30s and had teaching experience so people were willing to pay.

For a full time nanny I could understand, but for babysitting? Why does someone need a teaching degree to sit on the couch and watch tv while my kids sleep in their rooms?

She gets paid that much do you can go out on you silly date night.

Right, to sit and watch tv on the couch. If she's not "teaching" my kids why would her experience in teaching matter? I might as well hire someone with plumbing experience or fry cook experience--they're all just going to be sitting on my couch watching tv.

[Anonymous]

All the girls at high school where i teach in MoCo charge 15$.

[Anonymous]

$15 for teens, 20$ for adults. Make sure it is cash.

[Anonymous]

Is OP saying the babysitter is also responsible for the dogs? A little more should be charged.