Rates for full-time nanny in Bethesda -- 1 kid and 2 kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Between $25 and $30 for a legal, English fluent (speaking and reading) educated nanny with experience.

We just went through it.

The "educated" is what's getting you here, I would guess. Frankly, I don't understand why you need more than a high school degree to be a nanny, and if you want that, your pool of potentially nannies is going to be much, much smaller, even more so if you're looking for someone with a relevant degree (like early childhood education or something). I'm much more interested in experience, personally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Between $25 and $30 for a legal, English fluent (speaking and reading) educated nanny with experience.

We just went through it.

The "educated" is what's getting you here, I would guess. Frankly, I don't understand why you need more than a high school degree to be a nanny, and if you want that, your pool of potentially nannies is going to be much, much smaller, even more so if you're looking for someone with a relevant degree (like early childhood education or something). I'm much more interested in experience, personally.

PP here - sorry, I do agree with the value of a fluent English speaker (and reader) - that was also one of our requirements (although we did not require a NATIVE English speaker or perfect grammar).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd say $18-$22 for 2 kids, depending on the experience of the nanny. The ones you will prefer will end up in the $20-22 range. We had a fantastic nanny at $20 two years ago.

This may have been the cost 2 years ago but nannies are at a premium right now given COVID. You will pay at least $25 per hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Between $25 and $30 for a legal, English fluent (speaking and reading) educated nanny with experience.

We just went through it.

The "educated" is what's getting you here, I would guess. Frankly, I don't understand why you need more than a high school degree to be a nanny, and if you want that, your pool of potentially nannies is going to be much, much smaller, even more so if you're looking for someone with a relevant degree (like early childhood education or something). I'm much more interested in experience, personally.

Probably bc educated people make educated decisions. You had a poster claiming her nanny was showing the baby electrical sockets. No educated nanny is that dumb. It’s amazing that in a place like DC people would dismiss education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Between $25 and $30 for a legal, English fluent (speaking and reading) educated nanny with experience.

We just went through it.

The "educated" is what's getting you here, I would guess. Frankly, I don't understand why you need more than a high school degree to be a nanny, and if you want that, your pool of potentially nannies is going to be much, much smaller, even more so if you're looking for someone with a relevant degree (like early childhood education or something). I'm much more interested in experience, personally.

Probably bc educated people make educated decisions. You had a poster claiming her nanny was showing the baby electrical sockets. No educated nanny is that dumb. It’s amazing that in a place like DC people would dismiss education.

I'm the PP. I definitely knew not to show babies electrical sockets in middle school. And certainly in college, no one taught me that babies shouldn't be shown electrical sockets. So again, I'll take experience over education for a nanny. Intelligence, problem solving, common sense - these are important. But whether or not you have a BA doesn't tell me if you have them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Between $25 and $30 for a legal, English fluent (speaking and reading) educated nanny with experience.

We just went through it.

The "educated" is what's getting you here, I would guess. Frankly, I don't understand why you need more than a high school degree to be a nanny, and if you want that, your pool of potentially nannies is going to be much, much smaller, even more so if you're looking for someone with a relevant degree (like early childhood education or something). I'm much more interested in experience, personally.

Probably bc educated people make educated decisions. You had a poster claiming her nanny was showing the baby electrical sockets. No educated nanny is that dumb. It’s amazing that in a place like DC people would dismiss education.

I'm the PP. I definitely knew not to show babies electrical sockets in middle school. And certainly in college, no one taught me that babies shouldn't be shown electrical sockets. So again, I'll take experience over education for a nanny. Intelligence, problem solving, common sense - these are important. But whether or not you have a BA doesn't tell me if you have them.

Ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Between $25 and $30 for a legal, English fluent (speaking and reading) educated nanny with experience.

We just went through it.

The "educated" is what's getting you here, I would guess. Frankly, I don't understand why you need more than a high school degree to be a nanny, and if you want that, your pool of potentially nannies is going to be much, much smaller, even more so if you're looking for someone with a relevant degree (like early childhood education or something). I'm much more interested in experience, personally.

Probably bc educated people make educated decisions. You had a poster claiming her nanny was showing the baby electrical sockets. No educated nanny is that dumb. It’s amazing that in a place like DC people would dismiss education.

I'm the PP. I definitely knew not to show babies electrical sockets in middle school. And certainly in college, no one taught me that babies shouldn't be shown electrical sockets. So again, I'll take experience over education for a nanny. Intelligence, problem solving, common sense - these are important. But whether or not you have a BA doesn't tell me if you have them.

You can have both! Our nanny has both experience and a college degree.

NP here and it was important to us. We expect her teachers to have at least a college degree so why would we expect less in the first five years?

[Anonymous]

$25 an hour for 1 toddler. Nanny is a former preschool teacher and experienced nanny, college graduate, fluent English speaking and reading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd say $18-$22 for 2 kids, depending on the experience of the nanny. The ones you will prefer will end up in the $20-22 range. We had a fantastic nanny at $20 two years ago.

This may have been the cost 2 years ago but nannies are at a premium right now given COVID. You will pay at least $25 per hour.

not true. $20/hr will get you many candidates to pick from. There are tons of laid off daycare teachers.
$25 is very generous for 1 child, and would be reasonable if the nanny was exceptional..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Between $25 and $30 for a legal, English fluent (speaking and reading) educated nanny with experience.

We just went through it.

The "educated" is what's getting you here, I would guess. Frankly, I don't understand why you need more than a high school degree to be a nanny, and if you want that, your pool of potentially nannies is going to be much, much smaller, even more so if you're looking for someone with a relevant degree (like early childhood education or something). I'm much more interested in experience, personally.

I agree with the experience. Tons of people hire au pairs and they aren't particularly experienced. I will never understand the mentality of hiring someone to care for your kids who is going through cultural transition, who needs to be taken care of herself, and who has no to very little relevant experience to do such an important job if you can afford more.