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what is the going rate for housekeepers?
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Anonymous
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Some say $12/hr and other say $20/hr. I have no idea what's the norm. Our housekeeper will come 3 days/wk for approx 5hrs each day. Duties include cleaning, laundry and cooking dinner and occasionally some other organizing type tasks.
Can anyone help me figure out what I should be paying? Thanks. |
Anonymous
| This question is asked from time to time on the Cleveland Park & Chevy Chase listservs, and the answers tend to range between $20 and $25 per hour. We pay $22 per hour, and our housekeeper comes once a week for (in theory) 8 hours. |
Anonymous
| We pay our once-a-week cleaning lady $125 to clean our 3200 sq ft, 4 BR, 3 BA house. She comes at 9:30 and leaves at about 3, so we're paying around the $20/hr mark but she only comes once a week. We super happy with her as she does laundry, windows, wipes down the refrigerator, and all kinds of extras that we didn't ask for. |
Anonymous
Where is she located? Sounds like a gem and I'm looking for a once or twice a month situation for a similar house. |
Anonymous
| I'll ask, but I think she's booked 5 days a week now. Regardless, I think she only cleans houses if you agree to once a week. |
Anonymous
| We pay about $18 an hour, we also pay our share and her share of SS/state taxes. We live in Chevy Chase and she comes 1x a week for 7 hours. |
Anonymous
| I pay $100 for someone to come once a month. I have a pretty small house and I think she may only stay for 3 hours. Seems like I'm paying too much? |
Anonymous
| I live in Palisades and have some one who comes by once a week to clean for us, she charges $125 for the day and it really does not matter how ever long it takes her.She is super she makes sure that all the laundry is done and even put away. Her overall cleaning is very detailed. |
Anonymous
| Why don't you just ask her what she charges? My husband, who is in business, says that in negotiating, it's best to get the other party to name their price and then work from there. Perhaps you already know this, so apologies if I'm stating the obvious. |
Anonymous
OP - I was definately aware of this strategy as I am an attorney, but I do appreciate the advice anyway. It's always good to keep that in mind. I was just trying to get an idea of what's a "reasonable" rate so that I can negotiate from there. I don't want to be too cheap, but I also don't want to pay too much. Thanks again for all the reponses. |
Anonymous
| Do you give her a 1099 each year? Trying to figure this out myself. |
Anonymous
| We treat our housekeeper as a household employee, which means we give her a W-2. |
Anonymous
| We pay our housekeeper $100 to clean our 1700 sq ft home. She cleans for about 2 hours and leaves, no laundry...no putting anything away. She comes once every 2 weeks. We live in Bethesda. Are we overpaying? |
Anonymous
| I always find it amazing people would pay an uneducated person 20 dollars an hour to clean their house but balk at paying over 10 to take care of a child. Seems backwards to me. JMO |
Anonymous
| It's not about education, it's about what the market will bear. |