Are you all really paying $30 an hour for a good nanny?

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Yes started at $25 but that was 5 years ago, now up to $30 even though job is easier, kids in school most of time. Not college educated and the hasn’t been an issue.

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Anonymous wrote:Why does the nanny need to be college educated? Our nanny did not attend any college, but is legal to work, kind, patient, fluent in English, and great with our kid. We pay her $22 an hour.

She doesn't. It's just virtue signaling. As in, "of course we care about education!"

Not at all. We wanted a nanny with an education equal to what the kids are going to get in school. Why would we want less for the most important years in brain development? Grammar, vocabulary and reading were important to us. Plus we wanted a nanny who had an education based on early childhood education which neither DH nor I have.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would someone with a college degree be a nanny?

LA nanny again- My degree is in teaching, where I made 70k. Last year I made 115k as a nanny and this year I’m on track to make $130k. Working for celebrities is kind of terrible, but with long days (ie: OT), travel per diems, and bonuses, you can make double a teachers salary. That’s why I do it. If we travel, I get paid $40/hr + OT after 9hr, double OT after 12, then an overnight flat rate of $150, plus a daily $200 per diem, for being away from home. I didn’t ask for any of this btw, this was the contract presented to me. Teaching nannies are in demand.

+1. I make double as a nanny than I did as a teacher and have a much closer relationship to the kids. All my nanny friends have college degrees.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would someone with a college degree be a nanny?

Because it’s a great job when you work for smart, loving parents. I’ve done many other professions with my degree but none as satisfying as teaching and loving children. I’ve never looked forward to Mondays until I became a nanny.

You must not be a parent, PP. The first five years of a child’s life are nothing short of miraculous.

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I live in Prince William County and we pay our summer babysitter $15 an hour. She is currently in college.

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Anonymous wrote:We got a nanny who isn’t college educated but otherwise meets your criteria and started with one infant at $15. Each year there’s been a raise plus a raise with the second baby.

Please specific you live in a Ohio town with three stoplights and a drug addiction problem before speaking. Thank you.

We live in a major city and none of us use drugs. Stoplights at most corners, because that’s how cities work.

Name the city

New poster here. I paid $16/hr in 2021 for a nanny with this exact profile.

Anne Arundel. So not DC but not rural Ohio. Sorry if that upsets you!

That’s pretty rural.

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Anonymous wrote:I live in Prince William County and we pay our summer babysitter $15 an hour. She is currently in college.

She’s probably living at home with her parents. This isn’t comparable to hiring an independent adult for a long term contract.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would someone with a college degree be a nanny?

Because it’s a great job when you work for smart, loving parents. I’ve done many other professions with my degree but none as satisfying as teaching and loving children. I’ve never looked forward to Mondays until I became a nanny.

You must not be a parent, PP. The first five years of a child’s life are nothing short of miraculous.

+1. For the life of me, I can’t understand why any parent would think being a nanny is a low-education and skill job.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would someone with a college degree be a nanny?

Because it’s a great job when you work for smart, loving parents. I’ve done many other professions with my degree but none as satisfying as teaching and loving children. I’ve never looked forward to Mondays until I became a nanny.

You must not be a parent, PP. The first five years of a child’s life are nothing short of miraculous.

I wouldn’t mind being a nanny if the parents treated me with respect. I love spending time with young children, engaging them in neat activities and seeing them learn. But this thread is emblematic of how Americans treat childcare. I have thought about being a preschool teacher but the extreme low pay makes it not worth it.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would someone with a college degree be a nanny?

Because it’s a great job when you work for smart, loving parents. I’ve done many other professions with my degree but none as satisfying as teaching and loving children. I’ve never looked forward to Mondays until I became a nanny.

You must not be a parent, PP. The first five years of a child’s life are nothing short of miraculous.

I wouldn’t mind being a nanny if the parents treated me with respect. I love spending time with young children, engaging them in neat activities and seeing them learn. But this thread is emblematic of how Americans treat childcare. I have thought about being a preschool teacher but the extreme low pay makes it not worth it.

Nanny here. You have to find the right parents, PP, and move out of DC area if possible. Teaching preschool is very low paying even at expensive preschools and there you have fifteen sets of parents to deal with!

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Anonymous wrote:We got a nanny who isn’t college educated but otherwise meets your criteria and started with one infant at $15. Each year there’s been a raise plus a raise with the second baby.

Please specific you live in a Ohio town with three stoplights and a drug addiction problem before speaking. Thank you.

We live in a major city and none of us use drugs. Stoplights at most corners, because that’s how cities work.

Name the city

New poster here. I paid $16/hr in 2021 for a nanny with this exact profile.

Anne Arundel. So not DC but not rural Ohio. Sorry if that upsets you!

That’s pretty rural.

Yes, well our part is. Most of the southern part of the county is rural, while the northern part is more suburban. That is why we moved here from DC. Enjoy DC living!

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Ours was $25 and we did nanny share. Not college educated.

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So does anyone pay less than $30 for a college educated nanny?

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Anonymous wrote:We got a nanny who isn’t college educated but otherwise meets your criteria and started with one infant at $15. Each year there’s been a raise plus a raise with the second baby.

Please specific you live in a Ohio town with three stoplights and a drug addiction problem before speaking. Thank you.

We live in a major city and none of us use drugs. Stoplights at most corners, because that’s how cities work.

Name the city

New poster here. I paid $16/hr in 2021 for a nanny with this exact profile.

Anne Arundel. So not DC but not rural Ohio. Sorry if that upsets you!

Hey, another Anne Arundel dcum person here! How did you find your nanny? Even the care.com ones seem to want $20/hr for minimal experience.

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Anonymous wrote:We got a nanny who isn’t college educated but otherwise meets your criteria and started with one infant at $15. Each year there’s been a raise plus a raise with the second baby.

$15? Really? I haven't had a nanny in years, but I do recall paying that around 2010.

This. I had a Spanish speaking non college educated nanny starting in 2011 at $18/hour.