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

I found her on care.com and I had a ton of replies to my ad (in 2021, things may have changed since). I offered $15-$17/hr. This was for one infant.

[Anonymous]

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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 totally agree with you. I'm wondering, if you had your own child would you hire a great nanny to take care of them or would you plan for and find a way to be home with your own child until they started school full time? I say this as a parent who did whatever was necessary to be able to be home with my kids before they started full time school because it was so important to me to be their primary influence at that time of their lives and to enjoy being with them full time myself. It was difficult financially but totally worth it to me. What are your thoughts on that?

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We pay $20/hr for our graduate student nanny. She takes classes at night and nannies for us during the day. She's sharp and loving with our kid. It took awhile to find her though.

[Anonymous]

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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.

She is - and it saves me money!

[Anonymous]

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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 totally agree with you. I'm wondering, if you had your own child would you hire a great nanny to take care of them or would you plan for and find a way to be home with your own child until they started school full time? I say this as a parent who did whatever was necessary to be able to be home with my kids before they started full time school because it was so important to me to be their primary influence at that time of their lives and to enjoy being with them full time myself. It was difficult financially but totally worth it to me. What are your thoughts on that?

I did stay home with my child before I became a nanny. It’s been lovely to nanny babies when your child is grown.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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!

Poorly treating women is upsetting. How would you like your dd working for such small pay?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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 totally agree with you. I'm wondering, if you had your own child would you hire a great nanny to take care of them or would you plan for and find a way to be home with your own child until they started school full time? I say this as a parent who did whatever was necessary to be able to be home with my kids before they started full time school because it was so important to me to be their primary influence at that time of their lives and to enjoy being with them full time myself. It was difficult financially but totally worth it to me. What are your thoughts on that?

Wait. You’re against a college-educated individual being a nanny but presumably you have a degree but quit to stay home and ‘influence’ your kid…while not getting paid for it. Do you see how silly that is?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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!

Poorly treating women is upsetting. How would you like your dd working for such small pay?

I have worked many minimum wage jobs which were much more unpleasant conditions than nannying for a healthy baby in my comfortable home.

Have you ever worked for minimum wage?

Nice try tho.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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!

Poorly treating women is upsetting. How would you like your dd working for such small pay?

I have worked many minimum wage jobs which were much more unpleasant conditions than nannying for a healthy baby in my comfortable home.

Have you ever worked for minimum wage?

Nice try tho.

+100

Real "small pay" jobs are actually really hard on mind and body. Taking care of a baby is pretty cushy in comparison...

[Anonymous]

So the upshot of this thread is that you generally cannot find a college educated nanny for under $30, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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 totally agree with you. I'm wondering, if you had your own child would you hire a great nanny to take care of them or would you plan for and find a way to be home with your own child until they started school full time? I say this as a parent who did whatever was necessary to be able to be home with my kids before they started full time school because it was so important to me to be their primary influence at that time of their lives and to enjoy being with them full time myself. It was difficult financially but totally worth it to me. What are your thoughts on that?

Wait. You’re against a college-educated individual being a nanny but presumably you have a degree but quit to stay home and ‘influence’ your kid…while not getting paid for it. Do you see how silly that is?

I'm not against anybody being a nanny, certainly not against college-educated people being nannies. I see nothing silly about wanting to be the primary influence on your own child's development when they are very young but that's not the only reason I did it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

She is - and it saves me money!

If I were as cheap and trashy about my children’s care as you are, I certainly wouldn’t brag about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the upshot of this thread is that you generally cannot find a college educated nanny for under $30, right?

At least $25 for college educated Nannie’s for one child, but $30 is not uncommon. Nannies are in high demand still with all of the repeated daycare closures and it’s their market.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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 totally agree with you. I'm wondering, if you had your own child would you hire a great nanny to take care of them or would you plan for and find a way to be home with your own child until they started school full time? I say this as a parent who did whatever was necessary to be able to be home with my kids before they started full time school because it was so important to me to be their primary influence at that time of their lives and to enjoy being with them full time myself. It was difficult financially but totally worth it to me. What are your thoughts on that?

I did stay home with my child before I became a nanny. It’s been lovely to nanny babies when your child is grown.

Sounds awesome! They have all been lucky to have you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the upshot of this thread is that you generally cannot find a college educated nanny for under $30, right?

At least $25 for college educated Nannie’s for one child, but $30 is not uncommon. Nannies are in high demand still with all of the repeated daycare closures and it’s their market.

Ugh,I have no idea why my tablet insists upon “correcting” nannies to “Nannie’s.”