How much to pay a housekeeper

[Anonymous]

I asked our cleaning lady to come in 10 hours a week every week to fold clothes, do laundry, pick up mess and organize. No cooking or babysitting.

Right now she comes every two weeks and charges $180 for 2000 sq. feet (2 baths).

The new schedule will be 10hrs (maybe more) a week +regular cleaning once every week or every two weeks.

How much would you pay for this job? I asked her to think about the money and said we’ll be thinking too.

We are in NoVa.

[Anonymous]

$25/hour

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$25/hour

Including the regular cleaning?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$25/hour

Agree. Pay for it all at the same rate.

[Anonymous]

$1200/month, but do take out taxes and social security.

[Anonymous]

Are y’all actually insane? It’s HOUSECLEANING. There’s no childcare. $25/hr is a $50,000 full time salary. You do realize that college grads working at non profits in this area earn that, right? OP I pay $15/hourly for slightly less than ten hours/week. I had zero problems locating someone on care.com. She cooks and she’s not even my regular twice monthly cleaner.

[Anonymous]

I pay my house keeper $20/hr to help like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are y’all actually insane? It’s HOUSECLEANING. There’s no childcare. $25/hr is a $50,000 full time salary. You do realize that college grads working at non profits in this area earn that, right? OP I pay $15/hourly for slightly less than ten hours/week. I had zero problems locating someone on care.com. She cooks and she’s not even my regular twice monthly cleaner.

1. $50K a year in 2020 is not a huge amount of money - esp in the NoVa area.
2. The assumption that a house cleaner is working 40 hours a week to cover a full salary is just that: an assumption.
3. Even if the housekeeper works 60 hours a week at that rate, it is with different clients; OP is not hiring the housekeeper full time.
4. IF I were a house keeper, i would hate to think that I would not be allowed to make more than $50K a year.

The comparison of a $50K salary qualifying a college grad or housekeeper is silly. You realize there are PhDs who make $50K, and college dropouts that make $500K?

[Anonymous]

PP again. You also have to factor in that the housekeeper will have more frequent transportation costs to come to your house - and the scheduling change could impact her availability for other clients. All things to keep in mind if you want her to stay engaged for the long term with help.

You could also ask her what her hourly rate would be. You can let her anchor with a price instead of throwing it out there first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are y’all actually insane? It’s HOUSECLEANING. There’s no childcare. $25/hr is a $50,000 full time salary. You do realize that college grads working at non profits in this area earn that, right? OP I pay $15/hourly for slightly less than ten hours/week. I had zero problems locating someone on care.com. She cooks and she’s not even my regular twice monthly cleaner.

1. $50K a year in 2020 is not a huge amount of money - esp in the NoVa area.
2. The assumption that a house cleaner is working 40 hours a week to cover a full salary is just that: an assumption.
3. Even if the housekeeper works 60 hours a week at that rate, it is with different clients; OP is not hiring the housekeeper full time.
4. IF I were a house keeper, i would hate to think that I would not be allowed to make more than $50K a year.

The comparison of a $50K salary qualifying a college grad or housekeeper is silly. You realize there are PhDs who make $50K, and college dropouts that make $500K?

Do you have no concept of capitalism? You’re “allowed” to earn whatever you want. Your skill set and training make you valuable. Lots of people can clean homes. It’s a low-skilled job. The market doesn’t command a high rate for it. There are a lot of people who can do it. Anyway I don’t care. If op wants to pay 25/hour who am I to say boo. $1000/mo for 2 hours/day of light housework sounds like a nice gig for someone.

[Anonymous]

My mom paid her cleaning lady $16/hr Canadian ($12 USD) for many years. She only worked for 6 hours or so a week. I think she may have bumped it up a little bit recently...

Her cleaning lady is a hard working 65 year old Filipina who lives in a downstairs basement suite 30 minutes away.

My mom's house is probably 4000sf and has 4 bathrooms.

My mom was NOT receptive to increasing her pay when I talked to her about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mom paid her cleaning lady $16/hr Canadian ($12 USD) for many years. She only worked for 6 hours or so a week. I think she may have bumped it up a little bit recently...

Her cleaning lady is a hard working 65 year old Filipina who lives in a downstairs basement suite 30 minutes away.

My mom's house is probably 4000sf and has 4 bathrooms.

My mom was NOT receptive to increasing her pay when I talked to her about it.

She lives in Vancouver, Canada if that matters...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are y’all actually insane? It’s HOUSECLEANING. There’s no childcare. $25/hr is a $50,000 full time salary. You do realize that college grads working at non profits in this area earn that, right? OP I pay $15/hourly for slightly less than ten hours/week. I had zero problems locating someone on care.com. She cooks and she’s not even my regular twice monthly cleaner.

1. $50K a year in 2020 is not a huge amount of money - esp in the NoVa area.
2. The assumption that a house cleaner is working 40 hours a week to cover a full salary is just that: an assumption.
3. Even if the housekeeper works 60 hours a week at that rate, it is with different clients; OP is not hiring the housekeeper full time.
4. IF I were a house keeper, i would hate to think that I would not be allowed to make more than $50K a year.

The comparison of a $50K salary qualifying a college grad or housekeeper is silly. You realize there are PhDs who make $50K, and college dropouts that make $500K?

Do you have no concept of capitalism? You’re “allowed” to earn whatever you want. Your skill set and training make you valuable. Lots of people can clean homes. It’s a low-skilled job. The market doesn’t command a high rate for it. There are a lot of people who can do it. Anyway I don’t care. If op wants to pay 25/hour who am I to say boo. $1000/mo for 2 hours/day of light housework sounds like a nice gig for someone.

You sound jealous, the PP made a lot of good points about why $25/hr sounds reasonable

[Anonymous]

$20/hr at minimum, so for 10 hours a week = $200/wk, then $180/every other week for the regular clean so $1160/month for 40hrs a month plus 2x a month regular clean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are y’all actually insane? It’s HOUSECLEANING. There’s no childcare. $25/hr is a $50,000 full time salary. You do realize that college grads working at non profits in this area earn that, right? OP I pay $15/hourly for slightly less than ten hours/week. I had zero problems locating someone on care.com. She cooks and she’s not even my regular twice monthly cleaner.

1. $50K a year in 2020 is not a huge amount of money - esp in the NoVa area.
2. The assumption that a house cleaner is working 40 hours a week to cover a full salary is just that: an assumption.
3. Even if the housekeeper works 60 hours a week at that rate, it is with different clients; OP is not hiring the housekeeper full time.
4. IF I were a house keeper, i would hate to think that I would not be allowed to make more than $50K a year.

The comparison of a $50K salary qualifying a college grad or housekeeper is silly. You realize there are PhDs who make $50K, and college dropouts that make $500K?

Do you have no concept of capitalism? You’re “allowed” to earn whatever you want. Your skill set and training make you valuable. Lots of people can clean homes. It’s a low-skilled job. The market doesn’t command a high rate for it. There are a lot of people who can do it. Anyway I don’t care. If op wants to pay 25/hour who am I to say boo. $1000/mo for 2 hours/day of light housework sounds like a nice gig for someone.

You sound jealous, the PP made a lot of good points about why $25/hr sounds reasonable

I’m jealous that she wants the op to pay her housekeeper more than I pay mine? Ok sure. I’m jealous.