Capitol Hill nannies...

[Anonymous]

We are interviewing nannies now and have some excellent candidates for our nanny share for two six month-olds. One woman has been a nanny on the Hill for 20+ years and her previous families absolutely rave about her. Another younger woman has a background in childhood education and stellar references as well.

We are paying on the books and will provide health insurance.

What is the going rate in the Capitol Hill area for similarly credentialed nannies?

Thanks in advance for your honest answers - we need to lock this down ASAP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are interviewing nannies now and have some excellent candidates for our nanny share for two six month-olds. One woman has been a nanny on the Hill for 20+ years and her previous families absolutely rave about her. Another younger woman has a background in childhood education and stellar references as well.

We are paying on the books and will provide health insurance.

What is the going rate in the Capitol Hill area for similarly credentialed nannies?

Thanks in advance for your honest answers - we need to lock this down ASAP!

Post on MOTH otherwise you will get bat shit crazy responses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are interviewing nannies now and have some excellent candidates for our nanny share for two six month-olds. One woman has been a nanny on the Hill for 20+ years and her previous families absolutely rave about her. Another younger woman has a background in childhood education and stellar references as well.

We are paying on the books and will provide health insurance.

What is the going rate in the Capitol Hill area for similarly credentialed nannies?

Thanks in advance for your honest answers - we need to lock this down ASAP!

Post on MOTH otherwise you will get bat shit crazy responses.

Don't post on MOTH. There's no anonymity on MOTH and people are gossips and judgmental.

[Anonymous]

Ask them how much they want. It should be obvious, since they seem relatively similar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ask them how much they want. It should be obvious, since they seem relatively similar.

Why would you tell OP to ask them what they want? They're not similar at all. And knowing their asking price doesn't help her figure out what the going rate is in the Capital Hill area.

Sounds like she's a new mom and doesn't have a frame of reference.

[Anonymous]

For a share on the hill. $30 an hour. Also, be generous with vacation time.

[Anonymous]

Try the nanny forum on this website.

That said, we paid our last highly-trained nanny $25/hour (gross). (Plus time and a half for hours over 40.)

Since you’ll be in a nanny share I’d suggest around the same.

Plus paid holidays, vacation, sick-leave, etc.

It was a fortune!!

- Signed, Capitol Hill Mom

[Anonymous]

Actually the poster above who says $30 for a share is probably correct. $25 was for one family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually the poster above who says $30 for a share is probably correct. $25 was for one family.

We are paying our very experienced, extremely qualified, highly recommended nanny $30/hour for a nanny share, on the books, and we provide health insurance.

Agree with the other poster that it is a fortune, but we feel so fortunate to have our amazing nanny and have total peace of mind knowing our daughter is with her.

I’d heard of some folks paying $25/hour for a share, but that wasn’t what we found when we were hunting 8 months ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are interviewing nannies now and have some excellent candidates for our nanny share for two six month-olds. One woman has been a nanny on the Hill for 20+ years and her previous families absolutely rave about her. Another younger woman has a background in childhood education and stellar references as well.

We are paying on the books and will provide health insurance.

What is the going rate in the Capitol Hill area for similarly credentialed nannies?

Thanks in advance for your honest answers - we need to lock this down ASAP!

There is no going rate. You pay her what she charges. You don't haggle with the electric company, your doctor, or hair salon so why would you haggle with someone who is taking care of your child? Also, unless you know beyond the shadow of a doubt whether the other family is keeping strictly to Covid guidelines, I would not put my child in a share.

[Anonymous]

There is no going rate. You pay her what she charges. You don't haggle with the electric company, your doctor, or hair salon so why would you haggle with someone who is taking care of your child? Also, unless you know beyond the shadow of a doubt whether the other family is keeping strictly to Covid guidelines, I would not put my child in a share.

This is ridiculous. So if she says she charges $35/hour, OP should say "sounds good." This answer doesn't answer the question and is totally unhelpful.

OP, I am long out of the nanny game with older kiddos. I feel your pain. It is so hard to pin down the numbers and to get a real sense of what people are really paying. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Can you ask the families she got references from what they paid, or simply ask her what her previous position paid?

[Anonymous]

Ask each candidate what their one child rate is. In a share, each family pays 2/3-3/4 of the nanny’s rate for the number of children that family has in the share.

So offering $25 ($12.50 per family) assumes both nannies would only charge $16-18 for a single child in one family. That sounds very low for the DC area.

[Anonymous]

Ask your candidates. There is no going rate. The educated nanny will most likely be higher. And covid is driving up the cost as well since nannies are in such demand.
Also move fast! We lost a great nanny by waiting two days to finalize the offer.

[Anonymous]

$30 an hour is as low as you can go, OP. That $15 per family. You aren’t going to find or hold onto anyone good for any less.

Echo above: move FAST.