summer babysitter pay

[Anonymous]

What's the going rate in the Potocmac/Bethesda area for a summer babysitter who picks up the kids after camp, takes them to other activities, does their laundry?

[Anonymous]

That’s called a nanny. Babysitters don’t do laundry. $20-25/hr + mileage.

[Anonymous]

I live in manassas and I have a high school senior who has worked for me the whole pandemic - I pay her $15 an hour and she seems happy with that - but no driving and no laundry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in manassas and I have a high school senior who has worked for me the whole pandemic - I pay her $15 an hour and she seems happy with that - but no driving and no laundry.

Exactly this is a babysitter with babysitter pay. You want a nanny? You will be paying nanny rates.

[Anonymous]

I’ve had multiple babysitters (college students who worked 10-15 hours a week, definitely not professional nannies) and they all happily did laundry. Pay was 15-20 an hour.

[Anonymous]

I would not ask my after school/camp sitter to do laundry. We pay $15 an hour in moco.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in manassas and I have a high school senior who has worked for me the whole pandemic - I pay her $15 an hour and she seems happy with that - but no driving and no laundry.

Manassas and bethesda have literally nothing in common.

[Anonymous]

That’s a nanny, $20/hour

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks for the info. This would be a college student. I was planning on $20 (+ mileage, of course) but wanted to be sure I wasn't too low. Sounds like $20 is appropriate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the info. This would be a college student. I was planning on $20 (+ mileage, of course) but wanted to be sure I wasn't too low. Sounds like $20 is appropriate.

And no laundry

[Anonymous]

$20/hr is great for Bethesda, with NO LAUNDRY

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the info. This would be a college student. I was planning on $20 (+ mileage, of course) but wanted to be sure I wasn't too low. Sounds like $20 is appropriate.

And no laundry

Plus 1

[Anonymous]

I hope you already found someone. College students willing to babysit at any pay rate are rarer and rarer.

[Anonymous]

I was a summer babysitter for a few families in Bethesda and NW DC while going to Montgomery College in 2016. While I have plenty of experience I don’t consider myself a professional nanny in any way. I charged $20 per hour and would not have done any laundry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$20/hr is great for Bethesda, with NO LAUNDRY

$20 is acceptable but not great.

Really want to emphasize the no laundry part here for OP.