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[quote=Anonymous]We have a housekeeper 25 hours / week (she works for another family for similar hours) and we pay about 35K a year. Being a live-in typically costs more, not less, because it’s an advantage to the employer to have the help 24/7 (even if she technically works specific hours). So 100K doesn’t seem totally crazy to me. We hired our housekeeper when our HHI was around 1M. I SAH so I wasn’t sure about having someone around every day but the benefits are so great it’s totally worth it. Our housekeeper is actually not the best cleaner of those we interviewed but I like her personally and she’s sweet to our kids. Also when our income went up we really thought about what changes we’d make to our lives, and I get way, way more joy from spending money on services and experiences than I do on stuff. Americans are so quick to buy goods but for some reason hesitant to spend money on household help! [/quote]
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