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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for these very thoughtful responses! I feel like I learned so much.
Also more people had nannies with older kids than I realized so maybe that is just an expense we need to budget for. My fear is with my likely low salary (from limited experience and no real career trajectory) may make paying for a nanny moot.  We will have to crunch some numbers if/when I get an offer I guess.[/quote]
How are you affording a nanny and a house in the DMV on one Foreign Service Officer salary?[/quote]

FSOs can sponsor their nannies they had in developing countries so the nannies get paid a much lower rate than normal U.S. nannies but they have free housing and food and the salary is still good enough for them to send money back home.  It is comparable to an au pair situation except it's a full-time employee, can work overtime for overtime pay, no cultural/education component, and there is the continuity of keeping the same nanny the kids already know from their overseas post.[/quote]
Where did you come up with that free housing and food and a much lower rate than normal? Please show me the law for that. I am unaware that any consulate will approve a visa for a nanny that will not pay the minimum wage required by the state.[/quote]

In VA, the minimum wage is $12/hr, so that's cheaper than U.S. nannies who want at least $20-25/hr.  Plus free room and board in your house, it's not a bad deal for a nanny coming from like Bangladesh or wherever.  They have very little expenses and can save and send that money home.[/quote]

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