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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean is there really an expectation that a nanny’s pay goes up by $2/year?  Seems insane. By the time your kid is in kindergarten she’s gotten $8/hour in raises, which for a 40h/week nanny amounts to over $16 k/yr increase not including the nanny taxes.

The people on here telling you that that is reasonable are probably nannies themselves. They always post outrageously inflated hourly pay on here. [/quote]

I mean, do you expect your pay to increase over the years? Why would it be different for your nanny? Do you think inflation only affects office workers?[/quote]

My pay doesn’t increase at anywhere near a percentage that accounts for inflation.

But yes, when you choose a profession where your salary is paid by a household and not a corporation, you don’t get the same perks.  For example, FMLA has an employee number threshold.  That’s because it’s unreasonable to ask a family to even hold your job for you, unpaid.

Get a different job for a company if you don’t like it and your skills are transferable.[/quote]

You can disagree with industry standards in the nanny world, but my guess would be that you have other benefits at your job- health insurance, more PTO than 10 days, retirement with match, etc.

Assume a nanny makes $30hr for 40 hours per week. That's $4800/month before taxes and around $4k take home. The average 1 bedroom rent in DC is $2366/mo, but let's say a nanny can find a cheaper one bed at $2k. That's half her pay. Now she has to pay her health insurance, let's say $400 on the very low end. And her employer requires her to have a car- payment, gas, and insurance is $450 per month on the low end. Now she has $1100/month for food, phone, internet, utilities, any student loans, necessities and household items. Forget anything like fun money, retirement, or savings. Nannies have to afford to live and when a family wants full time private childcare, they are taking on the role of being that person's sole employer and source of income. No nanny is trying to pull one over on families or demand exorbitant rates. They are just trying to skate by month to month.[/quote]

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