Anonymous wrote:Ok after reading this several times I think I understand what OP is asking.
Op employs a nanny. The nanny wants a raise and showed OP an email from a nanny agency stating that rates are $28+. Op thinks Nannies who find work through agencies have to give the agencies a cut of that. She wants to tell her nanny that that $28 is really $25 after the agency gets their cut.
What op doesn't realize is that the Nannies don't pay anything to the agency. The families pay the agency a one time finding fee.
This is the correct answer to OP’s question. The agency doesn’t take any of the nanny’s pay. The completely inexperienced nanny we got from an agency was being paid 20$ per hour (in DC). She was useless, so we hired a real nanny and pay her 28$ per hour (50 hours guaranteed weekly, so add overtime). Your nanny is right, she could find a better paying job.