Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$12?

not the PP but that’s for live in. That’s $480 for a 40 hour week. No rent/utilities to pay.

Its illegal to deduct room and board from live in nannies

You can pay them a lower rate though, so long as it’s not below minimum wage. $12/hr is legal in a lot of states.

This is incorrect.

Anonymous wrote:Paying a nanny a minimum wage is disrespectful, IMHO, live in or not. if she is live in, she is there for your convenience. She probably would much prefer not to live in but either has trouble finding a job or in such circumstances that just needs a roof over her head

There are enough nannies who disagree with you or PP wouldn’t have a nanny

Chicago (but used to live in DC). $23/hr, 2 kids, one in preschool. Also gets an annual bonus.

I think live-in Nannies should definitely make less than a live-out.

Why so??
Because they do not incur living expenses which is a huge perk.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$12?

not the PP but that’s for live in. That’s $480 for a 40 hour week. No rent/utilities to pay.

Its illegal to deduct room and board from live in nannies

You can pay them a lower rate though, so long as it’s not below minimum wage. $12/hr is legal in a lot of states.

Only a fool, homeless, ot undocumented would accept $12/,,hr for live in or live out. Live in is a convenience for employer s d should pay accordingly.

Yes, these days twelve dollars an hr. is highway robbery.

Paying a nanny a minimum wage is disrespectful, IMHO, live in or not. if she is live in, she is there for your convenience. She probably would much prefer not to live in but either has trouble finding a job or in such circumstances that just needs a roof over her head

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$12?

not the PP but that’s for live in. That’s $480 for a 40 hour week. No rent/utilities to pay.

Its illegal to deduct room and board from live in nannies

No it’s not ! As long as you are paying them the minimum hourly wage in your state. VA has a minimum hourly wage or $12/ hour , so assuming OP lives in VA, they are not doing anything illegal . Keep in mind they are also providing full room and board for the nanny, which pretty much leaves the nanny with a discretionary spending of $2000 a month. How many blue collar workers do you know who have $2000 left over after paying rent, utilities and groceries every month?

The nanny might have a car payment, car insurance payments, health insurance costs, cell phone bills, grocery bills, clothing costs, personal care costs, etc. It’s not “discretionary spending” if it all goes to pay bills and provide for needs.

And it actually is illegal to withhold wages to cover “rent and board” if you value those things at more than about $135 a week.

I can’t tell if you’re trolling, dumb, or just trying to jack up the market rate for live ins. No one is withholding wages to cover room and board. The job offer is legal minimum wage (or whatever) and one perk that a candidate might consider and value is that it comes with a free place to live. Just like some nonprofit jobs pay less than private sector, but people take the positions because they come with the added benefit of prestige or connections.

Anyway, do others with live in nannies pay minimum wage as well? Trying to get a handle on the market rate for this position.

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here making $38 per hr. We have to charge more because the cost of living is insane. My rent goes up every year, and every time I shop for food, the price is higher than a month ago. My $38 now is $25 of 3 years ago.

Weird, $38/hr is close to
80k a year and that’s an above average salary. How do all the folks with kids who make less than that at a different job survive?