Anonymous
Post 06/29/2021 18:00     Subject: Re:How Much Do You Pay Baby Sitter?
Geez. We live in Pennsylvania. My 15 yo makes $10 an hour to watch two kids. Once in a while, she's watched four kids and got $15 an hour.
Anonymous
Post 06/29/2021 13:22     Subject: How Much Do You Pay Baby Sitter?
It's amazing.

Area hospital pay ICU RN's (with bachelor's degrees) $25/hour.

So much for going to college or taking care of critically ill patients. I should have saved the money.
Anonymous
Post 06/29/2021 10:13     Subject: How Much Do You Pay Baby Sitter?
Upper NWDC. My 15 yo babysits our next door neighbor kid (early ES age) for $10/hour. The neighbors always round up generously. If my kid were trying to build a business (or talking to a new family), I’d encourage a rate increase, but considering how easy the job is, $10 seems fine for now.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2021 20:54     Subject: How Much Do You Pay Baby Sitter?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
I don’t know anyone who pays high schoolers more than $10/hour.

I’ve known nannies who were making $15 - $20/hour.


High schoolers in this area are too spoiled to accept $10/hr. If you know teens who will take it you must be somewhere with less spoiled kids.


The market clears where it clears. Supply, demand, and alternative options on both sides affect the price.


This. It’s not a spoiled or not spoiled issue.


Yet you all want to skimp on paying your nannies
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2021 19:08     Subject: How Much Do You Pay Baby Sitter?
Anonymous wrote:$20. Where do you all live that a teen will accept $13?


I live in Rockville and I pay teens $10/hour.

Anonymous
Post 06/28/2021 19:05     Subject: How Much Do You Pay Baby Sitter?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have 2 14 yr olds that come to my house (together) and I pay them $12/hr for 3 kids. It is a steal, I know. They live a few houses down. If they happen to be babysitting for 4+ hrs I pay them extra just because but they always are surprised and grateful.

16-18 I pay $12-13. In college $15


$12 each or together?


Together. They set their own rate and told me. They actually only asked to $10 hr. They are very motivated and eager to work
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2021 19:00     Subject: How Much Do You Pay Baby Sitter?
My next door neighbor quoted $15/hour (we're in NWDC) but I bumped it up to $20 recently. I have two kids, 3 and 5.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2021 18:55     Subject: How Much Do You Pay Baby Sitter?
Anonymous wrote:I have 2 14 yr olds that come to my house (together) and I pay them $12/hr for 3 kids. It is a steal, I know. They live a few houses down. If they happen to be babysitting for 4+ hrs I pay them extra just because but they always are surprised and grateful.

16-18 I pay $12-13. In college $15


$12 each or together?
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2021 16:24     Subject: Re:How Much Do You Pay Baby Sitter?
Anonymous wrote:High school sitters in my area all charge $15/hr


This is what my teen daughters charge for 1 or 2 kids. We're in Fairfax County, VA.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2021 09:41     Subject: How Much Do You Pay Baby Sitter?
Live in a nice neighborhood in Gaithersburg/North Potomac area and $15 is the going rate.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2021 09:08     Subject: Re:How Much Do You Pay Baby Sitter?
A few months ago, someone offered my DD $12 an hour to watch 4 kids. I told her to turn it down. $15 an hour seems to be pretty standard in this area. I would expect she’d that that for 2+ kids.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2021 06:33     Subject: Re:How Much Do You Pay Baby Sitter?
Anonymous wrote:I used to live in DC and now I live on the Bay Area. I feel like rates are similar in both places. I pay the preschool teacher who babysits $20 / hr because that’s what she asked for. A friend just recommended another babysitter (also a preschool teacher) who charges $22 / hr. If a kid couldn’t drive, wasn’t CPR / first aid certified, wasn’t picking up or making dinner I’d probably pay close to their age (so $15 / hr for a 15 year old). It also depends if someone is truly sitting my 4 and 8 year old vs a mother’s helper and needs me home. If I can’t go to a yoga class or out for coffee etc then it’s worth less to me. A neighbor wrote a few of us two years ago that her then 12 year old wanted to me a mother’s helper. I couldn’t leave her with a diapered two year old. I said I’d be happy to hire her at $12 / hr. My neighbor said her said her understanding was that rates were $20 / hr. Needless to say I never hired the daughter.


Whoa. $20 for a 12 yr old Mother’s Helper? That is insane. Did you live in a very wealthy neighborhood where people are pretty frivolous with money?
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2021 05:41     Subject: How Much Do You Pay Baby Sitter?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
I don’t know anyone who pays high schoolers more than $10/hour.

I’ve known nannies who were making $15 - $20/hour.


High schoolers in this area are too spoiled to accept $10/hr. If you know teens who will take it you must be somewhere with less spoiled kids.


The market clears where it clears. Supply, demand, and alternative options on both sides affect the price.


This. It’s not a spoiled or not spoiled issue.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2021 02:22     Subject: How Much Do You Pay Baby Sitter?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
I don’t know anyone who pays high schoolers more than $10/hour.

I’ve known nannies who were making $15 - $20/hour.


High schoolers in this area are too spoiled to accept $10/hr. If you know teens who will take it you must be somewhere with less spoiled kids.


The market clears where it clears. Supply, demand, and alternative options on both sides affect the price.
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2021 23:54     Subject: How Much Do You Pay Baby Sitter?
Teen $15
College/Adult $25/$30