Newborn Baby rates are $20-30/hr + PLUS your older children if you have some.

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Anonymous wrote:Professional nannies do not do your housekeeping. People who can afford them, have housekeepers to clean the house.

I think that depends on what you mean by housekeeping. Yes, most people who can afford a professional nanny have someone else whose job it is to clean the house. Often that someone else is a cleaning service that comes in weekly or bi-monthly. Many dual-career professional families need additional housekeeping help with things like laundry, daily tidying, sweeping between cleaning service visits, and family meal prep. It is not uncommon for professional nannies to do some or all of this, especially when they work with school-aged children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Professional nannies do not do your housekeeping. People who can afford them, have housekeepers to clean the house.

I think that depends on what you mean by housekeeping. Yes, most people who can afford a professional nanny have someone else whose job it is to clean the house. Often that someone else is a cleaning service that comes in weekly or bi-monthly. Many dual-career professional families need additional housekeeping help with things like laundry, daily tidying, sweeping between cleaning service visits, and family meal prep. It is not uncommon for professional nannies to do some or all of this, especially when they work with school-aged children.

In that case they're more of an Alice, and less of a Mary Poppins.

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Anonymous wrote:You are not fooling anyone. I've never met a nanny making $30/hour. Nice try though!! Your lucky if you get $20/hour but even that's pushing it!

I just found this thread, so not one of the PPs but I just wanted to add that I make $35/hr.

I think the problem here is "nanny" doesn't mean the same thing to everyone. When I think "nanny" I think full-time career but it seems the general consensus on DCUM is that nanny can be anything from a 'more than just occasional' babysitter to a 50 hour a week live-in with a professionals salary. Just like some people are willing to go to college, get good grades and then still take a an office job or a lab tech job that pays $11/hr, the same thing happens with nannies. If a family is only willing to pay X amount, they will probably find someone, if they advertise long enough, that will do the job for that pay. On the other hand there are people that will only accept a position that pays $25, $30, or $35 an hour and by the same logic, if they have the skills of course to justify it, they will likely find a family willing to pay that amount if they wait long enough.

Anyways, just wanted to add my opinion. Carry on.

Well said.

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Funny how little some parents think they should pay a newborn nanny, just because the baby should sleep a lot. Good luck with that.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Professional nannies do not do your housekeeping. People who can afford them, have housekeepers to clean the house.

I think that depends on what you mean by housekeeping. Yes, most people who can afford a professional nanny have someone else whose job it is to clean the house. Often that someone else is a cleaning service that comes in weekly or bi-monthly. Many dual-career professional families need additional housekeeping help with things like laundry, daily tidying, sweeping between cleaning service visits, and family meal prep. It is not uncommon for professional nannies to do some or all of this, especially when they work with school-aged children.

School-aged children need to fold their own laundry, not the housekeeper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These figures are well-confirmed by moms and the caregivers on the parents' forum. Do a search if you feel like it.

NO one in their right mind takes on an infant for a silly dollar an hour.

Your "dollar an hour market rate" is nothing but sheer fabricated myth.

Even high-turnover daycares charge more than that.

"Look Honey, who needs daycare when our (not-so-bright) nanny
will do our newborn care for just an extra dollar an hour!"

Best deal in town, huh?

In your dreams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These figures are well-confirmed by moms and the caregivers on the parents' forum. Do a search if you feel like it.

NO one in their right mind takes on an infant for a silly dollar an hour.

Your "dollar an hour market rate" is nothing but sheer fabricated myth.

Even high-turnover daycares charge more than that.

"Look Honey, who needs daycare when our (not-so-bright) nanny
will do our newborn care for just an extra dollar an hour!"

Best deal in town, huh?

In your dreams.

Newborn twins are at least $30 per hour. Ask any agency.

[Anonymous]

So much depends on the area of the country you live in.
But according to salary surveys the average nanny wage is not $30 plus an hour.
If you make it that's great but the percentages of those that do are low!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So much depends on the area of the country you live in.
But according to salary surveys the average nanny wage is not $30 plus an hour.
If you make it that's great but the percentages of those that do are low!

The salary surveys are mostly babysitters, not really nannies.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much depends on the area of the country you live in.
But according to salary surveys the average nanny wage is not $30 plus an hour.
If you make it that's great but the percentages of those that do are low!

The salary surveys are mostly babysitters, not really nannies.

Okay surveys aside wage still largely depends on your area of the country. $30 an hour is not the norm. I wish it were, but it's not.

Curious to know are you defining nanny vs babysitter based on income?
Do you believe a nanny is only a nanny if she makes $x/ hr or works for families in certain cities or income brackets?

[Anonymous]

Please. When my son was an infant I had people clamoring at my door for $16/hr. There are more nannies than employers. Guess what happens in that case?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please. When my son was an infant I had people clamoring at my door for $16/hr. There are more nannies than employers. Guess what happens in that case?

Yup.

I had twins and had my choice of several qualified nanny applicants - none of whom asked for more than $18/hr. This was for FT twin infant care.

Maybe we missed something fantastic at the $20-25/level. But I think both we, and the nanny who has been with us for 4 years, think we did pretty well. And she's still not at $20/hr (for base - certainly well over that for her OT rate.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much depends on the area of the country you live in.
But according to salary surveys the average nanny wage is not $30 plus an hour.
If you make it that's great but the percentages of those that do are low!

The salary surveys are mostly babysitters, not really nannies.

Okay surveys aside wage still largely depends on your area of the country. $30 an hour is not the norm. I wish it were, but it's not.

Curious to know are you defining nanny vs babysitter based on income?
Do you believe a nanny is only a nanny if she makes $x/ hr or works for families in certain cities or income brackets?

Read the "Nanny vs babysitter" thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please. When my son was an infant I had people clamoring at my door for $16/hr. There are more nannies than employers. Guess what happens in that case?

Baby nurses cost a lot more than 16/hr, but you can always find a cheap warm body for hire.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please. When my son was an infant I had people clamoring at my door for $16/hr. There are more nannies than employers. Guess what happens in that case?

Baby nurses cost a lot more than 16/hr, but you can always find a cheap warm body for hire.

Nurses are expensive.

Babies don't need nurses unless there are issues. (Parents might opt to hire nurses if they wish that level of expertise of course.)

Healthy babies really aren't that hard to care for, even twins.