$20-$25 jobs do exist

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP here - i also ditto 14:00. Of course there are a number of super rich people here and there are in fact jobs at the top end of the nanny pay scale - that doesn't mean that those rates are at all typical though or that the average position would offer them. This board aims at trying to help people get an idea of what is mid-range, typical so they can make their decisions from there (whether that is to price above mid-range or see if they can price at the bottom of it).

... Hence the 10-30/hr. range.

[Anonymous]

First, this job is actually through an agency. I'm interviewing for it and they are working with a small boutique agency.

Second, San Fransisco is really expensive to live. Nanny jobs here routinely pay 25/hr.

[Anonymous]

Let's not compare apples to oranges here.

[Anonymous]

"... Hence the 10-30/hr. range. "

but quoting all ends of a potential range, even when there are very few jobs at either end is ridiculous. It makes it very hard for people to get a true sence of what the mid-range is.

[Anonymous]

"... Hence the 10-30/hr. range. "

but quoting all ends of a potential range, even when there are very few jobs at either end is ridiculous. It makes it very hard for people to get a true sence of what the mid-range is.

This is the point of these posts. Nannies are hoping that a first mom will think nannies make $20 an hour. Nannies don't understand that you gets tons of responses when you advertise for a nanny so you start to hear the actual market rate in your area anyway.

[Anonymous]

Sure, OP since you found one in CA on care.com, it must mean such jobs exist. However, in DC, they are rare and would definitely include housekeeping, errands, and cooking.

You can't expect $20/hr for basic childcare duties alone. People who are wealthy enough to pay that much are smarter than to pay more than something is worth.

The average rate for one child in DC is $13-15/hr. That's what it is and that is what individual child care is worth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sure, OP since you found one in CA on care.com, it must mean such jobs exist. However, in DC, they are rare and would definitely include housekeeping, errands, and cooking.

You can't expect $20/hr for basic childcare duties alone. People who are wealthy enough to pay that much are smarter than to pay more than something is worth.

The average rate for one child in DC is $13-15/hr. That's what it is and that is what individual child care is worth.

I do earn $20/hr for basic childcare duties alone, so you're already wrong and therefore I'm having trouble taking seriously your argument that $13-15/hr is an average, above-table pay rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sure, OP since you found one in CA on care.com, it must mean such jobs exist. However, in DC, they are rare and would definitely include housekeeping, errands, and cooking.

You can't expect $20/hr for basic childcare duties alone. People who are wealthy enough to pay that much are smarter than to pay more than something is worth.

The average rate for one child in DC is $13-15/hr. That's what it is and that is what individual child care is worth.

Sorry, but you don't sound too bright. Parents who can afford to pay a professional nanny 25/hr would never ask her to do the housekeeper's job. Why do you think they have a FT housekeeper AND a professional nanny?

[Anonymous]

"I do earn $20/hr for basic childcare duties alone, so you're already wrong and therefore I'm having trouble taking seriously your argument that $13-15/hr is an average, above-table pay rate.?

Right. Of course you do. This anonymous forum believes you. Yeah. Right. (insert eye roll).

How stupid are you?

[Anonymous]

Actually 1 child is at least $15-$16 now- and goes up from there. If your nanny can't educate your kids, drive, or read English which many around here don't- or isn't American you can get less.

[Anonymous]

OP, this is $20/hour for a household manager/nanny job in California for a family that also appears to have a full-time chef. By all means, hold out for one of these jobs if you feel like you are qualified. Then when you give up trying to find one (or get one and realize its waaaay more responsibilities than a standard nannying job), then you can start looking at the standard nanny jobs that come in way under that.

[Anonymous]

Just proves that most people can't really afford nannies and yet fronting continues to be a habit. Most of the families I know with nannies can barely afford it. They mainly do it just to say "i have a nanny." If you're paying someone anywhere between 10-13..lol at your try-hard. There are teenagers who make that much. Call it what it is...a babysitter; cause you certainly DON'T have a nanny.

[Anonymous]

I'm a nanny in NYC and make $20 an hour. I'm at the low end among my nanny friends. I have two friends who nanny in DC and make closer to $30 an hour. We all work with high-profile/high-net-worth families, however. I'm used to working for much less an hour and am putting the difference in savings, because I know it will take time to find a position like this again once youngest charge starts school.

[Anonymous]

In in DC, I work 2 part time jobs. I make $20/hr at one, and $25/hr at the other. They exist in the DC area too, ladies.

[Anonymous]

I am in MD and I make $22/hour. I didn't ask to get paid that, my boss simply thinks I am worth that. We started at $17/hour and an year later she bumped me up to $22 and it is only 2 school age children I help with after school and help with very little around the house.

This is not average but it does exist.