what's average rate for housekeeper?

[Anonymous]

Have you researched the cost of a live out daily housekeeper? I think you ned to reducethe pay enough to account for housing but not so much that its no longer appealing to just live out and make better money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When do you expect this person to be available? I would figure about $20 hour plus room.

In Gaithersburg? Yea, um no. Though if she did offer that rate, there would be a mass riot of people scrambling for the job.

[Anonymous]

We pay$6.50 ph, live in helps 40 hrs. Week with children, household stuff, cooking, cleaning.
Housing costs are included in any "min wage" calc.

[nannydebsays]

Anonymous wrote:We pay$6.50 ph, live in helps 40 hrs. Week with children, household stuff, cooking, cleaning.
Housing costs are included in any "min wage" calc.

You might want to check that with the IRS. Before your servant quits and reports you to the local wage and labor board.

[Anonymous]

PAY ~ $35.00 to $45.00 ~ per hour !!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I pay $5 an hour. It's not worth more than that sorry.

Federal minimum wage is currently 7.25 per hr. And in Maryland live in nannies are entitled to overtime of time and a 1/2 after 40 hrs.

If you are officially employing someone. People are free to choose to exchange work for any type of compensation, even non-monetary. If I want to pay my friends in pizza to help me move for 3 hours we can do that. If I want to pay the neighbor kid $5 to mow the grass and it takes him an hour, we can do that. If I want to pay a nanny $100 to watch my kid for 24 hours, we can do that. So if PP wants to pay $5 an hour and the nanny accepts it then they can do that. Now, of course, it probably wouldn't be a good idea to pay sub-minimum wage on the books, but I'm sure that's not the case.

????? So then, what does a minimum wage rate exist at all?!!!
Wrong answer.

[Anonymous]

2 kids, live in, sponsored her green card, drivers training/test/license and pay $7/hr. Kids all in preK or Elementary School. Silver Spring.

[Anonymous]

To answer your question we pay our housekeeper $150 per week to clean the house. She comes in once a week and is fantastic. She does all the housework (dusting, floors, kitchens, bathrooms, etc.) does not do laundry. She'll do windows every now and then but it's in liu of something else.

[Anonymous]

You people are all complete idiots!

OP, you will certainly find someone to fill the position, but I have no idea what a full time housekeeper costs. I would start there.