Hourly rate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi All,
What is the hourly rate for two kids, same family?
Thanks

DC proper 16-18/hr
suburbs 14-16/hr
2 weeks paid leave, paid federal holidays.

This is of course for a legal English speaker. I've been doing this for 10yrs now and anyone outside of this in either direction are outliers.

You know only what you earn/pay.

It is based on interviewing at least 30 candidates over the years and what they were asking for. I never throw out the first offer. I always ask them their rate first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi All,
What is the hourly rate for two kids, same family?
Thanks

DC proper 16-18/hr
suburbs 14-16/hr
2 weeks paid leave, paid federal holidays.

This is of course for a legal English speaker. I've been doing this for 10yrs now and anyone outside of this in either direction are outliers.

You know only what you earn/pay.

It is based on interviewing at least 30 candidates over the years and what they were asking for. I never throw out the first offer. I always ask them their rate first.

Where exactly were you finding your $14 "candidates"?

[Anonymous]

care.com

[Anonymous]

A mom's club which I will not name, but for you have to pay about a week's worth of nanny to pay to get in had a reputable nanny agency come and do a presentation. The agency is often asked about on here. They tried not to cite pay but did say for part time, you have to pay a bit more, which is in the $18/hr range.

This meshes with what care.com says about average nanny pay in my area, which is supposed to be $17/hr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A mom's club which I will not name, but for you have to pay about a week's worth of nanny to pay to get in had a reputable nanny agency come and do a presentation. The agency is often asked about on here. They tried not to cite pay but did say for part time, you have to pay a bit more, which is in the $18/hr range.

This meshes with what care.com says about average nanny pay in my area, which is supposed to be $17/hr.

Most of us know which agency it was. They market themselves more aggressively than any other. They're also well-known to try to drive down nanny wages. More money for them with their exorbitant fees. Top tier nannies earn more without such agencies.

Care.com isn't even worth commenting on, but you already know that.

[Anonymous]

Nanny agencies usually take a cut of the first year's pay. Why would they drive down their own wages?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's between $15-18/hr. I have been doing this for a long time and most nannies accept this rate. Sure a few make more but that's a exception (worked for a family for many years, etc.)

What's your evidence?

We just just our search when our nanny moved to Florida.
We paid $15/ hour and then $16 for one child, then $17/ hr once the new kid came and I went back to work. She was great!

Our search resulted in most nannies for two little ones, driving, at $16-18/ hour initially. Some came to the interview with all sorts of demands and others came asking for $14/ hr cash, but those two types were rare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's between $15-18/hr. I have been doing this for a long time and most nannies accept this rate. Sure a few make more but that's a exception (worked for a family for many years, etc.)

What's your evidence?

We just just our search when our nanny moved to Florida.
We paid $15/ hour and then $16 for one child, then $17/ hr once the new kid came and I went back to work. She was great!

Our search resulted in most nannies for two little ones, driving, at $16-18/ hour initially. Some came to the interview with all sorts of demands and others came asking for $14/ hr cash, but those two types were rare.

Sounds more like your personal experience, that's all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's between $15-18/hr. I have been doing this for a long time and most nannies accept this rate. Sure a few make more but that's a exception (worked for a family for many years, etc.)

What's your evidence?

We just just our search when our nanny moved to Florida.
We paid $15/ hour and then $16 for one child, then $17/ hr once the new kid came and I went back to work. She was great!

Our search resulted in most nannies for two little ones, driving, at $16-18/ hour initially. Some came to the interview with all sorts of demands and others came asking for $14/ hr cash, but those two types were rare.

Sounds more like your personal experience, that's all.

Since there are at least 5 other PPs who have shared similar rates, that's more than personal experience. It's a pretty good indication of market rates.

Sounds like you're disappointed, but it is what it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's between $15-18/hr. I have been doing this for a long time and most nannies accept this rate. Sure a few make more but that's a exception (worked for a family for many years, etc.)

What's your evidence?

We just just our search when our nanny moved to Florida.
We paid $15/ hour and then $16 for one child, then $17/ hr once the new kid came and I went back to work. She was great!

Our search resulted in most nannies for two little ones, driving, at $16-18/ hour initially. Some came to the interview with all sorts of demands and others came asking for $14/ hr cash, but those two types were rare.

Sounds more like your personal experience, that's all.

I was a NP (nanny of 2 years moved to FL, did our second search via neighborhood list serve and references were neighborhood families).
Those are the live-out rates in Bethesda - Hispanic, Caribbean, American, Filipino of various ages.
Our 2 yo is in a 4 hour/day preschool that helps the nanny focus on the baby in the mornings, they pick up toddler, lunch and nap, then 1-2 hours of playing together in the house. On no-preschool days they go do playdates, library, parks, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's between $15-18/hr. I have been doing this for a long time and most nannies accept this rate. Sure a few make more but that's a exception (worked for a family for many years, etc.)

What's your evidence?

We just just our search when our nanny moved to Florida.
We paid $15/ hour and then $16 for one child, then $17/ hr once the new kid came and I went back to work. She was great!

Our search resulted in most nannies for two little ones, driving, at $16-18/ hour initially. Some came to the interview with all sorts of demands and others came asking for $14/ hr cash, but those two types were rare.

Sounds more like your personal experience, that's all.

I was a NP (nanny of 2 years moved to FL, did our second search via neighborhood list serve and references were neighborhood families).
Those are the live-out rates in Bethesda - Hispanic, Caribbean, American, Filipino of various ages.
Our 2 yo is in a 4 hour/day preschool that helps the nanny focus on the baby in the mornings, they pick up toddler, lunch and nap, then 1-2 hours of playing together in the house. On no-preschool days they go do playdates, library, parks, etc.

You think everyone in this area shares your personal experience? No, they don't.

[Anonymous]

the 8 families in our Arlington area comp the same as PPs have said. that is our real-time "personal experience" too.

i care about the bulk of the market, if creepy troll wants to pretend she is Lil Miss Hot Commodity With an Attitude and look for a dumb employer, go ahead and spin your wheels. that doesn't affect me nor the market one bit.

i challenge creepy troll to phone up some DC nanny agencies to run her own rate checks as well. time for her to rack up some actual experience and current data too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A mom's club which I will not name, but for you have to pay about a week's worth of nanny to pay to get in had a reputable nanny agency come and do a presentation. The agency is often asked about on here. They tried not to cite pay but did say for part time, you have to pay a bit more, which is in the $18/hr range.

This meshes with what care.com says about average nanny pay in my area, which is supposed to be $17/hr.

Most of us know which agency it was. They market themselves more aggressively than any other. They're also well-known to try to drive down nanny wages. More money for them with their exorbitant fees. Top tier nannies earn more without such agencies.

Care.com isn't even worth commenting on, but you already know that.

top tier nannies aren't wasting their time on DCUM, they are likely busting their butts on the job. some families have extremely high standards, organization and structure and overpay a nanny to keep up with that.

[nannydebsays]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A mom's club which I will not name, but for you have to pay about a week's worth of nanny to pay to get in had a reputable nanny agency come and do a presentation. The agency is often asked about on here. They tried not to cite pay but did say for part time, you have to pay a bit more, which is in the $18/hr range.

This meshes with what care.com says about average nanny pay in my area, which is supposed to be $17/hr.

Most of us know which agency it was. They market themselves more aggressively than any other. They're also well-known to try to drive down nanny wages. More money for them with their exorbitant fees. Top tier nannies earn more without such agencies.

Care.com isn't even worth commenting on, but you already know that.

Every nanny agency I know of charges a placement fee equal to a percentage of nanny's gross income the first year. So dropping nanny rates would be so stupid I am not able to fully express the idiocy of your comment.

Nanny agency owner: "I know, we will mess with the nannies we place by dropping their hourly rate! And we will make sure their employers refuse to pay overtime too!"

Employee 1: "Great plan! Let's make sure nannies stop making $20/hour and make $16/hour instead, with no overtime."

Employee 2: " So the nanny we are sending on that interview tomorrow for a 50 hour a week job making $20 and $30 OT, or $57,200 would actually only make $16/hour, or $41,600? BRILLIANT!!!"

Employee 3: "That means our 15% placement fee would drop from $8580 to $6240. That's a 37.5% drop in income for us! YAHOO!"

Employee 4: "You have all lost your everloving minds. Are you on drugs?"

[Anonymous]

nannydebsays wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A mom's club which I will not name, but for you have to pay about a week's worth of nanny to pay to get in had a reputable nanny agency come and do a presentation. The agency is often asked about on here. They tried not to cite pay but did say for part time, you have to pay a bit more, which is in the $18/hr range.

This meshes with what care.com says about average nanny pay in my area, which is supposed to be $17/hr.

Most of us know which agency it was. They market themselves more aggressively than any other. They're also well-known to try to drive down nanny wages. More money for them with their exorbitant fees. Top tier nannies earn more without such agencies.

Care.com isn't even worth commenting on, but you already know that.

Every nanny agency I know of charges a placement fee equal to a percentage of nanny's gross income the first year. So dropping nanny rates would be so stupid I am not able to fully express the idiocy of your comment.

Nanny agency owner: "I know, we will mess with the nannies we place by dropping their hourly rate! And we will make sure their employers refuse to pay overtime too!"

Employee 1: "Great plan! Let's make sure nannies stop making $20/hour and make $16/hour instead, with no overtime."

Employee 2: " So the nanny we are sending on that interview tomorrow for a 50 hour a week job making $20 and $30 OT, or $57,200 would actually only make $16/hour, or $41,600? BRILLIANT!!!"

Employee 3: "That means our 15% placement fee would drop from $8580 to $6240. That's a 37.5% drop in income for us! YAHOO!"

Employee 4: "You have all lost your everloving minds. Are you on drugs?"

Answer:
Placing a highly priced nanny takes a lot more effort on the part of an agency to represent her successfully. Nanny agencies tend to be driven by immediate profits. Their logic tells them placing cheaper nannies quickly, is overall more profitable than wasting time and effort on nanny with established higher rates.

This is precisely why I can't afford to be represented by agencies, with a forced reduction of my regular fees. I used agencies when I began my nanny career, but now it's only word of mouth.