Nanny rate for 2 infants?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - and would adding a third infant be crazy?

Mayo being so cheap. Come on!!!! $30/hr for two. $50/hr for three.

You're absolutely nuts, PP. She will have more than enough nanny candidates offering the rate she suggested. $30 for two?? No way.

That totally depends on her standards and expectations.

[Anonymous]

Some nannies are making $25 for one baby

[Anonymous]

Yeah no way I’m doing $25-30/hr in a share, when I can make $25-30/hr with just one family. A lot of families are now paying $22-25/hr for just one baby. You can find someone for $25/hr but it won’t be a top of the line nanny.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here:

Here is one thought I had -- $20/hour for the first 4 months with just baby #1, then boost to $25/hour after that when we add a 2nd baby. How does that sound?

Put it out there and see what candidates you get. I’m sure you will find someone.

I have had my own nanny and a share very recently. This is totally reasonable and you will get good candidates. Even better if you are willing to pay cash (which we were not, and I don't recommend it, but throwing it out there).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah no way I’m doing $25-30/hr in a share, when I can make $25-30/hr with just one family. A lot of families are now paying $22-25/hr for just one baby. You can find someone for $25/hr but it won’t be a top of the line nanny.

Also, some nannies like shares. It's tough when they are babies but if it's a longer term arrangement or the kids are older, they entertain each other in a way that kids from one family with say, a two-year age gap, would not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah no way I’m doing $25-30/hr in a share, when I can make $25-30/hr with just one family. A lot of families are now paying $22-25/hr for just one baby. You can find someone for $25/hr but it won’t be a top of the line nanny.

Not everyone can get the most expensive nanny and that's OK. People are having babies every day. It's a huge market. segmentation is normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here:

Here is one thought I had -- $20/hour for the first 4 months with just baby #1, then boost to $25/hour after that when we add a 2nd baby. How does that sound?

Put it out there and see what candidates you get. I’m sure you will find someone.

I have had my own nanny and a share very recently. This is totally reasonable and you will get good candidates. Even better if you are willing to pay cash (which we were not, and I don't recommend it, but throwing it out there).

No good candidate is getting paid under the table. They are willing to evade taxes and that speaks volumes about the kind of person they are.

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No good candidate is getting paid under the table. They are willing to evade taxes and that speaks volumes about the kind of person they are.

OP here - to be honest, I was planning on paying cash. Is there a service that people use that help you handle the taxes? Isn't paying in cash pretty common?

[Anonymous]

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No good candidate is getting paid under the table. They are willing to evade taxes and that speaks volumes about the kind of person they are.

OP here - to be honest, I was planning on paying cash. Is there a service that people use that help you handle the taxes? Isn't paying in cash pretty common?

It’s pretty common with illegal immigrants, which makes what you are doing a form of taking advantage of them and wrong. An educated, legal and professional nanny isn’t getting paid under the table. Are you getting paid under the table at your job? Do you consider yourself to be a professional and educated person who pays taxes in order to help society?

There are plenty of payroll services to pay your many legally. Go to google and type in payroll services.

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I don’t believe in paying under the table. In cash is fine as long as you are reporting it and paying proper taxes on it.

You don’t really need a service for it, google it, you can set it up yourself.

It is illegal and there can be serious legal ramifications if you hire someone and pay them illegally. Most people don’t get caught, but do you want to live with that possibility?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

No good candidate is getting paid under the table. They are willing to evade taxes and that speaks volumes about the kind of person they are.

OP here - to be honest, I was planning on paying cash. Is there a service that people use that help you handle the taxes? Isn't paying in cash pretty common?

There are a bunch of companies. Homepay is used a lot, but I prefer homework solutions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

No good candidate is getting paid under the table. They are willing to evade taxes and that speaks volumes about the kind of person they are.

OP here - to be honest, I was planning on paying cash. Is there a service that people use that help you handle the taxes? Isn't paying in cash pretty common?

Only if both of you are trying to evade paying taxes. You pay by check or hire a company to pay her.

[Anonymous]

Paying cash is fine. But you still have to pay ss and Medicare taxes and report earnings and provide tax statements. You also probably need workers insurance. It’s illegal if you skip all that. It’s not in anyone’s best interest to set up an illegal arrangement. It can really come back to bite you in the butt.

Your biggest hurdle in your plan is that you want someone to work part time and then switch to full time. You won’t find anyone decent doing that. Start them full time and up the rate with the second infant.