Going rate for full-time care of infant plus after-school care for older sibling

[Anonymous]

Trying to get a sense of the market rate for a good, legal nanny in this situation. Nanny's primary job will be caring for an infant, but she will also be responsible for picking up a 3yr old sibling from preschool at 3pm (we will handle drop-off at school so nanny will not need to deal with that). So for most of the day the nanny will just be taking care of one infant, but for about 3 hrs she will be responsible for both kids. The preschool is an easy 10-15 min walk from our house, and in bad weather the nanny could use our car for pick-up. We live in AU Park.

Thanks in advance.

[Anonymous]

Hours? Benefits?

[Anonymous]

Do you want a sitter type to follow your daily instructions, or a nanny pro, who knows how to do her job? The first one costs about half the price of an experienced professional.

[Anonymous]

OP here. In response to PPs, I'll provide some more details. This would be a full-time position, approx 40-45 hours a week. I expect to provide an allowance for health insurance ($200-$300/mo). In response to the "sitter or nanny pro" question, I guess I'm looking for someone in-between. The person needs to have some experience, especially with infants, but I don't need a ten-year veteran.

[Anonymous]

OP, everyone dreams of that "in-between" person. She does not exist. That's why you see so much rift. For a person with limited experience, you could find a person in the 15-17 range. In the end, you've got to find the person you want, and ask what her rates are.

[Anonymous]

The $15-17/hr range is market range for an experienced nanny in your area, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The $15-17/hr range is market range for an experienced nanny in your area, OP.

That seems to be the norm on this forum. Is that why so many of you are disgruntled and complaining so often?

[Anonymous]

I am SO tired of this person

Do you want a sitter type to follow your daily instructions, or a nanny pro, who knows how to do her job? The first one costs about half the price of an experienced professional.

You're obnoxious. You are NOT helping nannies.

OP, $15-17/hour will find you lots of options. The biggest factors:
-40 vs 45 hours makes a difference because of the OT hours.
-Contribution towards health insurance isn't required, but that is a great perk!
-Are you offering paid vacation time (typical is 2 weeks; one at the family's choosing and one at the nanny's choosing)
-Are you offering any sick days paid?

[Anonymous]

12:22, you fail to address your problem with your issues, except that you don't much like, your favorite poster. Next time, you might be a bit more productive if you address what's being said, rather than attack the person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:12:22, you fail to address your problem with your issues, except that you don't much like, your favorite poster. Next time, you might be a bit more productive if you address what's being said, rather than attack the person.

NP, but posting the exact same thing on every thread is certainly not productive, so you may want to take a bit of your own advice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:12:22, you fail to address your problem with your issues, except that you don't much like, your favorite poster. Next time, you might be a bit more productive if you address what's being said, rather than attack the person.

I told her that she's obnoxious and not helping nannies. Not enough?
Fine. Routinely going into every post and essentially telling potential MBs that they have to pay $30/hour for their nanny, or else they might as well hire some teenager for $10/hr, is horrible advice. This will not raise the rates that nannies are paid. This will scare off MBs from hiring nannies.

It makes nannies, or at least that "nanny," look greedy and money hungry.

And it makes no sense. As soon as MBs start interviewing nannies, they will see that while some nannies might ask for that sky high rate, there are many more who are realistic about the job and the pay.

It's insulting to nannies for this poster to routinely come on here and say that you're a crap nanny if you don't make at least $25-30 per hour.

[Anonymous]

13:28, Please explain why you believe that it's only the nanny profession that does not have a price range?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am SO tired of this person

Do you want a sitter type to follow your daily instructions, or a nanny pro, who knows how to do her job? The first one costs about half the price of an experienced professional.

You're obnoxious. You are NOT helping nannies.

OP, $15-17/hour will find you lots of options. The biggest factors:
-40 vs 45 hours makes a difference because of the OT hours.
-Contribution towards health insurance isn't required, but that is a great perk!
-Are you offering paid vacation time (typical is 2 weeks; one at the family's choosing and one at the nanny's choosing)
-Are you offering any sick days paid?

OP Here. In addition to a health care allowance, we plan to offer two weeks paid vacation (plus all federal holidays) and five sick days. How do the total number of hours affect the going rate? Other things being equal, would a nanny accept a slightly lower rate for 45 hours knowing that she will be getting OT for 5 hours?

[Anonymous]

Hi OP, the short answer to your last question is absolutely. We wanted to pay the nanny is our nanny share $18/hour. But we wanted 50 hrs. So we calculated it as follows. Total for the 50 hours at 18/hr is $900 a week. But so that we are fulfilling our legal obligations, we spell out in the contract that the pay rate for the first 40 is roughly $16, then for the last 10, it is roughly $24 - and then we guarantee her 50 hours so that she is not shorted if we don't need her. As to the range of rates, the 15-17 mentioned my PPs is normal (your could go up or down a dollar based on a variety of factors), and your benefits package is very good. Best of luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:12:22, you fail to address your problem with your issues, except that you don't much like, your favorite poster. Next time, you might be a bit more productive if you address what's being said, rather than attack the person.

I told her that she's obnoxious and not helping nannies. Not enough?
Fine. Routinely going into every post and essentially telling potential MBs that they have to pay $30/hour for their nanny, or else they might as well hire some teenager for $10/hr, is horrible advice. This will not raise the rates that nannies are paid. This will scare off MBs from hiring nannies.

It makes nannies, or at least that "nanny," look greedy and money hungry.

And it makes no sense. As soon as MBs start interviewing nannies, they will see that while some nannies might ask for that sky high rate, there are many more who are realistic about the job and the pay.

It's insulting to nannies for this poster to routinely come on here and say that you're a crap nanny if you don't make at least $25-30 per hour.

Totally agree!