Part time Nanny Wages

[Anonymous]

I'm planning to go back to work part time in September, and am currently researching care options for my son (7.5 months). During the school year (September - mid-June), I'll need care for him for 15-20 hours per week. During the summer (mid-June - August), I'll only need 10-15 hours per week. If we hire a nanny, I'd also like this person to help us with laundry while my son is napping.

During the school year, we're considering $225 per week (guaranteed), including two weeks off for the holidays and one week off for spring break. During the summer, we'll offer $150 per week. I've read that offering sick days is also customary, so we may include that as well.

Our goal is to be reasonable, fare, and honest, and want our nanny to feel appreciated and taken care of. However, we also don't want to over pay and have no room to increase wages each year.

My questions are -

-Are these wages reasonable and fare to care for one child and do some light laundry if time?
-Is it typical to offer 3 weeks paid time off for a part time nanny?
-Are sick days typical for part time nannies? If so, how many?

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

What's the hourly gross rate you're offering, OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
-Is it typical to offer 3 weeks paid time off for a part time nanny?

No, PT nannies typically don't get much (or any) PTO - and very very few get actual vacation time.

Anonymous wrote:-Are sick days typical for part time nannies? If so, how many?

In my experience they are not typical, but offering 2-3 sick days makes a PT position more attractive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm planning to go back to work part time in September, and am currently researching care options for my son (7.5 months). During the school year (September - mid-June), I'll need care for him for 15-20 hours per week. During the summer (mid-June - August), I'll only need 10-15 hours per week. If we hire a nanny, I'd also like this person to help us with laundry while my son is napping.

During the school year, we're considering $225 per week (guaranteed), including two weeks off for the holidays and one week off for spring break. During the summer, we'll offer $150 per week. I've read that offering sick days is also customary, so we may include that as well.

Our goal is to be reasonable, fare, and honest, and want our nanny to feel appreciated and taken care of. However, we also don't want to over pay and have no room to increase wages each year.

My questions are -

-Are these wages reasonable and fare to care for one child and do some light laundry if time?
-Is it typical to offer 3 weeks paid time off for a part time nanny?
-Are sick days typical for part time nannies? If so, how many?

Thank you!

I think your wage is too low. And you need to pay your nanny hourly. $15-$20/hour depending on experience and qualifications. Great you will off guaranteed hours, and I would say PTO is not the norm for part time but it makes the job more attractive. If you want to offer sick days, 2-3 would suffice.

[Anonymous]

What do you mean by help with laundry? If you mean the baby's laundry, that is standard. If you mean the family's laundry, that is outside the realm of standard nanny duties and will likely up your rate. I also think dropping hours and the weekly rate for the summer months will do you harm in attracting good candidates to what will already be a difficult position to fill. Your rates are on the lower end ($10-$15/hour) for such part time hours, but the paid time off is not typical and could be a big draw for some nannies. Sounds like a good job for a student, but they'd be looking for more hours during the summer, not less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm planning to go back to work part time in September, and am currently researching care options for my son (7.5 months). During the school year (September - mid-June), I'll need care for him for 15-20 hours per week. During the summer (mid-June - August), I'll only need 10-15 hours per week. If we hire a nanny, I'd also like this person to help us with laundry while my son is napping.

During the school year, we're considering $225 per week (guaranteed), including two weeks off for the holidays and one week off for spring break. During the summer, we'll offer $150 per week. I've read that offering sick days is also customary, so we may include that as well.

Our goal is to be reasonable, fare, and honest, and want our nanny to feel appreciated and taken care of. However, we also don't want to over pay and have no room to increase wages each year.

My questions are -

-Are these wages reasonable and fare to care for one child and do some light laundry if time?
-Is it typical to offer 3 weeks paid time off for a part time nanny?
-Are sick days typical for part time nannies? If so, how many?

Thank you!

That is a very low rate you are trying to offer based on the high end of hours possibly needed (20 school year and 15 summer). That is only $10-11.25/hr! I don't know many PT nannies that are willing to take on that limited schedule for that low of a rate. Even college students will usually want a little more than $2 over minimum wage.

Sick days are not typical, neither is any kind of vacation days. Usually a day off is a day unpaid, though many like myself do work out deals to get guaranteed hours and pay and are willing to switch a not-needed Monday with a Saturday evening of babysitting instead to make sure we can count on that money. So any benefits you give is a plus, but not sure it would balance out with the lower pay.

[Anonymous]

Hi All,

Thank you so much for your input. This has been extremely helpful. I think we'll increase our hourly rate but drop the benefits, since it seems to be the consensus that paid time off for a part time position is not customary.

[Anonymous]

I worked part time for many years and received sick pay and a week of vacation of my choosing, as well as guaranteed hours. While I am very conservative in using sick time, I would not take a position without it. Nor would I accept a position with no vacation time, part time or not.