I am in Cleveland Park area. Looking for a full time nanny. Likely from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays, and maybe one day during the weekend. Looking for a quality nanny with good experience and great references. This position will be to care for our baby from the time they are born on. I will be heading back to work full time in 3 months. What would a fair rate be? |
OP here. some light housework will be required as well. |
You sound high maintenance. So I'd say no less than $18 an hour, and of course time and a half for any overtime, plus benefits. |
My rates start at 25/hr. |
Between $16-18/hr, dending on what type of light housekeeping you are thinking of, will get you great candidates in the CP area.
This is for one child. |
A Quality Cleveland Park nanny should cost at least $18 an hour. So a weekly salary of about $1260 for 60hrs. Usually health insurance, 2 weeks vacation, 5 Holidays & Sick days are included as benefits. |
I worked as a summer nanny in Cleveland park and made $20/hr for 40 hours a week. No housekeeping or non-childcare tasks. No benefits as it was part time (other than guaranteed hours) as it was a temp job. Admittedly it's on the high end but just to give one more data point.. |
Ugh, pp here. That's what I get for multitasking. It was full time and temp, not part time. |
8am-6pm = 10 hour days Mon-Fri = 50 hours/week 1 child, newborn Because of all the overtime, you can probably offer a lower base rate. $16-17 base, and time and a half for the additional 10 hours. However, I'm not sure you'll find someone willing to regularly give up a Saturday or Sunday every week as well. It would be one thing if it was 1 Saturday night a month, but to ask a nanny to work one an entire day during the weekend after already working a 50 hour week? You'd be better off hiring a separate babysitter for that. Even though the extra money would be great, I know that I need my weekends to decompress and spend time with friends/family. |
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Forgot about benefits. Hopefully you're offering a competitive benefits package? 5 days paid sick 2 weeks paid vacation (1 week your choice, 1 week nanny's choice) federal holidays off, paid (the ones you have off) |
Health insurance is not standard. |
So are you looking to have nanny work 6 days a week, 10 hours a day? If so, you'll be narrowing your candidate pool and you will likely wind up with lots of turnover due to burnout. I would strongly suggest that you hire a FT nanny and find a weekend sitter to cover those additional hours. A fair rate seems to be about $18/hour for the first 40 hours plus $27/hour for the 10+ OT hours. That's $1000/week gross. That would be for a nanny with middle of the road experience. A novice nanny would be cheaper, an extremely experienced nanny will be more expensive. You'll need to offer standard benefits, and guarantee the nanny will be paid 52 weeks a year. |
+1. In fact, health insurance as a perk is rare here. The vacation sounds about right, though. And definitely pay OT at appropriate rates and reimburse mileage at IRS rates. |
A quality nanny working 50-60 hours a week will expect a contribution to her health insurance.
A novice nanny will not. |
Define "quality" and "novice." |