Going rate?
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Anonymous
| What's the going rate for a nanny in DC 1 infant, no housework? Thanks in advance |
Anonymous
| How many hours per week? |
Anonymous
| Between 40-45 hours a week, Ledroit park area of NW |
Anonymous
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$15-18/hr
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Anonymous
| Just like in every field, rates can have a wide range. Average rates get you average skill, just like anywhere else. |
Anonymous
| For an experienced, college grad you'll pay between $20 and $25 hourly. |
Anonymous
| 13:13 is crazy. $15-$17/hr in your area is a very good rate, especially since you have no housekeeping or additional duties expected. |
Anonymous
No, not crazy - I just know what "you get what you pay for" means. A college educated nanny, with experience, will cost between $20 and $25 an hour. |
Anonymous
| I know a $25/hr nanny in NW DC without a college degree, but a ton of experience. |
Anonymous
Not true. Very few college educated nannies for a single child in DC is earning $20+/hr, especially if there is no housekeeping in the job description. The average market rate is $15 to $17/hr. OP can research this in a number of ways, including polling her friends and neighbors with nannies and posting on neighborhood list serves. The nannies here routinely try to inflate rates, which is not helpful to the OP. |
Anonymous
Yes of course there are some nannies who charge $25/hr but let's not pretend that's the average rate for an excellent nanny for 1 infant and no housekeeping at all. That simply isn't true. |
Anonymous
| Sure she can ask her friends and neighbors, but you're assuming that most of them have college-educated nannies. |
Anonymous
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Here's my theory:
the "nanny" who constantly says that college educated nanny rates are $20+ per hour isn't actually college educated. She posts this constantly to make parents think "Hmm....I can't afford that! Maybe college educated isn't as important as I thought" and they will hire someone like her. $20-25 for one infant and no housekeeping isn't the average or the norm. $15-17 per hour is the norm. |