How nuch should I charge to start watching two or three kids in my place?
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Anonymous
| I an experinced nanny and right now I'm only working part time. I could really use the extra money and no matter how many jobs I'm applying to I'm not getting anywhere . I'm thinking of watching a few kids in my apartment and chafing slightly lower than daycare and not per child. I'm thinking 250-300 per week per family but for mo more than two or three kids. Is this a good amount? |
Anonymous
| So, for three kids, full time, from one family, you'd make $300/wk? Besides probably being illegal since it's an unlicensed daycare, how could that possibly be enough money? |
Anonymous
| That's $1200 a month |
Anonymous
| You need to be a licensed daycare for that. What you are describing is illegal. |
Anonymous
That's much less than you make working at McDonalds, and those people can't even support themselves. |
Anonymous
| Have you considered marketing yourself as a nanny share willing to take 3-4 kids. Then you can set a base rate, say $12 per family for two and continue to lower it for additional kids, say $9 for four. Be sure that how ever many you do does not violate the daycare licensing regulations in your area. |
Anonymous
A WEEK. |
Anonymous
No, she said she was charging "per family," not per kid. If she has one family with three kids ... |
Anonymous
| Getting licensed isn't that difficult. |
Anonymous
The yellers are always the dumb ones. |
Anonymous
| I'm pretty sure she means 300 a week per family but with 3 kids thats 3 different families... i think thats what she's trying to say |
Anonymous
But her original post said NOT per kid, per family. In any case, she hasn't returned, so perhaps she has changed her mind. |
Anonymous
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This is the OP-
I would charge hopefully $300 a week, per family snd not per child |
Anonymous
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OP your post doesn't even make sense. 250-300 per family per week. You only want to watch 2 or 3 kids total. Will you be watching kids from only one family then? Two families?
Let's look at things: You're watching Kid A from family A and kid B from family B. You charge each family $300 for a 40 hour work week. You're only earning $7.50 per hour per kid. ....you can't even find a regular job to pay for $15/hour (which is what your total pay would be in the above scenario?) |
Anonymous
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Op it needs to be more like $200/child/week.
So 3 kids would be $600/week. $2400/mo That is a more livable wage. I get that you want to keep prices low, but you have to factor in all of your expenses. |