Rude & Nosey, I know! But...????
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Anonymous
LA nanny here - Thanks for the nice replies, as for the rude ones... You are clearly jealous and not the type of employee who can hold a job for almost a decade. I have helped the parents raise their eldest son from birth, and I started at $15/hr. I am rewarded with an annual raise and bonus for my job performance and loyalty. I'm not ashamed that I don't have a university education. I am well compensated and happy at my job... The rude posters are clearly unhappy with their own lives, but that won't stop me from feeling grateful and blessed to be employed by such a wonderful family. (and yes they are well-to-do professionals in the entertainment industry) |
Anonymous
While you may not need a formal education to be a well paid nanny, I guess you need it to have couth, which you certainly do not. You sound extremely entitled. Fwiw, I'm a nanny who's paid decently for my area and job description, have been with my wonderful family for 4 years and can't imagine being anywhere else. |
Anonymous
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Location?: Northern California
Hours Worked?: 40 (4 days a week) Time at Current Position?: 5 months Number of Charges?: one infant Nanny's Highest Level of Education?: AA ECE Years of FT Nanny Experience?: 8, 3 years pre-school teacher and 15+ years of raising my own children Legal to Work in US?: Yes Paid On/Off The Books: off Year End Bonus? How Much?: nothing yet, I was just starting at the end of the year. Salary Per Hour, Week, or Year?: $20/hour Happy With Current Position & Pay?: I love my family. |
Anonymous
250/week??!!? How do you survive? |
Anonymous
Texas nanny here, Houston specifically. It is not anywhere close to the COL of other comparably sized metro areas and large cities. I also sit for several other families on an as needed basis, but this position is the one that is my taxed employment. |
Anonymous
$250/wk but only 15 hrs per week. So a more than fair hourly rate and obviously not her only job or option. |
Anonymous
No you won't get good data from this approach. There is a perceived incentive that if you post a high rate, employers reading may be convinced to raise their rates. I don't think this plays out in reality. When we are start searching for a nanny and asking them about their desired hourly/weekly AND what they made at their last job, and ask neighbors what salaries they started at vs pay now, you find out the actual market for your area. Regardless, it clear from several threads that nannies do think that posting higher rates will somehow influence the market. Maybe it does work sometimes and some employers fall for this. More power to the nannies if employers fall for this and don't research their own market. It doesn't give you good data though. Even if the data was accurate, comparing salaries/rates across markets with a very small sampling isn't useful data either. |
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Location?: NW, DC Hours Worked?: 30 Time at Current Position?: 1 yr Number of Charges?: 2 Nanny's Highest Level of Education?: Associates Degree Years of FT Nanny Experience?: 4 Legal to Work in US?: yes Paid On/Off The Books: on Year End Bonus? How Much?: no Salary Per Hour, Week, or Year?: $20/hr Happy With Current Position & Pay?: love my nanny family. |
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Location?: close-in Silver Spring
Hours Worked?: 40 Time at Current Position?: 1 year Number of Charges?: 2 Nanny's Highest Level of Education?: some college Years of FT Nanny Experience?: 1 + part time and daycare Legal to Work in US?: Yes Paid On/Off The Books: on Year End Bonus? How Much?: $250 last year Salary Per Hour, Week, or Year?: $18/hour Happy With Current Position & Pay?: so far |
Anonymous
This is completely true. Asking about salaries here is like comparing apples to oranges to pomegranates, even without any lying that might be going on. Salary polls only work in a single market, not by randomly asking anonymous nannies from across the country. |
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Location?: Atlanta
Hours Worked?: 55, though often off early Time at Current Position?: 2+ years Number of Charges?: 1 Nanny's Highest Level of Education?: Psychology Bachelors Degree Years of FT Nanny Experience?: 20 Legal to Work in US?: Yes Paid On/Off The Books: On Year End Bonus? How Much?: 2 weeks pay+ Salary Per Hour, Week, or Year?: $811/week Happy With Current Position & Pay?: Yes |
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Location? NW
Hours worked? 45/week Time at current position? 8 months Number of charges? 1 Nanny`s Highest level of Education? 2 years college Years of FT Nanny EXPERIENCE? 12 Legal to work in US? NO Paid On/Off The Books: On the books Year End Bonus?How much? Nada Salary per Hour,week,or year?$ 450/week Happy with current position & pay? :Love my job but i wish the pay was higher. |
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Location?: MA
Hours Worked?: 30 Time at Current Position?:5 years Number of Charges?: 2 Nanny's Highest Level of Education?: some college Years of FT Nanny Experience?: 10 Legal to Work in US?: yes Paid On/Off The Books: on Year End Bonus? Never How Much?: n/a Salary Per Hour, Week, or Year?: $18 Happy With Current Position & Pay?: no |
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Location?: bay area, california
Hours Worked?: about 21 per week Time at Current Position?: 2 months Number of Charges?: 2 Nanny's Highest Level of Education?: BFA Years of FT Nanny Experience?: 7 Legal to Work in US?: yes Paid On/Off The Books: on Year End Bonus? How Much?: n/a Salary Per Hour, Week, or Year?: hourly, $22 Happy With Current Position & Pay?: yes! |