Newborn Baby rates are $20-30/hr + PLUS your older children if you have some.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nannies don't multitask?!?! Have you ever cared for more than one child at a time?

Also, does the rate drop to $15 or so when the baby reaches a certain age?

You have to ask the caregiver, as each of us will have a different answer to your question.

I am a nanny with newborn experience. I'd like to know how OP plans to charge for toddler stage and beyond.

The extra dollar per hour is in line with the market and fine by me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
If there were "tons of resources" out there with actual data on nanny wages, we wouldn't have the constant questions on this forum asking about the full range of real nanny wages.

Each nanny must determine her own rates based on her experience and market demand for her individual skills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

If there were "tons of resources" out there with actual data on nanny wages, we wouldn't have the constant questions on this forum asking about the full range of real nanny wages.



Each nanny must determine her own rates based on her experience and market demand for her individual skills.

This. If a nanny overestimates, she won't receive employment offers. It's important for a nanny to research carefully her market and to sell any specific skills or qualifications if she believes she is worth an above average rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll bite: link to ONE example in the parents forum where a "MB" is claiming that's acceptable pay.

You searched already and found nothing?

You don't understand how this works. You make a claim, you back it up. You can't just run around saying whatever you feel like and its fact until someone proves you wrong. That's not how the world works. Another hint; nannies don't make $30/hour (unless they work very few hours, like 1 or 2). If you make that much, you're probably doing much more than nannying.

Which thread was it that had the FT nanny earning $52/hr? No one said, repeat: no one said that every nanny qualifies to be "high-earning". You have your average, you have your low-earning newbie nannies (or the warm-body type), and you have the relatively few (rightfully so) high-earning nannies. After all, if they "all" earned 25-30, they wouldn't be "high-earning", would now?

Some nannies DO earn 25-30/hr. Remember, at least one nanny earns $52/hr.? So please stop with your asinine stupidity that "nannies don't make 30/hr., unless they work 1 or 2 hours". The ONLY thing you DO know is what YOU may pay a nanny. And that may be HALF as much (or less) as what SOME other nannies are earning.

And yes, high-income earning nannies indeed do much more than what most of you commonly envision for a "nanny". It may even be that they don't actually "do" more, depending on your understanding "doing". For instance, the best nannies do NOT engage in "multitasking". Because these nannies are not expected to "keep busy", as you call it, they are well-informed AND understand the overwhelming research, that multitasking is definately not something to aspire to. (You may google the word.) So, in just that one example, the professional nanny may be "doing" less, in your eyes. However, if our most acclaimed researchers in this field, come to observe such a nanny, they would most certainly recognize her uncommon ability to teach her charges in a developmentally appropriate fashion. And no, she's not going to try to make a bright 2 or 3 year old child, read. She knows better.

[phone] you rock! Love the last line of your post!

[Anonymous]

I know several people with nannies. No one pays $20/hr or more for their nannies. The going rate for a baby nurse is $20/hr. For a nanny, it's closer to $15-18/hr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know several people with nannies. No one pays $20/hr or more for their nannies. The going rate for a baby nurse is $20/hr. For a nanny, it's closer to $15-18/hr.

I shouldn't say no one. I'm sure the PP who makes $30/hr is real. She probably is also highly qualified- my guess is that she's college-educated and helps the kids with homework, among other tasks your typical nanny doesn't handle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll bite: link to ONE example in the parents forum where a "MB" is claiming that's acceptable pay.

You searched already and found nothing?

You don't understand how this works. You make a claim, you back it up. You can't just run around saying whatever you feel like and its fact until someone proves you wrong. That's not how the world works. Another hint; nannies don't make $30/hour (unless they work very few hours, like 1 or 2). If you make that much, you're probably doing much more than nannying.

Which thread was it that had the FT nanny earning $52/hr? No one said, repeat: no one said that every nanny qualifies to be "high-earning". You have your average, you have your low-earning newbie nannies (or the warm-body type), and you have the relatively few (rightfully so) high-earning nannies. After all, if they "all" earned 25-30, they wouldn't be "high-earning", would now?

Some nannies DO earn 25-30/hr. Remember, at least one nanny earns $52/hr.? So please stop with your asinine stupidity that "nannies don't make 30/hr., unless they work 1 or 2 hours". The ONLY thing you DO know is what YOU may pay a nanny. And that may be HALF as much (or less) as what SOME other nannies are earning.

And yes, high-income earning nannies indeed do much more than what most of you commonly envision for a "nanny". It may even be that they don't actually "do" more, depending on your understanding "doing". For instance, the best nannies do NOT engage in "multitasking". Because these nannies are not expected to "keep busy", as you call it, they are well-informed AND understand the overwhelming research, that multitasking is definately not something to aspire to. (You may google the word.) So, in just that one example, the professional nanny may be "doing" less, in your eyes. However, if our most acclaimed researchers in this field, come to observe such a nanny, they would most certainly recognize her uncommon ability to teach her charges in a developmentally appropriate fashion. And no, she's not going to try to make a bright 2 or 3 year old child, read. She knows better.

[phone] you rock! Love the last line of your post!

Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Nannies why stop at $52 an hour, why not post back and forth that you all make $75/hr or $200/hr or $1000/hr?

The 1-2 nanny posters claiming ridiculous rates can go back and forth with each other agreeing how appropriate and "real" it is to be paid $75/hr or $200/hr for being a babysitter. You can enjoy it and then wake back up from your daydream to your $10/hr job.

[Anonymous]

Why is it so hard for some of you to get it through your thick heads that there are nannies out there making $30 (or even more) an hour? Certainly not everyone, but there are jobs out there that pay that. I'm currently caring for infant triplets and get paid $30/hour! I also have a Master's degree, CPR/First Aid, a lot of experience, excellent long term references, etc...

To the person who said baby nurses make $20/hr. I know a a lot of baby nurses and they all typically make more than $20/hr, especially if they are working at night.

[Anonymous]

These endless debates are so tiresome. If you're caring for infant triplets you ought to be making a premium rate for heaven's sake!

But that simply isn't the norm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is it so hard for some of you to get it through your thick heads that there are nannies out there making $30 (or even more) an hour? Certainly not everyone, but there are jobs out there that pay that. I'm currently caring for infant triplets and get paid $30/hour! I also have a Master's degree, CPR/First Aid, a lot of experience, excellent long term references, etc...

To the person who said baby nurses make $20/hr. I know a a lot of baby nurses and they all typically make more than $20/hr, especially if they are working at night.

PP, I don't think anyone has said that they do not think any nannies ever make more than $20 an hour, only that they disagree with the implication that anyone who calls themselves a nanny should demand at least $25 an hour. Can we all agree that if you are a nanny of infant triplets and you have a Master's degree, CPR/first aid certification, lots of experience, and excellent long-term references, that you SHOULD be making AT LEAST $30 an hour?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These endless debates are so tiresome. If you're caring for infant triplets you ought to be making a premium rate for heaven's sake!

But that simply isn't the norm.

No one said 30/hr should be the norm for babysitting your kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is it so hard for some of you to get it through your thick heads that there are nannies out there making $30 (or even more) an hour? Certainly not everyone, but there are jobs out there that pay that. I'm currently caring for infant triplets and get paid $30/hour! I also have a Master's degree, CPR/First Aid, a lot of experience, excellent long term references, etc...

To the person who said baby nurses make $20/hr. I know a a lot of baby nurses and they all typically make more than $20/hr, especially if they are working at night.

Why did you waste thousands of dollars getting a Master's degree when you're a nanny? I understand a Bachelor's degree, but assuming you took on student loans to get the Master's degree, it seems incredibly silly to not use it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is it so hard for some of you to get it through your thick heads that there are nannies out there making $30 (or even more) an hour? Certainly not everyone, but there are jobs out there that pay that. I'm currently caring for infant triplets and get paid $30/hour! I also have a Master's degree, CPR/First Aid, a lot of experience, excellent long term references, etc...

To the person who said baby nurses make $20/hr. I know a a lot of baby nurses and they all typically make more than $20/hr, especially if they are working at night.

Why did you waste thousands of dollars getting a Master's degree when you're a nanny? I understand a Bachelor's degree, but assuming you took on student loans to get the Master's degree, it seems incredibly silly to not use it.

Assuming = Ass
You don't need to understand anything.

[Anonymous]

Very few nannies make over $20/hr. They are not at all significant to area market rates. They only post here to brag or to lie to parents and make them think their rate is the average.

Ignore them.