Fair Pay Considering Nanny is Live in and her Housing Expenses are covered?

[Anonymous]

Another parent trying to get over on the nanny.

[Anonymous]

Continue to rent it out, OP, and get a good live-out nanny.

As a nanny, I would never want my living situation dependent on the moods and whims of my employer. I have my home and I have my work. They are two separate entities. Becoming a live-in also means I would always be "on call".

[Anonymous]

I think I'd keep renting out the apt and using it to pay a LO nanny - one of my friends took her live out nanny to live in status. The math was really easy since she knew what rent she was paying etc - so they took her compensation she was making as a live out - took out her rent and then added an additional $750 a month on top - she basically she saw it as an advantage to live in because she was becoming cash positive by $750 a month. For most nannies, live in is not necessarily with they want, so they need some sort of motivation to do it.

[Anonymous]

Hi OP!
I am really interested about the living position. Could you please provide a contact number.
Thank you

[Anonymous]

I also am a mom of infant twins and have a live in nanny plus a separate 2 bedroom basement apartment with its own kitchen, laundry room, living and dining room that is a part of our basement. We also have a part of the basement that we use for our family that includes a office,media room and storage. Our nanny has sleeps in one bedroom on the apartment side and we rent out the other bedroom. The nanny and tenant share the apartment common areas. We pay our nanny a flat rate of $300 a month for 40 hours of work. We offer to pay her $10 an hour for anything extra but she always does it for free and says she does not mind. She loves her room and her living quarters and we are all happy with the current situation. Maybe u could do something like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also am a mom of infant twins and have a live in nanny plus a separate 2 bedroom basement apartment with its own kitchen, laundry room, living and dining room that is a part of our basement. We also have a part of the basement that we use for our family that includes a office,media room and storage. Our nanny has sleeps in one bedroom on the apartment side and we rent out the other bedroom. The nanny and tenant share the apartment common areas. We pay our nanny a flat rate of $300 a month for 40 hours of work. We offer to pay her $10 an hour for anything extra but she always does it for free and says she does not mind. She loves her room and her living quarters and we are all happy with the current situation. Maybe u could do something like this.

You pay her $300/month for 40 hours/week!!!?? or per month....?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also am a mom of infant twins and have a live in nanny plus a separate 2 bedroom basement apartment with its own kitchen, laundry room, living and dining room that is a part of our basement. We also have a part of the basement that we use for our family that includes a office,media room and storage. Our nanny has sleeps in one bedroom on the apartment side and we rent out the other bedroom. The nanny and tenant share the apartment common areas. We pay our nanny a flat rate of $300 a month for 40 hours of work. We offer to pay her $10 an hour for anything extra but she always does it for free and says she does not mind. She loves her room and her living quarters and we are all happy with the current situation. Maybe u could do something like this.

This is illegal. Legally you have to pay employees even live in nannies minimum wage which depending on your state is typically 7.25 per hr

Your nanny should be making at the very least 290 per WEEK (again depending on your state, it could be higher ) you ca NOT take '"rent " out of that for live in nannies.

You could offer her 10 per hr but take out 2.75 per hr for her "rent " but legally she gets and keeps 7.25 per hr minus taxes of course

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I also am a mom of infant twins and have a live in nanny plus a separate 2 bedroom basement apartment with its own kitchen, laundry room, living and dining room that is a part of our basement. We also have a part of the basement that we use for our family that includes a office,media room and storage. Our nanny has sleeps in one bedroom on the apartment side and we rent out the other bedroom. The nanny and tenant share the apartment common areas. We pay our nanny a flat rate of $300 a month for 40 hours of work. We offer to pay her $10 an hour for anything extra but she always does it for free and says she does not mind. She loves her room and her living quarters and we are all happy with the current situation. Maybe u could do something like this.

This is illegal. Legally you have to pay employees even live in nannies minimum wage which depending on your state is typically 7.25 per hr

Your nanny should be making at the very least 290 per WEEK (again depending on your state, it could be higher ) you ca NOT take '"rent " out of that for live in nannies.

You could offer her 10 per hr but take out 2.75 per hr for her "rent " but legally she gets and keeps 7.25 per hr minus taxes of course

Sorry I meamt to say $300 per week not a month. Lol. That would have been insane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I also am a mom of infant twins and have a live in nanny plus a separate 2 bedroom basement apartment with its own kitchen, laundry room, living and dining room that is a part of our basement. We also have a part of the basement that we use for our family that includes a office,media room and storage. Our nanny has sleeps in one bedroom on the apartment side and we rent out the other bedroom. The nanny and tenant share the apartment common areas. We pay our nanny a flat rate of $300 a month for 40 hours of work. We offer to pay her $10 an hour for anything extra but she always does it for free and says she does not mind. She loves her room and her living quarters and we are all happy with the current situation. Maybe u could do something like this.

You pay her $300/month for 40 hours/week!!!?? or per month....?

Sorry meant per week for 40 hours a week.

[Anonymous]

I would not give a discount to live in, and actually feel like nannies should charge MORE to live at their job. I was a live in for several years and it was pure hell. Never again. Would you live at work for $14/hr?

[Anonymous]

$300/week live in for twins is outrageous. Op and PP should hang out. Employers of the year.

[Anonymous]

Some states have maximums on what can be taken out for live-ins. I've heard one figure of $45/week.

[Anonymous]

You will be much better off financially and nanny-wise just to hire the best live-out nanny you can find and rent the apartment separately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:True, I get that to a certain extent but it would simply make much more sense for me to continue to rent out the apartment and just pay more for a live out Nanny as you said.

I do have to disagree that a live in situation is only worth ~$4 less an hour. At the 50 hours a week (200 hours a month) I am requiring her services, you are saying that cost benefit of having her roof, utilities, catv (and food) etc, provided is only worth $800 a month to the Nanny.

While not every Nanny may live in a ~$2,500 apt, you aren't going to find a early 30's woman (or older) living in an apt in DC where her rent, utilities etc only cost her $800 a month.

Thanks for the input

Live-in nanny here. I took a position in upper MI because the jobs posted in DC were along the lines of what you are describing: charging the nanny for your convenience.

Sorry, no, if you need the nanny to live there for your convenience, according the the IRS and Wage/Labor dept., you can't include room/board in the benefit package as it's part of the job requirements.