How much does a Nanny Cost?

[Anonymous]

nannydebsays wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello - My wife and I are expecting our first child next year. We live in AU park and both work full time. We're trying to figure out childcare and I'm wondering - how much does hiring a nanny cost? I don't really have any idea...

First call all the daycares in your neighborhood or near your offices. Take their prices down, that is your ballpark.

Then decide how much more you would pay a nanny than that. We started ours at $15/ hour for year 1, one child, 45 hours a week.

No, a nanny is the most expensive type of childcare, unless you have more than 3 kids.

A daycare near me charges $350/week for an infant, $300/week for a toddler, and $250/week for a preschooler - so at $900/week, you are close to nanny wages ($16.36/hour and $24.54/hour OT) for a 50 hour week caring for 3 kids.

You cannot, however, expect to find decent nanny care for an infant for $350/week. $6.36/hour gets you nowhere.

Exactly. I prefer 4+ kids because the parents don't start trying to tell me that I'm not worth $1,200/week. They know that they can't find any other care that would be cheaper, and I do more for the kids.

[Anonymous]

nannydebsays wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello - My wife and I are expecting our first child next year. We live in AU park and both work full time. We're trying to figure out childcare and I'm wondering - how much does hiring a nanny cost? I don't really have any idea...

First call all the daycares in your neighborhood or near your offices. Take their prices down, that is your ballpark.

Then decide how much more you would pay a nanny than that. We started ours at $15/ hour for year 1, one child, 45 hours a week.

No, a nanny is the most expensive type of childcare, unless you have more than 3 kids.

A daycare near me charges $350/week for an infant, $300/week for a toddler, and $250/week for a preschooler - so at $900/week, you are close to nanny wages ($16.36/hour and $24.54/hour OT) for a 50 hour week caring for 3 kids.

You cannot, however, expect to find decent nanny care for an infant for $350/week. $6.36/hour gets you nowhere.

350 a week for a nanny is a lot cheaper then 900 for daycare. Nannies can potentially be the cheapest form of childcare. I've worked many jobs for 10 per hr. But 15 years ago I started at the bottom making 6.50 per hr.

[Anonymous]

nannydebsays wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello - My wife and I are expecting our first child next year. We live in AU park and both work full time. We're trying to figure out childcare and I'm wondering - how much does hiring a nanny cost? I don't really have any idea...

First call all the daycares in your neighborhood or near your offices. Take their prices down, that is your ballpark.

Then decide how much more you would pay a nanny than that. We started ours at $15/ hour for year 1, one child, 45 hours a week.

No, a nanny is the most expensive type of childcare, unless you have more than 3 kids.

A daycare near me charges $350/week for an infant, $300/week for a toddler, and $250/week for a preschooler - so at $900/week, you are close to nanny wages ($16.36/hour and $24.54/hour OT) for a 50 hour week caring for 3 kids.

You cannot, however, expect to find decent nanny care for an infant for $350/week. $6.36/hour gets you nowhere.

This also depends on how many hours you need. If you only need forty hours/wk of care, a nanny can cost less at 2 kids in daycare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

nannydebsays wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello - My wife and I are expecting our first child next year. We live in AU park and both work full time. We're trying to figure out childcare and I'm wondering - how much does hiring a nanny cost? I don't really have any idea...

First call all the daycares in your neighborhood or near your offices. Take their prices down, that is your ballpark.

Then decide how much more you would pay a nanny than that. We started ours at $15/ hour for year 1, one child, 45 hours a week.

No, a nanny is the most expensive type of childcare, unless you have more than 3 kids.

A daycare near me charges $350/week for an infant, $300/week for a toddler, and $250/week for a preschooler - so at $900/week, you are close to nanny wages ($16.36/hour and $24.54/hour OT) for a 50 hour week caring for 3 kids.

You cannot, however, expect to find decent nanny care for an infant for $350/week. $6.36/hour gets you nowhere.

This also depends on how many hours you need. If you only need forty hours/wk of care, a nanny can cost less at 2 kids in daycare.

correct

[Anonymous]

daycare
nanny share
nanny
live-in aupair

start calling around and decide which you prefer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:daycare
nanny share
nanny
live-in aupair

start calling around and decide which you prefer.

You also have the choice of live-out versus live-in nanny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:daycare
nanny share
nanny
live-in aupair

start calling around and decide which you prefer.

You also have the choice of live-out versus live-in nanny.

No, most people don't have the required space for a live-in nanny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:daycare
nanny share
nanny
live-in aupair

start calling around and decide which you prefer.

You also have the choice of live-out versus live-in nanny.

No, most people don't have the required space for a live-in nanny.

It depends on the house, the family, and the nanny. No, I don't want to be in the middle of the floor with kids while the parents are on the main floor, but I've taken several positions where the nanny room was off to the side, in the basement or in the attic. As long as there's sufficient heat and AC to the nanny room, there's a private bath (shared with adult guests is fine with me), and I'm not listening to kids stomp around over my head on the weekend, it can work. If the house isn't set up for the ideal nanny, the parents raise the rate, then the applicants have to weigh whether it's worth it to them or not.

Right now, I'm interviewing for a single parent with one child. Yes, the child and I would be on the same floor and the parent would be downstairs. But the playroom, guest bedroom and den are between the nanny's room and kid's room on the second floor. I'm willing to work with that situation, others might not be willing.

There are a lot of homes that would be set up for a nanny if the parents were willing to take a bedroom on the floor with kids and give up the master suite on a different floor to the nanny. I understand why most parents won't even consider that, but there's no reason it couldn't work.

Oh, and one live-in option was in a long-term hotel, suites next to each other. Dad and son lived in one, nanny in the other. As long as the parent provides the housing and food, it's considered live-in, what the accommodations are may vary.