Am I overpaying my nanny?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Several friends of mine said that I am overpaying my nanny for her level of experience. What do you think?

My nanny watches my two year old 40 hours per week, 4 days a week and we pay her $22.00/hr. She cleans up after my child (laundry, cleans room, organizes play area, rinses child's dishes) and takes my child to a class 3x per week. No cooking because she says she does not know how to cook, so I make all the meals and she reheats it. English is not her first language and she would speak to my child in her native language which I asked her to stop because we are already a bilingual family. She also gets 10 days PTO and 4 days sick leave. She has about 10 years experience.

Your nanny is probably much better than your friends' nannies, and your friends are jealous.

[Anonymous]

I'd say you're overpaying for someone who doesn't cook and isn't fluent in english.

[Anonymous]

I don't think cooking is something NFs necessarily pay more for (or less for lack thereof), but if it matters to YOU, then no, you should not be paying top dollar for a nanny who doesn't cook. OTOH, lack of English fluency is DEFINITELY something for which the pay rate should be docked. Your child spends hours (all day?) with the nanny and is getting subpar language input. I, personally, would not have my child cared for by someone who was not speaking to her in a language she spoke fluently, English or otherwise, except on an occasional basis, e.g., date-night sitter.

[Anonymous]

Yes. I started my nanny at 15 per hour when we had just one kid and she cooked too (and people told me I was overpaying her.). Now that we have 2 kids she makes 18 per hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For reference I make $25/hr and don't do any "chores" (no cleaning, no folding clothes, no making beds, etc) but I am white and American. So I guess it just depends on what you value.

That is racist and dumb. As long as everyone is legal they should be equal and judged based on skills not color or ethnicity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Several friends of mine said that I am overpaying my nanny for her level of experience. What do you think?

My nanny watches my two year old 40 hours per week, 4 days a week and we pay her $22.00/hr. She cleans up after my child (laundry, cleans room, organizes play area, rinses child's dishes) and takes my child to a class 3x per week. No cooking because she says she does not know how to cook, so I make all the meals and she reheats it. English is not her first language and she would speak to my child in her native language which I asked her to stop because we are already a bilingual family. She also gets 10 days PTO and 4 days sick leave. She has about 10 years experience.

That is out of range for DC area. One kid is $14-18/hour and two kids are $18-21/hour for a full-time 40-50 hour a week job.
Odd she does no cooking, guess you can keep making everyone's meals for her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For reference I make $25/hr and don't do any "chores" (no cleaning, no folding clothes, no making beds, etc) but I am white and American. So I guess it just depends on what you value.

That is racist and dumb. As long as everyone is legal they should be equal and judged based on skills not color or ethnicity.

is this one of those after-care jobs? where you show up early, eat their food, kids come home from school and you watch them do homework or drive them home from practice?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Several friends of mine said that I am overpaying my nanny for her level of experience. What do you think?

My nanny watches my two year old 40 hours per week, 4 days a week and we pay her $22.00/hr. She cleans up after my child (laundry, cleans room, organizes play area, rinses child's dishes) and takes my child to a class 3x per week. No cooking because she says she does not know how to cook, so I make all the meals and she reheats it. English is not her first language and she would speak to my child in her native language which I asked her to stop because we are already a bilingual family. She also gets 10 days PTO and 4 days sick leave. She has about 10 years experience.

That is out of range for DC area. One kid is $14-18/hour and two kids are $18-21/hour for a full-time 40-50 hour a week job.
Odd she does no cooking, guess you can keep making everyone's meals for her.

DO NOT BE CHEAP LADY
DC area is expensive. $22 per hour per child is reasonable. And she is a nanny not a cook.

[Anonymous]

$22 is a lot for a nanny who doesn't do meal prep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$22 is a lot for a nanny who doesn't do meal prep.

FYI, a nanny is not your personal chef.
Why don't people understand what a nanny is?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$22 is a lot for a nanny who doesn't do meal prep.

Maybe for you. I make $25/hr with no meal prep or cleaning. NW DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$22 is a lot for a nanny who doesn't do meal prep.

Maybe for you. I make $25/hr with no meal prep or cleaning. NW DC

And what 25 hours a week?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Several friends of mine said that I am overpaying my nanny for her level of experience. What do you think?

My nanny watches my two year old 40 hours per week, 4 days a week and we pay her $22.00/hr. She cleans up after my child (laundry, cleans room, organizes play area, rinses child's dishes) and takes my child to a class 3x per week. No cooking because she says she does not know how to cook, so I make all the meals and she reheats it. English is not her first language and she would speak to my child in her native language which I asked her to stop because we are already a bilingual family. She also gets 10 days PTO and 4 days sick leave. She has about 10 years experience.

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Making meal for child and feeding said meal are basic childcare/nanny duties imo. I would not even consider a nanny otherwise. So yes you are overpaying and might want to consider hiring a competent nanny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get $26/hr for one child.

This meaningless without a listing of your duties, skills and experience.

Wrong. It means the parents are very pleased with the care I provide their child, and I'm very pleased with my compensation package.

That's great! Do you work full or part time? One kid or multiples, did they offer that price or was that your starting rate ? Sorry for all the questions I'm just researching for a future nanny.