Novice Questions: The Cost of Nannies and Nanny Shares

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Anonymous wrote:We live in NE DC and are in a share with another family. Nanny receives $22 hour that we split 50/50. Overtime pay over 40 hrs as required by law. She also gets 5 sick days and 12 vacation days each year.

Do you offer your nanny a stipend?

For what?

Healthcare?

No we don't give a stipend for healthcare. Our nanny gets all federal holidays off. She follows federal government inclement weather policy with respect late arrival and closures. We gave a bonus at the end of the year and do $1 increase/hour annually.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The nannies we interviewed were asking $17-$20 for one and $22-$24 for a two-child share. This was in 2015 so rates may have gone up. We ended up joining an established share that was $24 when we started. All of the nannies we seriously considered were experienced (10-20 years) with good local references, but none had early childhood training beyond CPR/first aid. I assume if you want someone with this background, you have to pay more. We were also paying on the books and were explicit about this upfront, which may have affected both the rates and the pool of applicants.

Exactly the same experience here, but we ended up paying $17 for one child and $23 for two (one started first then the nanny share partner joined). This was January 2016. We have given a raise of $1 per hour each year since. We love our kids' nanny. This is Georgetown, by the way, and the nanny lives in Glover Park, so it's about as expensive a COL as it gets in this area.

I can't imagine how anyone can afford Glover Park on $23/hr. Does she depend on roommates?

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Anonymous wrote:The cost can vary. You can illegally hire someone who does not have the right to work, does not speak English, does not drive etc.--but will make a reasonable effort to ensure that your daughter is still alive and breathing when you come home. You can probably get this for as little as $10/hr.

You can hire a professional nanny with a Masters in a relevant field with a decades of experience and who speaks several languages which she is willing to teach your daughter. This will cost you closer to $30+/hr.

Wow! Trump supporter and proud I see!

New poster. How is a person a Trump supporter for answering the question by posting information from both ends of the spectrum?

NP here. PP was insinuating that an illegal immigrant will keep the child somewhat safe, at best, and not be loving, engaging, and encourage the education of the child. It was a very demeaning assessment of immigrants and completely untrue.