Please stop trying to artificially deflate wages

[Anonymous]

MB's, please stop trying to deflate wages below their normal $18-22/hr by making inane and repetitive posts on this forum. Do you know what it costs to live around here? And $11, $12, or $13/hr to trust someone to care for babies and providing them a loving and nurturing environment is just absurd. Holding out for cheap nannies explains why you are stuck taking care of your own child and sitting on DCUM all day every day.

Thank you friends.

[Anonymous]

Just stop.
I pay $15/hr. But my kids are not special needs, no longer infants/toddlers (no wiping butts, kids can get themselves a glass of milk, etc.) and I don't need someone with a degree in education.
People pay for what they need and want. If my neighbor wants to hire an educated and experienced nanny for their toddler and pay $20/hr, I don't care. It's their business decision.

[Anonymous]

Bless your heart. You really think DC market rates are $18-22/hr for one child? Clearly, you haven't done your research.

$15-17/hr for one child. $17-19/hr for two. $20+/hr for three and over if all three are home all day, don't nap, and the job includes light housekeeping.

[Anonymous]

Op thinks stingy MBs are the reason she can't find a job. How cute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bless your heart. You really think DC market rates are $18-22/hr for one child? Clearly, you haven't done your research.

$15-17/hr for one child. $17-19/hr for two. $20+/hr for three and over if all three are home all day, don't nap, and the job includes light housekeeping.

Thanks for the advice. I'd love to continue this discussion but I'm due back on the planet Earth. Good luck and travel in peace.

[Anonymous]

Bless your heart. You really think DC market rates are $18-22/hr for one child? Clearly, you haven't done your research.

$15-17/hr for one child. $17-19/hr for two. $20+/hr for three and over if all three are home all day, don't nap, and the job includes light housekeeping.
Thanks for the advice. I'd love to continue this discussion but I'm due back on the planet Earth. Good luck and travel in peace.

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/personal-care-and-service/childcare-workers.htm

Even at the highest end of the national BLS survey, nannies make $16/hr. Tops. It isn't a high paying profession because, simply, it is not a high skilled profession. Don't like it? Find another line of work.

Consider yourself lucky that DC market rates are higher than the national average.

[Anonymous]

PP, I followed the link you posted and it looks like you didn't really read it or maybe you did read it but didn't understand the information.

It does not say that the highest end of national bls survey is a rate of $16/h

It DOES SAY that the MEDIAN hourly wage for Childcare Workers (ALL OCCUPATIONS COMBINED: Nanny, babysitter, daycare workers etc etc etc) is $16.71. That is far from saying $16.71 is the high end of market. You see, beside the fact that it is a pot with all sorts of mixed job titles and so you can't really gauge properly one specific profession (as we discuss here, nannies), there is also the issue of "median" as defined by math, and if the median is 16, over simplifying it means someone is getting paid $20 and the other is getting paid $12, thus, making your link and your argument, irrelevant.

[Anonymous]

This is op. I wrote this post using almost the same language as the inflate wages post. There is a war of words going on in both threads. What do you think that tells you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is op. I wrote this post using almost the same language as the inflate wages post. There is a war of words going on in both threads. What do you think that tells you?

The words in both threads say the same thing........ That nanny pay should be around $12 at the low end and $16 at the high end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is op. I wrote this post using almost the same language as the inflate wages post. There is a war of words going on in both threads. What do you think that tells you?

The words in both threads say the same thing........ That nanny pay should be around $12 at the low end and $16 at the high end.

Why post something like this? Who are you to say what a nanny's pay "should" be?! If you think the threads prove that that's what nannies are paid, say that, don't be inflammatory unnecessarily though.

[Anonymous]

As a nanny I feel for parents who have to bear the cost of childcare. Still, I need to earn enough to support my family. So while I don't charge anything as ridiculous as $30 I also would not accept sub $15 for one child, in the normal scope of things. But, there are young girls out there who have not gotten so far in life and don't have many obligations. There are also chef/disability expert/nutritionist/sports coach/celebrity nannies out there. So mostly what you pay for your nanny has little to do with what anyone else pays.

[Anonymous]

MB here looking for a nanny for the first time. For 2 toddlers, a fair rate would be $15 (on the low end, someone inexperienced) to $20?

Position requires light housekeeping related to kids (wash their food dishes, clean up under high chair, fold and put away charges' laundry).

[Anonymous]

MB here looking for a nanny for the first time. For 2 toddlers, a fair rate would be $15 (on the low end, someone inexperienced) to $20?

Position requires light housekeeping related to kids (wash their food dishes, clean up under high chair, fold and put away charges' laundry).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MB here looking for a nanny for the first time. For 2 toddlers, a fair rate would be $15 (on the low end, someone inexperienced) to $20?

Position requires light housekeeping related to kids (wash their food dishes, clean up under high chair, fold and put away charges' laundry).

MB here. Yes, that's basically the market rate. That said, I wouldn't ever offer $15 per hour for two kids. That's too low for me. I'd go with the $17-19 per hour mentioned up thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a nanny I feel for parents who have to bear the cost of childcare. Still, I need to earn enough to support my family. So while I don't charge anything as ridiculous as $30 I also would not accept sub $15 for one child, in the normal scope of things. But, there are young girls out there who have not gotten so far in life and don't have many obligations. There are also chef/disability expert/nutritionist/sports coach/celebrity nannies out there. So mostly what you pay for your nanny has little to do with what anyone else pays.

Then you will only take jobs with two or more children. Be upfront about that and your desired rate.