Help me understand what to expect to pay in a nanny share situation.
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Anonymous
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We are expecting another child in February and we would like to go the nanny share route as opposed to daycare.
Our 4.5 yr old will continue to go to daycare as she loves it there. Can you help me understand what we could look to spend for a nanny share? Ideally I'm looking for another family with an infant or baby and we would be willing to host. Hours would be 7:45am - 5pm. We live in Stafford if that helps. What would the average hourly rate be that we could expect to pay a nanny? |
Anonymous
The state pays $11.47 for childcare reimbursement, so if you got a nanny with a couple years of experience lets assume her rate is $13 an hour, so you pay half of that as part of the nanny share so you would be paying $6.50 an hour. Hope this helps. |
Anonymous
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No idea about cost in your area.
But here are things you should think about, I think: Figure out what happens when your older child is sick or has a day off of childcare (holiday, snow day, etc) - does your older child stay with nanny or do you take the day off? I'd assume that your older will stay home with nanny, but you need to be clear with your share family that occasionally (and you can provide a list of dates when school is closed) your oldest will be with the babies. you'll need to figure out how you'll have baby nap at your house - they provide a pack and play? You do? where will pack and play be set up? Will you take it down and put it back up daily? (if you have an extra bedroom, I'd have pack and play there - if not, then it'll be a case of taking it down and putting it back up every day if it is in preschooler's bedroom or your bedroom) how will you share food? each provide baby food? that's easy, but what about when you get to table foods - each child will eat own food, packed by parents? Or you will ask them to pay $x amount towards the table foods kids will both eat together? will you pay the same amount as share family? In one way I'd say no, that your house, kids' toys, etc. will be used so you shouldn't pay as much as other family should. on the other hand, you'll have a 2nd child in care sometimes (honestly, you will - your child does get sick and will be home with nanny sometimes) Also, the nanny share family doesn't get the benefit of childcare in their home - they have to pack diapers, wipes, food, bottles, dress their baby, etc. to get to your home. Would you take turns? Do 2 weeks at each house to even that out? you'll need to try to find someone who will have similar expectations - if you believe going outside is required once daily after baby is 6 months old, you can't end up with someone who wants the kids inside every time the temp falls below 50 degrees. you need to understand that each baby will get more attention than if in a larger group sitution, but less than if you had your own nanny. you'll need to make group decisions on vacation time, etc. need to think about how you pay nanny - I'd think you should each write your own check to nanny, so she gets 2 checks. what happens if other family is late and their child is at your house? how many times can this happen before late charges? |
Anonymous
Really? This is significantly lower than what I was expecting to hear and much less than the numbers I seen thrown around for Northern VA and DC threads. I realize we won't have to pay the going rate for DC but I want a college educated nanny and we will be paying taxes and offering vacation/sick. |
Anonymous
OP, this is completely inaccurate. This is one of our trolls. Depending on where you are and what duties aside from childcare you expect your nanny to perform, you could pay anywhere from $16-$25/hour. If you could share that information, you will get a more accurate estimate. |
Anonymous
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Ugh. If I were OP I'd be so frustrated, and confused.
OP, your likely ballpark for an hourly rate in a share with one other family is $8-$12/hr (so a total hourly rate of $16-24 for the nanny.) This is the rate for the first 40 hours a week, any hours beyond 40 should be paid at overtime rate (1 1/2 times the base hourly rate). Also, you will need to think about your benefits package, hours, who is hosting, etc... Good luck. |
Anonymous
OP here: yes, so frustrated now. 
So I'm thinking around 42-44 hours. I don't expect a ton of extras. The primary concern I have is to care for the kids. Obviously when the children are eating table foods, various meal prep for the child only. Cleaning up after the kid during the day but no other housework. I can do my own laundry. Someone above mentioned thinking about care for my. 4.5 yr old when she is sick. My mom lives in town and will watch my daughter at her home on those days - no need to expose the babies and nanny to those germs. I want to pay taxes and do this on the books. My husband has a job that requires us to do everything above board. My work hours are super flexible. I usually leave the home at 8-8:30am and can be home as early as 3pm some days. DH is home by 4pm. We don't work OT, ever. We are very easygoing people. Again, we live in Stafford and have a big enough home to host and would prefer to do so. |
Anonymous
Well yea, you are on a board filled with nannies... are they going to advise you on a lower rate when they could charge you more? That is basic business. But the point stands that the state only pays childcare workers just under $12 an hour, so you know the basic range you should be in. |
Anonymous
What the state pays childcare workers is not relevant to this discussion, so please go beat your horse on your own thread. OP in this area, a standard nanny share rate can range from $16-$22/hour, or higher if you have some less common requirements but you do not, and that rate would be split between both families, so $8-11/hour. I am a college educated share nanny with 5 years of experience and my rate is $20/hour, but I started at $18/hour at my current position. Good luck! |
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OP, nannies willing to do share are going to have their own ways of determining what to charge. A few nannies will charge each family half of their 2 child rate, most nannies will charge each family 2/3 or so of their single child rate, and some nannies will charge 75% of their single child rate per family. I think in general, single child rates represented here (with some crazy outliers) are between $12 - $18/hour. I would guess the majority of nannies would be looking to charge between $9 - $14/hour per family for a share situation. So for 44 hours of care a week, you'd be looking at sopmewhere between $414 and $644, plus about 10% for your share of taxes, and an additional amount if you use a nanny tax service. Generally nannies with more experience and education charge more than nannies new to the field. You'll want to determine how much experience is important to you, particularly share experience or twin experience. The fact that your expectations around "housework" are so reasonable will be a good selling point. Good luck! |
Anonymous
| In NW DC, $20-$22 seems to be a fairly normal rate for those in our social circle (with each family paying $10-$12). This is for childcare only with no housework. Most of these nannies have years of experience, but are not college educated. Not sure what Stafford rates are like, but I imagine they would be less by at least a few dollars... |
Anonymous
This nanny is on point for what you can expect in a share in the DC area. |
Anonymous
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I think most of the posted rates so far have been the typical ones you see on this board for DC /nearby suburbs. Stafford I think is likely to be a totally different market since it has tons of SAHMs and most of the rest of kids are likely in daycare.
Op- if you have a list serve try to find at least one neighbor who uses a nanny. Grill her to pieces if she will let you. That will tell you a lot more. If you can find that, I would knock 2 to 3 dollars off the ranges quoted here and give it a shot hunting for someone with those rates. Honestly though I think it will be a bigger challenge to find a share family than to find a nanny at a reasonable rate in your area. |
Anonymous
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"This nanny is on point for what you can expect in a share in the DC area."
21:48 again. Do PPs realize just how far away stafford is? It is far. It is barely "DC area" and certainly would be worlds away from DC or Arlington rates. |
Anonymous
These nannies don't understand anything at all. Everything is just "how much can I charge." And they wonder why they don''t have jobs. |