The housekeeper is paid more than I am.

[Anonymous]

I just found out that the housekeeper/maid makes more money than I do (our checks were put in the wrong envelopes yesterday). Is this standard? We have about the same amount of time on the job.

[Anonymous]

I don't think you can really compare the 2 jobs, as we don't know what your individual duties are, or your personal qualifications. Personally I loathe housekeeping, and if my NF employed a full time housekeeper, I would fully expect her to make more than me. Before you saw her check, did you feel well compensated? If so, I'd let it go.

[Anonymous]

OP here and I'm happy with my job and feel decently-compensated (started at 18 an hour -- could have gotten more with another family as I have a BA in Early Childhood Development and experience as a preschool teacher but I wanted a newborn and this job was very close to my home).

I'm not complaining. I was just wondering if this is always the case. Do housekeepers generally make more than nannies?

[Anonymous]

In most cases yes. Being a housekeeper is more labor intensive than being a nanny especially for one child.

[Anonymous]

Does she work as many hours as you do? Housekeepers who work for multiple families usually make more because they lose a lot of potential working hours to driving from place to place, maintaining jobs with multiple employers, etc..

It's also pretty much expected that a housekeeper will keep moving for her entire time on the job, not take breaks (with or without NK) to sit for awhile.

[Anonymous]

It's not uncommon for the hourly to be a bit higher, in the homes I have worked for the housekeepers worked fewer hours, and were paid bimonthly or monthly versus weekly.
In my current situation the housekeeper makes $25 to my $18.

She is paid monthly and I am paid weekly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just found out that the housekeeper/maid makes more money than I do (our checks were put in the wrong envelopes yesterday). Is this standard? We have about the same amount of time on the job.

Let's see.... watch t.v. and lay on the floor with a baby vs. scrub toilets and be on your hands and knees scrubbing the baseboards. What sounds like it pays more?

[Anonymous]

I'm paid 10 per hr the housekeeper is paid 20. I work 40 hrs per week and she works 10 hrs per week.

[Anonymous]

It is not productive to compare pay but I can see the question IMO a nanny should make more because of what they are responsible for

[Anonymous]

There are many factors that would need to be considered before I could make a fair assessment OP.

Does the maid work the same exact hours that you do? Does she have the same benefits?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is not productive to compare pay but I can see the question IMO a nanny should make more because of what they are responsible for

And a garbage man is responsible for a $200,000 garbage truck, should they be paid a lot because of what they are responsible for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just found out that the housekeeper/maid makes more money than I do (our checks were put in the wrong envelopes yesterday). Is this standard? We have about the same amount of time on the job.

Let's see.... watch t.v. and lay on the floor with a baby vs. scrub toilets and be on your hands and knees scrubbing the baseboards. What sounds like it pays more?

Get a life, Troll.

[Anonymous]

House cleaners absolutely deserve to be paid more imo. They are cleaning and working with little to no downtime. My employer's housecleaner makes more than m3 hourly as she should and I have a cleaner every two weeks who I pay $85 and she is here for about 3-4 hours working hard.

[Anonymous]

Typically housekeepers make more than nannies unless the nanny has an unusually high-paying position (many kids, special needs, household manager..).

[Anonymous]

Visit a nanny and housekeeper agency site and you'll see housekeepers almost always make more.