WaPo Magazine interview with founder of White House Nannies

[Anonymous]

Did anyone read it? It was a short profile, but interesting.

Useful info for the most common (and controversial) info on these boards also the standard rate range in the DC area. "We tell every client and every caregiver the market is somewhere between $16 and $20 an hour."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone read it? It was a short profile, but interesting.

Useful info for the most common (and controversial) info on these boards also the standard rate range in the DC area. "We tell every client and every caregiver the market is somewhere between $16 and $20 an hour."

They are wrong, the market is $12-15

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone read it? It was a short profile, but interesting.

Useful info for the most common (and controversial) info on these boards also the standard rate range in the DC area. "We tell every client and every caregiver the market is somewhere between $16 and $20 an hour."

They are wrong, the market is $12-15

Writing it doesn't make it so, Dear.

[Anonymous]

Glad I don't use agencies, as I get 25. per hour.

Did the article say what the agency gets per match?

[Anonymous]

Anything useful in the article?

[Anonymous]

I don't think there is any 'right' rate, but I do wonder whether the agency fees have a detrimental effect on rates.

[Anonymous]

I'm an MB and I was a little surprised that she said the agency rates usually top our around $20 (though she did say some are paid higher.)

In my interviewing experience nannies who came through agencies were usually quoting rates a couple of dollars an hour more than the nannies who came to me through referrals. But that's pretty anecdotal.

The agency fees are a deterrent to me when I'm hiring because they add significantly to the costs. I hired our permanent nanny (with us several years now) through a referral but have used agencies nannies for fill-in/back-up care and it always adds a fairly significant additional cost.

[Anonymous]

I think they deflate the top nanny rate b/c they are taking their placement/finder's fee - to not scare away prospective parents - and so the total child care the parents end up paying once they've factored in the agency fee is more on par with what you'd pay at the top rate w/o that fee... And/or maybe didn't include taxes or 'benefits' (like health insurance)? I'd say $20-25/hr (including taxes & benefits) is more what we found the top range to be (I say as a parent, not as a nanny).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone read it? It was a short profile, but interesting.

Useful info for the most common (and controversial) info on these boards also the standard rate range in the DC area. "We tell every client and every caregiver the market is somewhere between $16 and $20 an hour."

They are wrong, the market is $12-15

$12-20 is probably more accurate.

[Anonymous]

The best nannies here get 25. and more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think they deflate the top nanny rate b/c they are taking their placement/finder's fee - to not scare away prospective parents - and so the total child care the parents end up paying once they've factored in the agency fee is more on par with what you'd pay at the top rate w/o that fee... And/or maybe didn't include taxes or 'benefits' (like health insurance)? I'd say $20-25/hr (including taxes & benefits) is more what we found the top range to be (I say as a parent, not as a nanny).

I completely agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone read it? It was a short profile, but interesting.

Useful info for the most common (and controversial) info on these boards also the standard rate range in the DC area. "We tell every client and every caregiver the market is somewhere between $16 and $20 an hour."

They are wrong, the market is $12-15

In your dreams mommy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone read it? It was a short profile, but interesting.

Useful info for the most common (and controversial) info on these boards also the standard rate range in the DC area. "We tell every client and every caregiver the market is somewhere between $16 and $20 an hour."

They are wrong, the market is $12-15

In your dreams mommy.

Exactly!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think they deflate the top nanny rate b/c they are taking their placement/finder's fee - to not scare away prospective parents - and so the total child care the parents end up paying once they've factored in the agency fee is more on par with what you'd pay at the top rate w/o that fee... And/or maybe didn't include taxes or 'benefits' (like health insurance)? I'd say $20-25/hr (including taxes & benefits) is more what we found the top range to be (I say as a parent, not as a nanny).

Are these fees about 5-7K?

[Anonymous]

A few colleagues use(d) White house nannies and were quite happy, both with long term nannies they found there (one going on 13 years), and short term childcare solutions.

I am embarking on my family's nanny search and starting there to get a feel for the market and get the figures myself. Fees are not anywhere near the au pair ones but they can be 10% of an annual salary, one-time fee.