What would you charge?

[Anonymous]

I know we all vary in experience and some of us in location, but what would you charge per hour for 30 hours a week over a four day period?

[Anonymous]

30 hours per week over 4 days. How many kids, what age? Special needs? Job responsibilities? Without something else to go on, nobody is going to be able to give you an idea, especially not without location and experience.

[Anonymous]

I'm not asking what I should charge, so my location and experience is irrelevant. It is a nanny job, so I'm sure you can figure out the responsibilities. There are two children, which I also think is fairly irrelevant as my annual income has to be livable whether it is one or three children. If there were any circumstances out of the norm I would mention that, so you can use your deductive reasoning skills to assume that there aren't any. The big factor here is using four days work for only 30 hours of pay. I have already given my salary requirements to this prospective family and am just wondering where others might stand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not asking what I should charge, so my location and experience is irrelevant. It is a nanny job, so I'm sure you can figure out the responsibilities. There are two children, which I also think is fairly irrelevant as my annual income has to be livable whether it is one or three children. If there were any circumstances out of the norm I would mention that, so you can use your deductive reasoning skills to assume that there aren't any. The big factor here is using four days work for only 30 hours of pay. I have already given my salary requirements to this prospective family and am just wondering where others might stand.

I agree with the other PP above, what I would charge REALLY depends on those questions. I would charge different rates if I worked in DC than, say, kentucky. I would also charge different rates if I was watching twin 1 year olds, a 15 year old and an 8 year old, a newborn and a 5 year old, etc.

basically, you can take your snark and shove it

[Anonymous]

Yep, take your snark and shove it, OP.

[Anonymous]

My starting rate is $30/hr

Hope that helps

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not asking what I should charge, so my location and experience is irrelevant. It is a nanny job, so I'm sure you can figure out the responsibilities. There are two children, which I also think is fairly irrelevant as my annual income has to be livable whether it is one or three children. If there were any circumstances out of the norm I would mention that, so you can use your deductive reasoning skills to assume that there aren't any. The big factor here is using four days work for only 30 hours of pay. I have already given my salary requirements to this prospective family and am just wondering where others might stand.

Huh? All of that information is completely relevant. And quite necessary.

[Anonymous]

What I charge depends on the number of children, the ages of the children, the possible inclusion of non childcare responsibilities, and how much care I am expected to give outside of my hours. (What I mean by care outside of hours- will I be the person organizing pediatricians appointments? Planning all meals? Making long-term goals for the children?)

You can't expect rates to remain consistent area to area and job to job. It simply doesn't work that way. It is entirely situational, as a living wage is different in each area and you should always expect to be paid more for more children.

[Anonymous]

Also, OP- the responsibilities of all nanny positions are different, sometimes extremely so. Are you a first time nanny? I don't mean to sound condescending but you seem to think that all nanny positions are similar and that could not be further from the truth. Every nanny position I have held had been radically different, really the only thing they have ever had in common is that I have been interacting with kids!

[Anonymous]

Location matters because cost of living varies widely based on your location. Duties matter because the more that is required of you, the more you can charge.

Since most nannies work 50+ hours a week, they earn overtime. You won't get OT.

So if all you do is childcare, no laundry or tidying or cooking, you earn the least. Full charge childcare earns a higher rate, and childcare plus household management duties gets top pay

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not asking what I should charge, so my location and experience is irrelevant. It is a nanny job, so I'm sure you can figure out the responsibilities. There are two children, which I also think is fairly irrelevant as my annual income has to be livable whether it is one or three children. If there were any circumstances out of the norm I would mention that, so you can use your deductive reasoning skills to assume that there aren't any. The big factor here is using four days work for only 30 hours of pay. I have already given my salary requirements to this prospective family and am just wondering where others might stand.

Actually, the job doesn't care if your annual income is relevant. The job pays what it pays quite regardless of what you would like your annual income to be.

[Anonymous]

(Continued from above)

If you expect to make enough to live on working part time, look at the living wage for your city. The following are for a single adult:

San Diego, FT LW is $12.72/hour = $26,464/year = $16.97/hour for a 30 hour week

Washington DC FT LW is $14.78/hour = $30,745/year = $19.71/hour for a 30 hour week

Oklahoma City, $9.63/hour = $20,037/year = $12.85/hour for a 30 hour week

I would think the above hourly rates would have to be for providing the minimum of childcare with no additional duties. Add $5 if you will provide full charge childcare, $10 for nanny/household manager duties.

So duties and location do matter, OP.

[Anonymous]

FFS! Let me put this to you a different way, feel free to answer or not. How much more would you charge for a 30hr/ week position, over a four day period, than you would for a 40 hour/week position? Obviously your annual income would be reduced by 25% if your rates remained the same. Standard nanny requirements, nothing out of the ordinary. I have been a nanny for 10 years and jobs really don't vary too much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not asking what I should charge, so my location and experience is irrelevant. It is a nanny job, so I'm sure you can figure out the responsibilities. There are two children, which I also think is fairly irrelevant as my annual income has to be livable whether it is one or three children. If there were any circumstances out of the norm I would mention that, so you can use your deductive reasoning skills to assume that there aren't any. The big factor here is using four days work for only 30 hours of pay. I have already given my salary requirements to this prospective family and am just wondering where others might stand.

I agree with the other PP above, what I would charge REALLY depends on those questions. I would charge different rates if I worked in DC than, say, kentucky. I would also charge different rates if I was watching twin 1 year olds, a 15 year old and an 8 year old, a newborn and a 5 year old, etc.

basically, you can take your snark and shove it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FFS! Let me put this to you a different way, feel free to answer or not. How much more would you charge for a 30hr/ week position, over a four day period, than you would for a 40 hour/week position? Obviously your annual income would be reduced by 25% if your rates remained the same. Standard nanny requirements, nothing out of the ordinary. I have been a nanny for 10 years and jobs really don't vary too much.

Hmm, I really don't understand how positions don't vary. I have no idea how you have managed to luck out like that.

I've had 4 positions, and the only common denominator was that I was caring for children. The things I did with the children were different. The number and ages of the kids were different. The things I did for pets were different (2 families had pets, the other 2 didn't). The number of relatives in and out was different. The household responsibilities were different. One had minimal driving, two had a lot, one had none. The educational needs for the kids were very different, and for two positions involved a lot of research and planning in my own time, while the other two were easy to use what I already knew and for which I had materials.

30 hours over 4 days is only 7.5 hours per day. You won't be working full days, so I would say that the part-time rate would be 5-10% more than your full time rate. Personally, I would also find another position for the other 1-3 days, but that's me. Part time positions have slightly higher rates because they're harder to fill and retain the nanny long-term than full-time and overtime positions, not because the nanny is owed a wage she wants. If the family can't or won't pay what you want for the position, find something else or find another part time position to supplement.