Nanny Salaries

[Anonymous]

I am planning to hire my first nanny. I am looking at about 40 hours a week. The nanny will take care of one baby for most of the day and then my two older children (3 and 5) for a couple of hours in the afternoon. How much can I expect to pay? Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Between $10-30/hr depending on which nanny you hope to hire. Just start interviewing and see what their rates are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am planning to hire my first nanny. I am looking at about 40 hours a week. The nanny will take care of one baby for most of the day and then my two older children (3 and 5) for a couple of hours in the afternoon. How much can I expect to pay? Thanks.

Well, market rate is $20/hr per kid. But with the older ones since you are likely going to expect the nanny to care for them all day when they are sick or off school (which is basically constant) you need to pay for them full time. So for your needs $60/hr would be fair.

If paying "over the table" then you will need to bump that up to compensate for taxes. 60* 15% = $69/hr

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am planning to hire my first nanny. I am looking at about 40 hours a week. The nanny will take care of one baby for most of the day and then my two older children (3 and 5) for a couple of hours in the afternoon. How much can I expect to pay? Thanks.

Well, market rate is $20/hr per kid. But with the older ones since you are likely going to expect the nanny to care for them all day when they are sick or off school (which is basically constant) you need to pay for them full time. So for your needs $60/hr would be fair.

If paying "over the table" then you will need to bump that up to compensate for taxes. 60* 15% = $69/hr

lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am planning to hire my first nanny. I am looking at about 40 hours a week. The nanny will take care of one baby for most of the day and then my two older children (3 and 5) for a couple of hours in the afternoon. How much can I expect to pay? Thanks.

Have you done a search?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am planning to hire my first nanny. I am looking at about 40 hours a week. The nanny will take care of one baby for most of the day and then my two older children (3 and 5) for a couple of hours in the afternoon. How much can I expect to pay? Thanks.

Well, market rate is $20/hr per kid. But with the older ones since you are likely going to expect the nanny to care for them all day when they are sick or off school (which is basically constant) you need to pay for them full time. So for your needs $60/hr would be fair.

If paying "over the table" then you will need to bump that up to compensate for taxes. 60* 15% = $69/hr

Wow hyperbole!

OP, for one infant, $15-20 is the norm. Because you have two other children who will need care everyday part-time, and there will be days that you need care full-time for all three, pay at a three child rate so that there is less figuring each week. Live-out nannies make $20-30+/hour for three children, and OT is 1.5 times that rate. If you are looking for someone on the books, be prepared to do a bit of paperwork and factor the employer portion of FICA into your calculation along with worker's compensation and unemployment insurance. Good luck, OP!

[Anonymous]

Lol at 60.00 an hour . you are nuts . I used to be a nanny myself but now I am a mom to a 18 month year old . I. Can't stop laughing at your rate . As a former nanny I would have done it for. 15.00. But then again , I'm not even,close to the Dc region . in in Colorado and most nannies getevaverage around 12.00 per hour .

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am planning to hire my first nanny. I am looking at about 40 hours a week. The nanny will take care of one baby for most of the day and then my two older children (3 and 5) for a couple of hours in the afternoon. How much can I expect to pay? Thanks.

Well, market rate is $20/hr per kid. But with the older ones since you are likely going to expect the nanny to care for them all day when they are sick or off school (which is basically constant) you need to pay for them full time. So for your needs $60/hr would be fair.

If paying "over the table" then you will need to bump that up to compensate for taxes. 60* 15% = $69/hr

Wow hyperbole!

OP, for one infant, $15-20 is the norm. Because you have two other children who will need care everyday part-time, and there will be days that you need care full-time for all three, pay at a three child rate so that there is less figuring each week. Live-out nannies make $20-30+/hour for three children, and OT is 1.5 times that rate. If you are looking for someone on the books, be prepared to do a bit of paperwork and factor the employer portion of FICA into your calculation along with worker's compensation and unemployment insurance. Good luck, OP!

Your "norm" is only what you personally consider to be so-called normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am planning to hire my first nanny. I am looking at about 40 hours a week. The nanny will take care of one baby for most of the day and then my two older children (3 and 5) for a couple of hours in the afternoon. How much can I expect to pay? Thanks.

Well, market rate is $20/hr per kid. But with the older ones since you are likely going to expect the nanny to care for them all day when they are sick or off school (which is basically constant) you need to pay for them full time. So for your needs $60/hr would be fair.

If paying "over the table" then you will need to bump that up to compensate for taxes. 60* 15% = $69/hr

Wow hyperbole!

OP, for one infant, $15-20 is the norm. Because you have two other children who will need care everyday part-time, and there will be days that you need care full-time for all three, pay at a three child rate so that there is less figuring each week. Live-out nannies make $20-30+/hour for three children, and OT is 1.5 times that rate. If you are looking for someone on the books, be prepared to do a bit of paperwork and factor the employer portion of FICA into your calculation along with worker's compensation and unemployment insurance. Good luck, OP!

You are a perfect example of PPs joke. $15 is "normal" but you want OP to pay $30 per hour because of her other kids who go to school for the off chance they have to stay home "so theres less figuring each week" .... ridiculous!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am planning to hire my first nanny. I am looking at about 40 hours a week. The nanny will take care of one baby for most of the day and then my two older children (3 and 5) for a couple of hours in the afternoon. How much can I expect to pay? Thanks.

Well, market rate is $20/hr per kid. But with the older ones since you are likely going to expect the nanny to care for them all day when they are sick or off school (which is basically constant) you need to pay for them full time. So for your needs $60/hr would be fair.

If paying "over the table" then you will need to bump that up to compensate for taxes. 60* 15% = $69/hr

Yes, $60 an hour is the norm in DCUMlandia for three kids. Also, you are not allowed to be in the home when the nanny is there, against the rules. You have a moral obligation to pay Nanny for any days she does not work, but she has no obligation to offer you notice if she plans to quit your employ. Don't ever assume you know your own children better than she does, either. Not in DCUMlandia where all the MBs are hopless morons who only get in the way of the nanny.

In the real world, though, you can expect to pay between $20-$25 an hour for you situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am planning to hire my first nanny. I am looking at about 40 hours a week. The nanny will take care of one baby for most of the day and then my two older children (3 and 5) for a couple of hours in the afternoon. How much can I expect to pay? Thanks.

Well, market rate is $20/hr per kid. But with the older ones since you are likely going to expect the nanny to care for them all day when they are sick or off school (which is basically constant) you need to pay for them full time. So for your needs $60/hr would be fair.

If paying "over the table" then you will need to bump that up to compensate for taxes. 60* 15% = $69/hr

Yes, $60 an hour is the norm in DCUMlandia for three kids. Also, you are not allowed to be in the home when the nanny is there, against the rules. You have a moral obligation to pay Nanny for any days she does not work, but she has no obligation to offer you notice if she plans to quit your employ. Don't ever assume you know your own children better than she does, either. Not in DCUMlandia where all the MBs are hopless morons who only get in the way of the nanny.

In the real world, though, you can expect to pay between $20-$25 an hour for you situation.

More like $15. It's just a single baby for goodness sakes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am planning to hire my first nanny. I am looking at about 40 hours a week. The nanny will take care of one baby for most of the day and then my two older children (3 and 5) for a couple of hours in the afternoon. How much can I expect to pay? Thanks.

Well, market rate is $20/hr per kid. But with the older ones since you are likely going to expect the nanny to care for them all day when they are sick or off school (which is basically constant) you need to pay for them full time. So for your needs $60/hr would be fair.

If paying "over the table" then you will need to bump that up to compensate for taxes. 60* 15% = $69/hr

You're so funny, PP.

Market rate in DC is $15-17/hr for one child. $17-19/hr for two and $20-22/hr for three. These are remarkably steady market rates and easily verifiable. No one is paying $20/hr per kid.

In your case, OP, because your nanny will be watching three kids for some hours of the day, and likely all day on teacher work days and other BIS days, I would offer the three kid market rate of $20/hr for all hours worked.

[Anonymous]

The $60/hr person was being sarcastic based in all the benefits and the rates nannies on here demand. You people are so dense!

OP, I would imagine that you can find a good candidate between $18-27/hr, based on her experience. Your older children will be with her for breaks, sick days, teacher days, holidays, and summer break so you can't exclude them when deciding on a rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am planning to hire my first nanny. I am looking at about 40 hours a week. The nanny will take care of one baby for most of the day and then my two older children (3 and 5) for a couple of hours in the afternoon. How much can I expect to pay? Thanks.

07.15 here. My rate was based on the fact that the nanny would have 3 kids everyday for a couple of hours. If OP wants to, she can certainly pay $16/hour for 5 hours with just the baby, and then $25/hour for three hours with all three per day... and adjust every single time there is a snow day, sick kid, school vacation or teacher in-service. OR OP could negotiate for $20/hour, no matter how many kids are present. (Numbers are examples.) Most parents who have older kids with the nanny and younger sibling everyday negotiate one hourly rate, not 2 or more depending on how many kids are present.

[Anonymous]

I would think $18-$23 should net you a great nanny.