2016 nanny salary/hourly wage

[Anonymous]

Hey, so I've found a lot of info about this from a few years ago but nothing recent. I'm a nanny busy negotiating a salary increase in the dc area. I do all the laundry, cooking, bed changes (for the whole family), grocery shopping, general maintenance, kids and play dates, homework, picking up dry cleaning and dropping it off, errands such as car maintenance, feed the dog.. etc etc. I've been a nanny for 10 years. I know they appreciate me being there but we are stuck right now that no one wants to say what the increase should be. I was wondering if anyone could tell me roughly what the going rate was now in 2016 ? thanks in advance!

[Anonymous]

Depends.. How long have you worked with this 1 family and what's your current pay and benefits

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depends.. How long have you worked with this 1 family and what's your current pay and benefits

Somewhat complicated to answer. (And I don't want to give myself away online) but I get paid a salary. It's a frustrating salary in the first place because I'm always on time but they never come home on time (thus shorting me over a $1) everytime they arrive 20/30 min late. I've only been with them for a year but I've known them for much longer than that. I just struggle with the idea that they are going to "low ball" me now so that they can give me a salary because I know that the previous nanny earned much more and we are both living in 2016..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Depends.. How long have you worked with this 1 family and what's your current pay and benefits

Somewhat complicated to answer. (And I don't want to give myself away online) but I get paid a salary. It's a frustrating salary in the first place because I'm always on time but they never come home on time (thus shorting me over a $1) everytime they arrive 20/30 min late. I've only been with them for a year but I've known them for much longer than that. I just struggle with the idea that they are going to "low ball" me now so that they can give me a salary because I know that the previous nanny earned much more and we are both living in 2016..

Well if they are shorting you $1 everytime they come home late why not ask for $4 or $5 extra every week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hey, so I've found a lot of info about this from a few years ago but nothing recent. I'm a nanny busy negotiating a salary increase in the dc area. I do all the laundry, cooking, bed changes (for the whole family), grocery shopping, general maintenance, kids and play dates, homework, picking up dry cleaning and dropping it off, errands such as car maintenance, feed the dog.. etc etc. I've been a nanny for 10 years. I know they appreciate me being there but we are stuck right now that no one wants to say what the increase should be. I was wondering if anyone could tell me roughly what the going rate was now in 2016 ? thanks in advance!

You're the nanny AND the housekeeper, and you need to be compensated accordingly. This means a minimum of $30/hour.

[Anonymous]

We could use a little more information to help. How many hours do you work? Did they need "flexibility " when they hired you? Do you wash their clothing as well (hopefully not!)? An estimate of what you make? Are you paid legally? How many kids? Ages? All/any in school? Any other pertinent information?

You are doing much more than a typical nanny, but are not far outside he realm of the kids are in school. Though I wouldn't be washing their sheets, gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We could use a little more information to help. How many hours do you work? Did they need "flexibility " when they hired you? Do you wash their clothing as well (hopefully not!)? An estimate of what you make? Are you paid legally? How many kids? Ages? All/any in school? Any other pertinent information?

You are doing much more than a typical nanny, but are not far outside he realm of the kids are in school. Though I wouldn't be washing their sheets, gross.

I can see how I've been confusing-sorry! I do the whole families laundry, all their beds and cook dinner for the whole family (3 meals a day). Yes they needed "flexibility" when they hired me, but I feel as though they have taken advantage of that. If they come home on time I make just over $20 an hour, if they come home 30 min later I get paid just over $19 an hour. Both kids are in school, so I have time to do some stuff before I grab them. I am paid legally and through Breedlove. There's 2 kids.

So I was friends with them before I started (big mistake I know) so they took another negotiation I had with another family to base how much I would be paid. However, I know their previous nanny (who was awful by the way) made close to $24 an hour and was paid for longer hours and didn't do any of the housework. I'm not a money grabbing nanny, I do the jobs I want to do instead of what is going to pay me more money, but I think I deserve more than the $19 they've been paying me because they don't come home on time. So I'm just trying to figure out how much of a raise I can ask for in 1 sitting. (I've already asked for the raise but they won't give be a no. they want me to give theme a no.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey, so I've found a lot of info about this from a few years ago but nothing recent. I'm a nanny busy negotiating a salary increase in the dc area. I do all the laundry, cooking, bed changes (for the whole family), grocery shopping, general maintenance, kids and play dates, homework, picking up dry cleaning and dropping it off, errands such as car maintenance, feed the dog.. etc etc. I've been a nanny for 10 years. I know they appreciate me being there but we are stuck right now that no one wants to say what the increase should be. I was wondering if anyone could tell me roughly what the going rate was now in 2016 ? thanks in advance!

You're the nanny AND the housekeeper, and you need to be compensated accordingly. This means a minimum of $30/hour.

Umm.... nannies are paid more than housekeepers. Nannies make at least $20/hr while I can get 20 different housekeepers to come for $8 or $10/hr. So if you are a nanny AND a housekeeper you should be paid less than just a nanny, if your duties are split 50/50 then you should make about $15/hr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We could use a little more information to help. How many hours do you work? Did they need "flexibility " when they hired you? Do you wash their clothing as well (hopefully not!)? An estimate of what you make? Are you paid legally? How many kids? Ages? All/any in school? Any other pertinent information?

You are doing much more than a typical nanny, but are not far outside he realm of the kids are in school. Though I wouldn't be washing their sheets, gross.

I can see how I've been confusing-sorry! I do the whole families laundry, all their beds and cook dinner for the whole family (3 meals a day). Yes they needed "flexibility" when they hired me, but I feel as though they have taken advantage of that. If they come home on time I make just over $20 an hour, if they come home 30 min later I get paid just over $19 an hour. Both kids are in school, so I have time to do some stuff before I grab them. I am paid legally and through Breedlove. There's 2 kids.

So I was friends with them before I started (big mistake I know) so they took another negotiation I had with another family to base how much I would be paid. However, I know their previous nanny (who was awful by the way) made close to $24 an hour and was paid for longer hours and didn't do any of the housework. I'm not a money grabbing nanny, I do the jobs I want to do instead of what is going to pay me more money, but I think I deserve more than the $19 they've been paying me because they don't come home on time. So I'm just trying to figure out how much of a raise I can ask for in 1 sitting. (I've already asked for the raise but they won't give be a no. they want me to give theme a no.)

To be honest I think $20/hr is more than fair. Not sure how much you are trying to squeeze out of them, you said your not a money grabbing nanny but idk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We could use a little more information to help. How many hours do you work? Did they need "flexibility " when they hired you? Do you wash their clothing as well (hopefully not!)? An estimate of what you make? Are you paid legally? How many kids? Ages? All/any in school? Any other pertinent information?

You are doing much more than a typical nanny, but are not far outside he realm of the kids are in school. Though I wouldn't be washing their sheets, gross.

I can see how I've been confusing-sorry! I do the whole families laundry, all their beds and cook dinner for the whole family (3 meals a day). Yes they needed "flexibility" when they hired me, but I feel as though they have taken advantage of that. If they come home on time I make just over $20 an hour, if they come home 30 min later I get paid just over $19 an hour. Both kids are in school, so I have time to do some stuff before I grab them. I am paid legally and through Breedlove. There's 2 kids.

So I was friends with them before I started (big mistake I know) so they took another negotiation I had with another family to base how much I would be paid. However, I know their previous nanny (who was awful by the way) made close to $24 an hour and was paid for longer hours and didn't do any of the housework. I'm not a money grabbing nanny, I do the jobs I want to do instead of what is going to pay me more money, but I think I deserve more than the $19 they've been paying me because they don't come home on time. So I'm just trying to figure out how much of a raise I can ask for in 1 sitting. (I've already asked for the raise but they won't give be a no. they want me to give theme a no.)

To be honest I think $20/hr is more than fair. Not sure how much you are trying to squeeze out of them, you said your not a money grabbing nanny but idk.

No, $20/hr is clearly insufficient for housekeeping and family chef.

You're out of touch with reality.

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure how to sort through all of your particulars OP, but I give a $1/hr raise every year as a matter of course. I sometimes add additional benefits like healthcare reimbursement, a few more vacation days, etc...

Unless the scope of your job has changed then you are negotiating for an annual raise, not a salary adjustment due to change in work. So if you want this to be easy ask for $2/hr and be prepared to be happy with $1/hr bump.

If you're prepared to leave then do some market research by applying for a couple of other jobs and seeing what you can command on the open market. If you can get a job offer for an equivalent position (that is a job you would want) at a significantly higher rate than they are paying then that's how you get negotiating leverage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We could use a little more information to help. How many hours do you work? Did they need "flexibility " when they hired you? Do you wash their clothing as well (hopefully not!)? An estimate of what you make? Are you paid legally? How many kids? Ages? All/any in school? Any other pertinent information?

You are doing much more than a typical nanny, but are not far outside he realm of the kids are in school. Though I wouldn't be washing their sheets, gross.

I can see how I've been confusing-sorry! I do the whole families laundry, all their beds and cook dinner for the whole family (3 meals a day). Yes they needed "flexibility" when they hired me, but I feel as though they have taken advantage of that. If they come home on time I make just over $20 an hour, if they come home 30 min later I get paid just over $19 an hour. Both kids are in school, so I have time to do some stuff before I grab them. I am paid legally and through Breedlove. There's 2 kids.

So I was friends with them before I started (big mistake I know) so they took another negotiation I had with another family to base how much I would be paid. However, I know their previous nanny (who was awful by the way) made close to $24 an hour and was paid for longer hours and didn't do any of the housework. I'm not a money grabbing nanny, I do the jobs I want to do instead of what is going to pay me more money, but I think I deserve more than the $19 they've been paying me because they don't come home on time. So I'm just trying to figure out how much of a raise I can ask for in 1 sitting. (I've already asked for the raise but they won't give be a no. they want me to give theme a no.)

I'm the PP you are responding to. A big question I have is; has the job changed from your hiring or were these the responsibilities you were hired to do? Either way, you are under paid for the responsibilities. I would tell them that you feel this position is easily worth $25/hr, but that you'd be willing to settle at $23 given your starting salary. You may also want to ask for some more vacation days, depending on what you receive now. Then I would ask them if they'd like to adjust the hours in the work day as you've often been late for your after work engagements.

If the job has changed since you were hired, then I would leave out the settling at $23/hr scenario and simply tell them that you feel this position is easily worth $25/hr and let them respond. Be willing to negotiate and settle for a bit less.

[Anonymous]

I'm the PP you are responding to. A big question I have is; has the job changed from your hiring or were these the responsibilities you were hired to do? Either way, you are under paid for the responsibilities. I would tell them that you feel this position is easily worth $25/hr, but that you'd be willing to settle at $23 given your starting salary. You may also want to ask for some more vacation days, depending on what you receive now. Then I would ask them if they'd like to adjust the hours in the work day as you've often been late for your after work engagements.

If the job has changed since you were hired, then I would leave out the settling at $23/hr scenario and simply tell them that you feel this position is easily worth $25/hr and let them respond. Be willing to negotiate and settle for a bit less.

Awesome! That's along the lines of what I was thinking but I wanted to make sure.. thanks for your response!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure how to sort through all of your particulars OP, but I give a $1/hr raise every year as a matter of course. I sometimes add additional benefits like healthcare reimbursement, a few more vacation days, etc...

Unless the scope of your job has changed then you are negotiating for an annual raise, not a salary adjustment due to change in work. So if you want this to be easy ask for $2/hr and be prepared to be happy with $1/hr bump.

If you're prepared to leave then do some market research by applying for a couple of other jobs and seeing what you can command on the open market. If you can get a job offer for an equivalent position (that is a job you would want) at a significantly higher rate than they are paying then that's how you get negotiating leverage.

Thanks! I actually have gone and looked at other jobs and a lot of them that I would be qualified for are paying much more. I know I have negotiating leverage out the wazoo but I don't want anyone to walk out bitter, I would like there to be a fair compensation package for a job well done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure how to sort through all of your particulars OP, but I give a $1/hr raise every year as a matter of course. I sometimes add additional benefits like healthcare reimbursement, a few more vacation days, etc...

Unless the scope of your job has changed then you are negotiating for an annual raise, not a salary adjustment due to change in work. So if you want this to be easy ask for $2/hr and be prepared to be happy with $1/hr bump.

If you're prepared to leave then do some market research by applying for a couple of other jobs and seeing what you can command on the open market. If you can get a job offer for an equivalent position (that is a job you would want) at a significantly higher rate than they are paying then that's how you get negotiating leverage.

Thanks! I actually have gone and looked at other jobs and a lot of them that I would be qualified for are paying much more. I know I have negotiating leverage out the wazoo but I don't want anyone to walk out bitter, I would like there to be a fair compensation package for a job well done.

Sorry I didn't finish, but thanks for your response, it was helpful!!