Can someone help out a newbie?

[Anonymous]

Hello,

We are looking for a nanny share for our son beginning in July.

Can someone give me an idea of what we should offer for a share for two infants? Can you give me an idea of what taxes and other things we will be paying on top of the hourly rate? What to the nanny tax/payroll companies charge for preparing the payroll? (approximate) How do you handle vacations both the nanny and your own as far as paying the nanny goes?

Any other advice would be very helpful. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

If you do some searching here you will find answers (and a fair amount of conflicting information) to your questions.

Appropriate hourly rates are a huge hot button - the range in wide and people disagree. Your other questions are more easily answered but a lot depends on where you are located.

[Anonymous]

This always starts a war but in DMV, you will pay about $2,500 a month for a share (includes taxes) $18-20/hour (split so $9-$10 per family). Payroll service $60/month.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This always starts a war but in DMV, you will pay about $2,500 a month for a share (includes taxes) $18-20/hour (split so $9-$10 per family). Payroll service $60/month.

I cannot imagine the nanny you would get for that hourly rate. It is closer to 25 to 30 for a share.

[Anonymous]

Why would a nanny want to make $18 for a share when they can make that for one child.. you will never find a professional nanny for $18.. And please don't say families don't pay $18 for one child, because they do. Look on Craigslist dc, family is offering $20 for one child. Nanny share should never go below $22/hour. It's a slap in the face.

[Anonymous]

See OP, here we go...nannies inflating wages. There's a ton of factors but very few get $35-$30 an hour.

[Anonymous]

I'm a nanny with years of experience, including multiples and shares, and none of the families I interviewed with offered anything about $20/hr.

OP, it depends on your location and how many hours you'll need, but you will almost certainly find plenty of qualified applicants for $18-20/hr total.

[Anonymous]

So what you'll are saying is that nannies don't make $22-$25 for a nanny share?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a nanny with years of experience, including multiples and shares, and none of the families I interviewed with offered anything about $20/hr.

OP, it depends on your location and how many hours you'll need, but you will almost certainly find plenty of qualified applicants for $18-20/hr total.

For a nanny share?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what you'll are saying is that nannies don't make $22-$25 for a nanny share?

Of course they do and more. I earn $26 an hour for one child so there is no way I would ever do a share for $18 - $20 an hour!!!

[Anonymous]

The problem is that we also have California nannies on here who claim $26+ an hour. That's fine and dandy, but OP is in the D.C. Area.

That's like saying I can get a beer for $2 in Kansas, so beer everywhere must be $2.

[Anonymous]

OP here and I should have known that this topic would create controversy. From what I can gather here, my hourly number wasn't out of line. (I was thinking higher than 20 per hour for a share.

[Anonymous]

Yes, no lower than $22. In DC you can make $18 for one child. Why would I want to be paid $18-$20 for two children, if the person take the job then they will not stay long.

[Anonymous]

I work on N street NW, DC. Four days I get paid for two children for $25 and one of the days it only one child, so they pay me $20. I have 15 years of experience and this is my third nanny share job. I would never take $18-$20 for two children.

[Anonymous]

It all depends on the situation. Remember anything over 40 hours is OT plus taxes. $25/hour is 1000 a week plus taxes, your looking at close to $5k a month, which is about $2,500 a month.