Live-in nanny pay range? Looking for your input

[Anonymous]

My wife and I are beginning the search process for a live-in nanny. Looking to understand the market rates for live-in nanny's.

- 2.5 y/o and 4 m/o
- 45-50 hours per week - including 2-3 overnights per month due to parents' work schedules
- Daytime hours (except overnights) - toddler goes to school during AM
- Other than the overnights, we don't have any non-standard requirements.
- Housing: 500 sq ft nanny suite with separate living area, bedroom, and full bath. Separate entrance, off street parking, internet/cable/utilities included.

What is the hourly rate we should offer?
Would it be feasible to offer flat weekly stipend?

Thanks

[Anonymous]

OP here: Forgot to mention, we live in Chevy Chase, DC.

[Anonymous]

Nannies, by law, are hourly employees.

A child in preschool part of the time makes no difference in hourly wage.

Between $15 and $30 an hour plus overtime.

[Anonymous]

You have to pay by the hour and never a flat wage. If you want the nanny to be available for a set number of hours each week, those are guaranteed and paid. Anything over 40 hours is 1.5 time.

As for hourly wage, it all depends on what you want. Legal? College educated? Experienced?

Live in nannies are very hard to find these days.

[Anonymous]

We pay ours $750/week and she works between 40 and 50 hours a week (40 during normal school weeks and 50 if kids aren't at school) and have the same amenities (separate apartment), utilities etc included. She's American, experienced and educated.

Before anyone above gets excited, we have it in our contract as $15/hour for 50 hours a week (though we often don't use all of those hours), and time and a half does not apply to live-in employees in DC. I believe that it does in MD. (I have sought legal advice on this and do my nanny's taxes through HomeWorkSolutions who have provided the same advice).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My wife and I are beginning the search process for a live-in nanny. Looking to understand the market rates for live-in nanny's.

- 2.5 y/o and 4 m/o
- 45-50 hours per week - including 2-3 overnights per month due to parents' work schedules
- Daytime hours (except overnights) - toddler goes to school during AM
- Other than the overnights, we don't have any non-standard requirements.
- Housing: 500 sq ft nanny suite with separate living area, bedroom, and full bath. Separate entrance, off street parking, internet/cable/utilities included.

What is the hourly rate we should offer?
Would it be feasible to offer flat weekly stipend?

Thanks

Our G4 live-in nanny gets $7/hr for our 3 kids. 40 hours/week now that kids are in school.

If 2 kids are normally 850-950 a week live out I'd do 2/3s of that for live in. or half if you are providing all the food and amenities plus living arrangement.

your living arrangement for nanny en suite sounds fabulous.

[Anonymous]

11-16 per hr

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We pay ours $750/week and she works between 40 and 50 hours a week (40 during normal school weeks and 50 if kids aren't at school) and have the same amenities (separate apartment), utilities etc included. She's American, experienced and educated.

Before anyone above gets excited, we have it in our contract as $15/hour for 50 hours a week (though we often don't use all of those hours), and time and a half does not apply to live-in employees in DC. I believe that it does in MD. (I have sought legal advice on this and do my nanny's taxes through HomeWorkSolutions who have provided the same advice).

OP: Thanks for the insight and for the tip towards HomeWorkSolutions. I've looked at them at a similar service through Care.com, do you find it to be worthwhile and valuable?

Anonymous wrote:Our G4 live-in nanny gets $7/hr for our 3 kids. 40 hours/week now that kids are in school.

If 2 kids are normally 850-950 a week live out I'd do 2/3s of that for live in. or half if you are providing all the food and amenities plus living arrangement.

your living arrangement for nanny en suite sounds fabulous.

Appreciate your feedback. Those rates for a live-in are right about what we anticipated. We got really lucky with the en suite set-up here - it was definitely designed with nanny/in-laws in mind!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We pay ours $750/week and she works between 40 and 50 hours a week (40 during normal school weeks and 50 if kids aren't at school) and have the same amenities (separate apartment), utilities etc included. She's American, experienced and educated.

Before anyone above gets excited, we have it in our contract as $15/hour for 50 hours a week (though we often don't use all of those hours), and time and a half does not apply to live-in employees in DC. I believe that it does in MD. (I have sought legal advice on this and do my nanny's taxes through HomeWorkSolutions who have provided the same advice).

OP: Thanks for the insight and for the tip towards HomeWorkSolutions. I've looked at them at a similar service through Care.com, do you find it to be worthwhile and valuable?

Anonymous wrote:Our G4 live-in nanny gets $7/hr for our 3 kids. 40 hours/week now that kids are in school.

If 2 kids are normally 850-950 a week live out I'd do 2/3s of that for live in. or half if you are providing all the food and amenities plus living arrangement.

your living arrangement for nanny en suite sounds fabulous.

Appreciate your feedback. Those rates for a live-in are right about what we anticipated. We got really lucky with the en suite set-up here - it was definitely designed with nanny/in-laws in mind!

So very interesting that you chose the lower rate to be thankful for that response. That is a very low wage even for a live-in You are focusing only on what you are offering as regards accommodations. Can you also consider it from your potential nanny end with the restrictions that do come with being a live-in and consider a better rate. Also if you are looking for a nanny who would stay with your family and not always be on the look out for a better offer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We pay ours $750/week and she works between 40 and 50 hours a week (40 during normal school weeks and 50 if kids aren't at school) and have the same amenities (separate apartment), utilities etc included. She's American, experienced and educated.

Before anyone above gets excited, we have it in our contract as $15/hour for 50 hours a week (though we often don't use all of those hours), and time and a half does not apply to live-in employees in DC. I believe that it does in MD. (I have sought legal advice on this and do my nanny's taxes through HomeWorkSolutions who have provided the same advice).

OP: Thanks for the insight and for the tip towards HomeWorkSolutions. I've looked at them at a similar service through Care.com, do you find it to be worthwhile and valuable?


Yes, HomeWorkSolutions is really easy to use and not too expensive. I saw the care.com service but HomeWorkSolutions is a local company and offer a more personalized service, which I found helpful when I was setting it all up. I would certainly recommend using a company to do all the taxes. It's not super complicated but it is quite a bit of admin and it's not something I wanted to worry about or get wrong - either for my sake or the nanny's.

[Anonymous]

Op you shouldn't go below 10 per hr. Also in Maryland live in nannies get time and a half after 40 hours.

[Anonymous]

We pay about $16/hour for 40 hours with our live in. We don't need overtime as our kids are in school all day.

We pay extra if we need her overnight and I would suggest paying more for that. We also pay extra if she works on the weekend - 40 hours of weekday time is what we pay for now.

Also, OP, you should include her food if she lives in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My wife and I are beginning the search process for a live-in nanny. Looking to understand the market rates for live-in nanny's.

- 2.5 y/o and 4 m/o
- 45-50 hours per week - including 2-3 overnights per month due to parents' work schedules
- Daytime hours (except overnights) - toddler goes to school during AM
- Other than the overnights, we don't have any non-standard requirements.
- Housing: 500 sq ft nanny suite with separate living area, bedroom, and full bath. Separate entrance, off street parking, internet/cable/utilities included.

What is the hourly rate we should offer?
Would it be feasible to offer flat weekly stipend?

Thanks

500 sq. ft. Is very small and hardly an incentive unless the person is homeless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My wife and I are beginning the search process for a live-in nanny. Looking to understand the market rates for live-in nanny's.

- 2.5 y/o and 4 m/o
- 45-50 hours per week - including 2-3 overnights per month due to parents' work schedules
- Daytime hours (except overnights) - toddler goes to school during AM
- Other than the overnights, we don't have any non-standard requirements.
- Housing: 500 sq ft nanny suite with separate living area, bedroom, and full bath. Separate entrance, off street parking, internet/cable/utilities included.

What is the hourly rate we should offer?
Would it be feasible to offer flat weekly stipend?

Thanks

500 sq. ft. Is very small and hardly an incentive unless the person is homeless.

+1 Lol
Fabulous my ass.

[Anonymous]

I would do $12-14/hr, with some level of guaranteed hours weekly. Pay time and a half for any hours beyond 40 per week. Figure out overnight working vs. sleeping hours also and state that in the contract. With a 4 month old overnights may well include real working time, so you could be looking at significant overtime for weeks when those are included. Think about all of that upfront so you and the nanny are very clear about how those hours will be paid (and put it all in a written agreement.) You can plan for those rates to change once the kids are older of course, but the more of this you put in writing up front the easier your life will be later.

I would not provide food.

I use breedlove (now owned by care.com) and I HIGHLY recommend using a service like that - it makes things very easy.

- MB in Kensington