Going rate for DC nanny

[Anonymous]

Hello everybody! What is the rate for 3 month old and 2 year old in the Georgetown DC area ? Nanny had 10 years of experience, legal to work in the us, excellents references... thanks

[Anonymous]

At the very least $25/hr. What is she charging?

[Anonymous]

Between 20 and 30 based on her education.

Ask her. The going rate for any nanny is the price she can command - like any other field.

[Anonymous]

Full time? (40 hours a week). Anywhere between $20 and $30 an hour plus overtime (if any). You may also want to contribute or pay for her healthcare insurance.

[Anonymous]

We have a nanny share for a 9 month old and a 17 month old and we pay 25/hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a nanny share for a 9 month old and a 17 month old and we pay 25/hour.

You can have your own nanny for this..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Full time? (40 hours a week). Anywhere between $20 and $30 an hour plus overtime (if any). You may also want to contribute or pay for her healthcare insurance.

+1

[Anonymous]

PP who said that we have a share for our 9 month old and a 17 month old. Clarification, we pay together 25/hour. Each family pays 12.50 an hour. We could not hire our own nanny for 12.50 an hour.

[Anonymous]

We are in a share and pay a combined $22/hour.

[Anonymous]

This is very helpful. I am in Georgetown and Bright Horizons charges $2600 a month for infant care. It seems I could almost afford a nanny outright (without a share) for my 7 month old. Is that your experience? Those that gave hourly rates- are there any additional benefits you provide? Are taxes taken from there? I'm brand new to this - we had planned to do daycare but the closer it comes to my maternity leave being over, the less I want to put him in daycare. A nanny is sounding more affordable than I imagined.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is very helpful. I am in Georgetown and Bright Horizons charges $2600 a month for infant care. It seems I could almost afford a nanny outright (without a share) for my 7 month old. Is that your experience? Those that gave hourly rates- are there any additional benefits you provide? Are taxes taken from there? I'm brand new to this - we had planned to do daycare but the closer it comes to my maternity leave being over, the less I want to put him in daycare. A nanny is sounding more affordable than I imagined.

If you spent three hours observing at BH, you would never leave your child there.

[Anonymous]

Honestly, it's 90% of your paycheck. I swear. Also, everything you read on here, particularly posted by anonymous nannies making too little and wishing it was different is totally and absolutely true. You need to pay at least what they say on here.

More seriously, I have read all kinds of rates here. In my moms' groups and talking to real people, I met a couple who paid $21 and $25 and they were completely absentee parents who worked 24x7 and both parents had very demanding jobs (lawfirm partners). They entrusted their nanny with not just care but management and major decisions. Everybody else with regular jobs (6 figure jobs) with sometimes long hours but mostly able to come home for dinner type jobs pay $15-$20.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is very helpful. I am in Georgetown and Bright Horizons charges $2600 a month for infant care. It seems I could almost afford a nanny outright (without a share) for my 7 month old. Is that your experience? Those that gave hourly rates- are there any additional benefits you provide? Are taxes taken from there? I'm brand new to this - we had planned to do daycare but the closer it comes to my maternity leave being over, the less I want to put him in daycare. A nanny is sounding more affordable than I imagined.

We pay $22/hour ($11 each) in our share 45 hours guaranteed so 5 hours OT, plus $75 per family stipend, plus taxes and surepayroll comes to $2600 per month. So a share would be a similar price but not your own nanny unless it was off the books, the hours and rate were lower, and you don't offer healthcare. Also we do 2 weeks paid vacation, 6 sick days, and federal holidays. Not to mention bonus at Christmas (1-2 weeks pay).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is very helpful. I am in Georgetown and Bright Horizons charges $2600 a month for infant care. It seems I could almost afford a nanny outright (without a share) for my 7 month old. Is that your experience? Those that gave hourly rates- are there any additional benefits you provide? Are taxes taken from there? I'm brand new to this - we had planned to do daycare but the closer it comes to my maternity leave being over, the less I want to put him in daycare. A nanny is sounding more affordable than I imagined.

We pay $22/hour ($11 each) in our share 45 hours guaranteed so 5 hours OT, plus $75 per family stipend, plus taxes and surepayroll comes to $2600 per month. So a share would be a similar price but not your own nanny unless it was off the books, the hours and rate were lower, and you don't offer healthcare. Also we do 2 weeks paid vacation, 6 sick days, and federal holidays. Not to mention bonus at Christmas (1-2 weeks pay).

That seems like a lot for center-based care. Typically they are less so a nanny ends up being a bit more expensive.

Depends on the parenting style but a lot of parents decide a nanny is a better fit for exactly that one-on-one care for the infant years then decide center care is better (even if it is the same price) for the toddler years. Centers provide structured environment and once that becomes routine, kids might even do better there, starting around age 3. There is more stimulation. You never wonder if the nanny is using the carseat correctly or stopping by the starbucks way longer than you'd like. You don't have to worry if your nanny calls in sick the morning of. There are other adults there to manage the nannies. Therefore, the cost becomes worth it even if you pay as much as a nanny.

[Anonymous]

$15-19/hour gross.