PT Compensation

[Anonymous]

Looking for a nanny for 3 days a week, at about 25-26 hours a week for a young infant inside the beltway. What do you think is a reasonable rate and compensation package? We will be doing a payroll company rather than under the table. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Rate of $22-25/hr, depending on experience.

2 weeks paid vacation (@3 day/week)--one week your choice and one week hers.

3-5 sick days per year.

If a bank holiday happens to fall on her scheduled day, she gets it off, fully paid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rate of $22-25/hr, depending on experience.

2 weeks paid vacation (@3 day/week)--one week your choice and one week hers.

3-5 sick days per year.

If a bank holiday happens to fall on her scheduled day, she gets it off, fully paid.

+1 Although I would actually put the hourly range a bit higher. A good, educated and experienced nanny is very hard to find if you can only offer part-time hours. Hopefully your days are consecutive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rate of $22-25/hr, depending on experience.

2 weeks paid vacation (@3 day/week)--one week your choice and one week hers.

3-5 sick days per year.

If a bank holiday happens to fall on her scheduled day, she gets it off, fully paid.

+1 Although I would actually put the hourly range a bit higher. A good, educated and experienced nanny is very hard to find if you can only offer part-time hours. Hopefully your days are consecutive.

I agree about the importance of consecutive days. But I'd offer closer to $30 if you find someone you like. $25/hr isn't that much for really good nannies.

[Anonymous]

$30/HR is a little high for a Nanny.

Plus, just because a Nanny works only part-time does not mean that she should make a higher hourly salary.

This is preposterous in my opinion.
Businesses do not offer higher salaries to its employees who work part-time hours vs. those that work full-time.

Why should Nanny employers do so??

[Anonymous]

I'm a bit skeptical of having to go up to $30 for one infant unless we are talking the very high end of education, experience and skills. $750 a week is close to FT pay for many nanny positions, which might be necessary if you're asking for 5 hours a day where the nanny would have a hard time finding another job to supplement, but less so if the nanny has 2 days completely free.

Not sure why 3 consecutive days is such a plus either... PT positions often get taken by college students, and having something like M/W or T/Th off works well with class schedules.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$30/HR is a little high for a Nanny.

Plus, just because a Nanny works only part-time does not mean that she should make a higher hourly salary.

This is preposterous in my opinion.
Businesses do not offer higher salaries to its employees who work part-time hours vs. those that work full-time.

Why should Nanny employers do so??

Because otherwise you lose the nanny as soon as she finds a full-time job. Trust me on this - I know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a bit skeptical of having to go up to $30 for one infant unless we are talking the very high end of education, experience and skills. $750 a week is close to FT pay for many nanny positions, which might be necessary if you're asking for 5 hours a day where the nanny would have a hard time finding another job to supplement, but less so if the nanny has 2 days completely free.

Not sure why 3 consecutive days is such a plus either... PT positions often get taken by college students, and having something like M/W or T/Th off works well with class schedules.

A college student is a babysitter - not a nanny - and who wants to go thru a change of babysitters every semester when their class schedule changes?

OP, you don't really save money with part-time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$30/HR is a little high for a Nanny.

Plus, just because a Nanny works only part-time does not mean that she should make a higher hourly salary.

This is preposterous in my opinion.
Businesses do not offer higher salaries to its employees who work part-time hours vs. those that work full-time.

Why should Nanny employers do so??

Businesses can generally handle the turn-over of part time workers while it is very hard on the families and children when you have to scramble for childcare again and again and again. Part time nannies are more expensive. After school nannies are even more expensive!

Employers pay more to keep the nanny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$30/HR is a little high for a Nanny.

Plus, just because a Nanny works only part-time does not mean that she should make a higher hourly salary.

This is preposterous in my opinion.
Businesses do not offer higher salaries to its employees who work part-time hours vs. those that work full-time.

Why should Nanny employers do so??

There are sitters and there are nannies.
High school kids are getting offered $20/hour to oversee homework in the parents forum. You are seriously out of touch with current rates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rate of $22-25/hr, depending on experience.

2 weeks paid vacation (@3 day/week)--one week your choice and one week hers.

3-5 sick days per year.

If a bank holiday happens to fall on her scheduled day, she gets it off, fully paid.

+1 Although I would actually put the hourly range a bit higher. A good, educated and experienced nanny is very hard to find if you can only offer part-time hours. Hopefully your days are consecutive.

+2 That is a good package but you will need to pay more in order to retain a good nanny. It is so disruptive to you and your baby when a nanny quits because she found a full time job.

[Anonymous]

Not ALL part-time Nannies accept part-time employment as they search for full-time employment.

This simply is not true.
It is just an excuse for part-time Nannies to command higher salaries than their full-time counterparts.

I work as a part-time Nanny & do not raise my rates accordingly.
I truly love what I do, yet do not want to care for children 40+ hours a week.
And that is okay.

Any Nanny who would intentionally accept a part-time position just to tide them over until a full-time position comes up is simply inconsiderate + very dishonest.

There are many Nannies who are specifically looking for part-time hours.
That is their preference even.

And they do not price gauge in doing so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not ALL part-time Nannies accept part-time employment as they search for full-time employment.

This simply is not true.
It is just an excuse for part-time Nannies to command higher salaries than their full-time counterparts.

I work as a part-time Nanny & do not raise my rates accordingly.
I truly love what I do, yet do not want to care for children 40+ hours a week.
And that is okay.

Any Nanny who would intentionally accept a part-time position just to tide them over until a full-time position comes up is simply inconsiderate + very dishonest.

There are many Nannies who are specifically looking for part-time hours.
That is their preference even.

And they do not price gauge in doing so.

That is fine for you and your choice, of course, but it is still not the norm. Generally if you want to retain a part time nanny or an after school nanny, you have to pay a higher hourly wage.

[Anonymous]

I heard from an agency in the DC area. $18-20 for part time. That is with a little more because it is part time.

Don't listen to nannies on here who hype up prices as "authority."

[Anonymous]

$30 is crazy.

That means for a MB to pay a nanny, she has to have a job that pays $70k/year just to be able to afford the nanny, never mind keep anything as earnings. And, you have someone else caring for your child and in your house messing up everything you set up. That's just not worth it. An MB has to be able to work, earn some money to pay for the house, and make it worth it for someone else to be caring for the child.

Asking for $30 means anyone with a job less than $150k will find it not worth-while to hire a nanny.

Quoting $30 is really doing yourselves harm, nannies, and make less jobs for yourselves. Most people do not earn that, particularly moms of young kids (people in their 30's) who have only advanced in their careers so much. You just told all the office workers, data entry, teachers, and all the professions that pay less than $150k salary that they can't afford a nanny. They are now looking at center options or home-based care now that only cost $20k per year. Then, all the people who are in jobs that pay $50k and up can afford it.