Novice Questions: The Cost of Nannies and Nanny Shares

[Anonymous]

Good morning,

My daughter is 9 months old and is currently in a daycare center. My husband and I are interested in getting her into a more personalized care situation, so we're exploring the option of a nanny or--more ideally--nanny share.

The thing is, we're clueless as to cost and logistics. Can anyone help us out?

1.) What is the typical cost of a full time nanny in DC?
2.) What is the typical cost of a full time nanny share in DC?
3.) Is there some sort of governing 'how to' document in setting either of these up? Any resources I should be privy to?

Thank you so much for your time. I am looking forward to learning more about this!

[Anonymous]

Check the forum for lists of things to prioritize.

[Anonymous]

The cost can vary. You can illegally hire someone who does not have the right to work, does not speak English, does not drive etc.--but will make a reasonable effort to ensure that your daughter is still alive and breathing when you come home. You can probably get this for as little as $10/hr.

You can hire a professional nanny with a Masters in a relevant field with a decades of experience and who speaks several languages which she is willing to teach your daughter. This will cost you closer to $30+/hr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The cost can vary. You can illegally hire someone who does not have the right to work, does not speak English, does not drive etc.--but will make a reasonable effort to ensure that your daughter is still alive and breathing when you come home. You can probably get this for as little as $10/hr.

You can hire a professional nanny with a Masters in a relevant field with a decades of experience and who speaks several languages which she is willing to teach your daughter. This will cost you closer to $30+/hr.

Wow! Trump supporter and proud I see!

[Anonymous]

We did a nanny share with a family who lived close by, whose beliefs on parenting and child development were similar to ours, whose level of cleanliness was similar to ours. They were around the block from us, which made things easy.

Here's how pay works. If you would normally pay $20 an hour, then you'd think double the kids, double the money, right? But no. In a nanny share, you would each pay $15 an hour. You split the cost of health insurance, memberships, etc. You work out with the other family how you split the cost of kid food, diapers, wipes, etc.

When we first hired a nanny for our infant, we hired someone here legally, who had no nannying experience but had experience working with kids, who was bilingual and happy to research things like developmentally appropriate toys for her age, activities to stimulate growth, fun things nearby that she'd enjoy, etc., during her nap times and then implement them. We started out paying that person $15 an hour, and it's steadily gone up as each year passes, and when we had a second child.

[Anonymous]

We hired a great, experienced nanny for $15 an hour and increased her pay each year up until $20 for two children (40 hours a week guaranteed).
She was well known in the area, great with kids and legal.
I will say we had a number of candidates to choose from for $15/ hour. Ignore the $30/ hour posters.. unless you can afford to pay that.. some may make more, some may make less but as long as you are clear on what you are offering and have a contract, the nanny will be able to decide if she wants to accept the job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We hired a great, experienced nanny for $15 an hour and increased her pay each year up until $20 for two children (40 hours a week guaranteed).
She was well known in the area, great with kids and legal.
I will say we had a number of candidates to choose from for $15/ hour. Ignore the $30/ hour posters.. unless you can afford to pay that.. some may make more, some may make less but as long as you are clear on what you are offering and have a contract, the nanny will be able to decide if she wants to accept the job.

The above poster is a known troll. Please ignore her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We hired a great, experienced nanny for $15 an hour and increased her pay each year up until $20 for two children (40 hours a week guaranteed).
She was well known in the area, great with kids and legal.
I will say we had a number of candidates to choose from for $15/ hour. Ignore the $30/ hour posters.. unless you can afford to pay that.. some may make more, some may make less but as long as you are clear on what you are offering and have a contract, the nanny will be able to decide if she wants to accept the job.

You did not find an educated, experienced nanny for $15 an hour.

Op try it and see who shows up for your interviews.

[Anonymous]

Having just looked at this and hired a nanny for my infant in the DC metro-

1.) What is the typical cost of a full time nanny in DC? About $15-22 an hour + overtime, taxes, bonuses, insurance, ect., on average. Range varies even outside that based on education, special needs, number of guaranteed hours, years of experience, location...
2.) What is the typical cost of a full time nanny share in DC? I was seeing about $5-10 more an hour for a two kid share.
3.) Is there some sort of governing 'how to' document in setting either of these up? Any resources I should be privy to? Internet and talk to other nanny families - preferably on a non-anon basis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Having just looked at this and hired a nanny for my infant in the DC metro-

1.) What is the typical cost of a full time nanny in DC? About $15-22 an hour + overtime, taxes, bonuses, insurance, ect., on average. Range varies even outside that based on education, special needs, number of guaranteed hours, years of experience, location...
2.) What is the typical cost of a full time nanny share in DC? I was seeing about $5-10 more an hour for a two kid share.
3.) Is there some sort of governing 'how to' document in setting either of these up? Any resources I should be privy to? Internet and talk to other nanny families - preferably on a non-anon basis.

You are simply not to be believed. No decent nanny in this area takes a job for $15/hr, unless she has someone else to support her, and your kid is her "hobby".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Having just looked at this and hired a nanny for my infant in the DC metro-

1.) What is the typical cost of a full time nanny in DC? About $15-22 an hour + overtime, taxes, bonuses, insurance, ect., on average. Range varies even outside that based on education, special needs, number of guaranteed hours, years of experience, location...
2.) What is the typical cost of a full time nanny share in DC? I was seeing about $5-10 more an hour for a two kid share.
3.) Is there some sort of governing 'how to' document in setting either of these up? Any resources I should be privy to? Internet and talk to other nanny families - preferably on a non-anon basis.

You are simply not to be believed. No decent nanny in this area takes a job for $15/hr, unless she has someone else to support her, and your kid is her "hobby".

Those people do exist - even if you're not one of them.

OP - what you pay depends on what important to you. I didn't see anyone asking for more than $22 for infant care, but this forum is plagued by some folks claiming you should be paying a nanny more than you make per hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Having just looked at this and hired a nanny for my infant in the DC metro-

1.) What is the typical cost of a full time nanny in DC? About $15-22 an hour + overtime, taxes, bonuses, insurance, ect., on average. Range varies even outside that based on education, special needs, number of guaranteed hours, years of experience, location...
2.) What is the typical cost of a full time nanny share in DC? I was seeing about $5-10 more an hour for a two kid share.
3.) Is there some sort of governing 'how to' document in setting either of these up? Any resources I should be privy to? Internet and talk to other nanny families - preferably on a non-anon basis.

You are simply not to be believed. No decent nanny in this area takes a job for $15/hr, unless she has someone else to support her, and your kid is her "hobby".

Those people do exist - even if you're not one of them.

OP - what you pay depends on what important to you. I didn't see anyone asking for more than $22 for infant care, but this forum is plagued by some folks claiming you should be paying a nanny more than you make per hour.

Cite your source, Liar.

[Anonymous]

The nannies we interviewed were asking $17-$20 for one and $22-$24 for a two-child share. This was in 2015 so rates may have gone up. We ended up joining an established share that was $24 when we started. All of the nannies we seriously considered were experienced (10-20 years) with good local references, but none had early childhood training beyond CPR/first aid. I assume if you want someone with this background, you have to pay more. We were also paying on the books and were explicit about this upfront, which may have affected both the rates and the pool of applicants.

[Anonymous]

Just take a quick look of the parents trying to find a babysitter on this site. Most of the responders can't even construct a grammatically correct short sentence.

I feel sorry for the children. The bargain babysitters will end up costing you a fortune down the road.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We hired a great, experienced nanny for $15 an hour and increased her pay each year up until $20 for two children (40 hours a week guaranteed).
She was well known in the area, great with kids and legal.
I will say we had a number of candidates to choose from for $15/ hour. Ignore the $30/ hour posters.. unless you can afford to pay that.. some may make more, some may make less but as long as you are clear on what you are offering and have a contract, the nanny will be able to decide if she wants to accept the job.

You did not find an educated, experienced nanny for $15 an hour.

Op try it and see who shows up for your interviews.

Not previous poster but we did found many great nannies who spoke native English, perfect driving record, flawless references in the $16-18 range.