going rate Cap Hill - 1 infant FT and sibling aftercare

[Anonymous]

Whats the going rate for a FT nanny - 40 hours a week for an 4 month old in capitol hill?

If we have a 3 year old in PK3- and the nanny would pick the child up and have them for an hour, whats a reasonable increase for that time? and occasional days off from school.

I'm thinking 17-20 hour for just the infant and 20-25/hr when the older child is present?

[Anonymous]

Why not try that and see what you get?
I'd personally recommend going $2-3 dollars higher.

[Anonymous]

I’d suggest a single hourly rate, and just make clear that sometimes it’s just an infant, sometimes 2 kids.
It is not only an administrative burden that you or the nanny has to track two sets of hours every week, but it also makes the nanny’s income more variable based on factors outside their control (eg child staying home due to school closure or illness), something most nannies won’t like.

[Anonymous]

like pp said, you should stick to a “single” hourly rate. You don’t want to keep logging different hours on different days/weeks- too much work. Your rate should cover the days nanny will have the preschooler all day- sick days, holiday closings (that nanny doesn’t have off), spring, winter and summer breaks etc. I would suggest $18-20 for the Capitol Hill area.

[Anonymous]

Nonsense, OP. You name one hourly rate regardless. Your nanny, I assume, will be responsible for doing your older child's laundry and straighten his room while he is in school. And what about sick days and the countless school holidays?

You will never get a good nanny with your babysitting split hourly rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:like pp said, you should stick to a “single” hourly rate. You don’t want to keep logging different hours on different days/weeks- too much work. Your rate should cover the days nanny will have the preschooler all day- sick days, holiday closings (that nanny doesn’t have off), spring, winter and summer breaks etc. I would suggest $18-20 for the Capitol Hill area.

A newbie might like that low rate.

[Anonymous]

We have a lot of family help so sick days and days off for the older child wouldn’t all be on the nanny... which is why I was suggestions a higher rate for when he/she had two children because I realize it may come up.

First child was at an in home daycare .. so I’m new to this.

I don’t want to have to pay a nanny FT a two child rate when we may wind up doing aftercare for prek3 anyway. Trying to juggling our work schedules around to accommodate everything and wanted to see what most people do.

[Anonymous]

It's really hard to guess what level of care you want and can afford. Most parents settle for custodial care.

[Anonymous]

That’s really ridiculous to assume I wouldn’t want the best care for my child. I’m willing to pay whatever, I just don’t know what the going rate is. I also know there is usually a big jump between the cost of care of 1 vs 2 children.

My daughter will be in pk3 all day and we have family around to help as well. She will also be attending summer and day off camps and I have a flexible work schedule. So some weeks I may need a couple hours with two kids and the majority of the time it would just be the infant. If one or both of the kids was sick I will take off and be with my child.

My friend in the burbs pays 17/hr for her nanny (3 kids!) and she cooks dinner and cleans as well which I understand is not normal for the city.

I’m really just trying to gauge how much to expect to pay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That’s really ridiculous to assume I wouldn’t want the best care for my child. I’m willing to pay whatever, I just don’t know what the going rate is. I also know there is usually a big jump between the cost of care of 1 vs 2 children.

My daughter will be in pk3 all day and we have family around to help as well. She will also be attending summer and day off camps and I have a flexible work schedule. So some weeks I may need a couple hours with two kids and the majority of the time it would just be the infant. If one or both of the kids was sick I will take off and be with my child.

My friend in the burbs pays 17/hr for her nanny (3 kids!) and she cooks dinner and cleans as well which I understand is not normal for the city.

I’m really just trying to gauge how much to expect to pay.

It truly depends on the nanny. There's no going rate. Maybe you mean average rate.

[Anonymous]

One rate, OP. Try $20 an hour and see what kind of applicants you get. I am in Los Angeles and the rates are generally higher here from what I have gauged on this forum.

Your nanny will still be responsible for the older child's laundry and clean up. And you really don't want to saddle yourself with staying home from work every time there is a 24 hour recovery period after a fever.

Your should get a nanny who engages your baby - narration, playing, singing and reading - when the baby is awake. When the baby is napping is the time for laundry, making purees/meals for the kids and cleaning the kids' rooms. Anyone who says that a nanny should have time to clean the house, doesn't want an real nanny but a housekeeper who babysits.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the helpful reply:

I understand nanny’s have different qualifications/experience so there is a range of pay out there. I also don’t want to low ball and not get desirable candidates either, I simply didn’t know what is a fair rate.

Seems like consensus is to do one rate. Which is helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:like pp said, you should stick to a “single” hourly rate. You don’t want to keep logging different hours on different days/weeks- too much work. Your rate should cover the days nanny will have the preschooler all day- sick days, holiday closings (that nanny doesn’t have off), spring, winter and summer breaks etc. I would suggest $18-20 for the Capitol Hill area.

A newbie might like that low rate.

I don’t think it’s low for 1 (infant) child- 40 hours a week. Nanny will have help w/ older child or may not care for him/her at all. If she had both the children all day, I would say $23-25. I make $30 with 3 children and I’m on Capitol Hill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for the helpful reply:

I understand nanny’s have different qualifications/experience so there is a range of pay out there. I also don’t want to low ball and not get desirable candidates either, I simply didn’t know what is a fair rate.

Seems like consensus is to do one rate. Which is helpful.

First, decide what you want/need. A college educated nanny? Do you need to pay legally, on the books? How much experience? Sleep training, sign language, a second language?

Then you can better come up with an hourly rate.

[Anonymous]

You will definitely have qualified applicants at $20/ hour. You can always offer more if you find a great nanny who asks for more. Keep in mind you will want to offer a raise at 1 year and need to consider overtime in your budget.