30 hours

[Anonymous]

I need 30 hours per week. Is $17 for 1 child a good rate in DC? That’s $510 per week.

[Anonymous]

No that's really low, especially for only 30 hours per week. You might be able to find someone new to nannying, but not a professional nanny for $17. I'd recommend interviewing nannies you like and asking their rates; you will see a difference!

[Anonymous]

That is really low even for full time. Are the 30 hours spread out over three days or five? You’d have better luck, at any rate, if the 30 hours were over three days. Even if you found someone, chances are she wouldn’t stay and would just be using you until a better job came along.

Have you considered daycare?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I need 30 hours per week. Is $17 for 1 child a good rate in DC? That’s $510 per week.

Get real!

[Anonymous]

Does $26,000 per year sound good?

[Anonymous]

Maybe consider a nanny share so you could split cost with another family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I need 30 hours per week. Is $17 for 1 child a good rate in DC? That’s $510 per week.

Get real!

Get lost!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No that's really low, especially for only 30 hours per week. You might be able to find someone new to nannying, but not a professional nanny for $17. I'd recommend interviewing nannies you like and asking their rates; you will see a difference!

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does $26,000 per year sound good?

It’s a part-time job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe consider a nanny share so you could split cost with another family.

Thank you. Any ideas where I could find a share? I don’t see to many ppl responding to shares on here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does $26,000 per year sound good?

It’s a part-time job.

As PO asked, is it spread out over 3, 4, or 5 days? That makes a huge difference. What time of day are you looking for? Are you offering any other benefits? In general, no, $17/home woll not secure a quality nanny for 30 hours a week, likely not for 50 either. But there is more to the equation than what you are asking. And responding “Get lost” says to me that you are unprepared to be a nanny employer. Best of luck to you though!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does $26,000 per year sound good?

It’s a part-time job.

As PO asked, is it spread out over 3, 4, or 5 days? That makes a huge difference. What time of day are you looking for? Are you offering any other benefits? In general, no, $17/home woll not secure a quality nanny for 30 hours a week, likely not for 50 either. But there is more to the equation than what you are asking. And responding “Get lost” says to me that you are unprepared to be a nanny employer. Best of luck to you though!

The pp who asked about daycare, I assume is not the one who stated “get real!” I said “get lost” because instead of helping a parent who is obviously new to the idea of using a nanny, they choose to make an unnecessary comment. I also thought I responded to pp about daycare. We can afford to pay more but I wasn’t sure what the going rate is for the type of care needed and I am fully aware of what it takes to be an employer.

Do daycare facilities accept infant part-time?
It would be 3 days per week; 2 long days and 1 short day (will relieve the nanny at 4:30 on short days). Arrival somewhere between 7:30 & 8:30 but will have a set schedule.
No housework or laundry. Hand wash bottles and everything else can be thrown in the dishwasher and I will make sure the dishwasher is empty on working days. Simply interact with my baby, teach, play, sing, laugh and get out as much as you can/like to.
11 PTO days, all holidays

Please let me know if I should share more details and if $17 is still low, what is appropriate rate for a 6 month old if I am unable to find a nanny share family. Thank you for all the useful information.

[Anonymous]

Listen, Target, Burger King nor Best Buy pays their part-time employers more than its full-timers.

Neither does any other profession.

So why do people think part-time Nannies deserve a higher salary just because they work less hours.

FYI -
There are many professional/career Nannies who actually prefer not to work full-time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Listen, Target, Burger King nor Best Buy pays their part-time employers more than its full-timers.

Neither does any other profession.

So why do people think part-time Nannies deserve a higher salary just because they work less hours.

FYI -
There are many professional/career Nannies who actually prefer not to work full-time.

Listen, you can pay your nanny whatever you want. What ppl are explaining is that just like Target, BK, or BB you will have a high turnover rate. No one stays in those low paying positions. You take them for the job experience then move on to something that pays better.

You are absolutely right that some nannies prefer to work part time but they are few. Nannies may work part time for a lower wage to fill in a gap before a full time position begins or before they find a better paying part time position. Then guess what, you are left looking for another nanny who will be willing to take a low wage with low hours. Does that sound appealing to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe consider a nanny share so you could split cost with another family.

Thank you. Any ideas where I could find a share? I don’t see to many ppl responding to shares on here.

Did you check out the share section of the Nanny Forums? I would just post general area and whether you're open to hosting and/or going somewhere else. I'd also try neighborhood list serves. If you can find another family first and get on same page, you could easily make job more competitive by offering $20-$25 for 2 kids and each family would split that.