Nanny wants 60k/year plus benefits

[Anonymous]

What qualifications would you want in a nanny who is watching two small children (baby and toddler) and charging 60k for a full-time gig?

[Anonymous]

If you cannot afford it, which clearly you cannot, look for another nanny. She will find another family to pay her rate.

[Anonymous]

Full time being 40 hours a week and no more?

[Anonymous]

What do you mean by benefits?

[Anonymous]

Go by hours, OP. Not annual. For 40 hours it’s about $28 an hour which should get you an experienced and educated nanny.

[Anonymous]

I’d expect 50 hours a week, all cooking, cleaning for kids, doctors appointments and keeping house picked up as well as other errands as needed. I’d expect a masters degree.

[Anonymous]

That is our nanny’s gross pay for her guaranteed 40 hours a week, though she ends up making more in overtime most weeks, all on the books. Kids are 3 and 5.

She has 20+ years experience. Her prior jobs usually started with infants, and she stayed with the families until all children became school age. She is never late, a responsible driver, willing to do errands such as grocery shopping while younger kid is at preschool, cooks for the children, does kids’ laundry, takes the initiative to set up play dates. She is willing to start very early in the morning when needed- we were clear that flexibility with advance notice was one of the job requirements. She always has a positive demeanor, and is just an easy person to be around.

She has taken college classes in an unrelated field, no advanced degrees. It was her multiple glowing references and her immediate rapport with the baby that got her the job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d expect 50 hours a week, all cooking, cleaning for kids, doctors appointments and keeping house picked up as well as other errands as needed. I’d expect a masters degree.

Don’t people with masters degrees make more than 60k? I make close to this amount with no masters degree, watching an infant for 50 hrs and a toddler for a quarter of the time. I clean up after the children but don’t do laundry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you cannot afford it, which clearly you cannot, look for another nanny. She will find another family to pay her rate.

Exactly. You get what you pay for. Few parents can afford a professional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d expect 50 hours a week, all cooking, cleaning for kids, doctors appointments and keeping house picked up as well as other errands as needed. I’d expect a masters degree.

Too funny!

[Anonymous]

Nanny in Alexandria. I make $70,000 per year but work 60+ hours per week. Two kids. I am a college dropout but I am passionate about child development and self-educated about age-appropriate goals and play. On two different occasions, a preschool my charges attended offered me a teaching position if I ever tire of being a nanny.

I don’t clean but I run 95% of the kid logistics—playdates, school forms, researching and signing up for extracurriculars, doctor/dentist/specialist appointments. I buy all their clothes and toiletries and food and I make from-scratch meals for every day of the week. I even find and hire backup sitters for days when I need to take off or the family needs weekend sitting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nanny in Alexandria. I make $70,000 per year but work 60+ hours per week. Two kids. I am a college dropout but I am passionate about child development and self-educated about age-appropriate goals and play. On two different occasions, a preschool my charges attended offered me a teaching position if I ever tire of being a nanny.

I don’t clean but I run 95% of the kid logistics—playdates, school forms, researching and signing up for extracurriculars, doctor/dentist/specialist appointments. I buy all their clothes and toiletries and food and I make from-scratch meals for every day of the week. I even find and hire backup sitters for days when I need to take off or the family needs weekend sitting.

What do the parents do for a living?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d expect 50 hours a week, all cooking, cleaning for kids, doctors appointments and keeping house picked up as well as other errands as needed. I’d expect a masters degree.

Are you from planet earth? Most people with a masters degree won’t be working as a nanny!! I have a high school degree and earn $30/hr for two school aged kids. I have guaranteed hours, so I only work 25-30hrs a week but I’m paid for 40. I tidy but I’m not a housekeeper. They pay someone else to do that! I do groceries but that’s about it for errands.

[Anonymous]

*highschool diploma

[Anonymous]

You have an infant and a toddler. 60000/52=1153.84/(40+1.5*5)=$24.29 If you use 45 hours, your rate is $24.29 per hour, and if you need more hours, it drops. Definitely a decent rate for a nanny with stellar references, good experience and possibly a degree. It’s up to you to decide if you can afford it.