Nanny pay hasn't gone up enough
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Anonymous
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My live in nanny in 1996 was paid 14.50 per hour plus room and board. Midwest low cost of living area (not that she needed to pay for an apartment, but decent apartments were about 350 a month). Now 30 yrs later I see people paying 25/hr. How does that make any sense?
Part of why people want the economy to tank/vote trump is so they can get $20 maids and cheap nannies from desperate people. As a nanny the most I charged was $15/hr (5-10 yrs ago) but I was in college and not aware of how underpaid I was. My dad was a single parent, not rich, and went through an agency. |
Anonymous
| Also, I'm a parent now. I don't have a nanny and never will because I know it's a luxury service. |
Anonymous
| Housekeepers and cleaners arent making much more than they were 30 years ago either. It’s just not that kind of job. |
Anonymous
| $25 is more than fair. |
Anonymous
I wouldn’t consider $25/HR “more” than fair pay. But I WOULD say it is a fair rate to start…….. |
Anonymous
Of course it is. What makes you think a nanny should get more? |
Anonymous
| $25 is a fair pay for college kids/mother’s helper/babysitters in the city when parents go out for dinner(kids in bed)Professional Nannies w/degrees are paid $35 plus w/all the benefits. Dare to believe, check what agencies are offering in today’s time. It’s indeed a luxury to have a professional nanny working in your home. |
Anonymous
No, and you don’t need a degree. |
Anonymous
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Above you sounds like a real hater haha just say you couldn’t afford a nanny and move on lol it is def a luxury service and Nannie’s in the DMV area are not working for $25hr unless they have too.
Some Nannie’s are paid six figures they’re not babysitting. |
Anonymous
| Most nannies with significant experience are earning more like $35-45hr. Then you factor in that most nannies work OT and they're making 1.5x their rate there. It's common for nannies to be making $90k+ per year which is fair imo |
Anonymous
| Man I need to move to get a good nanny job. Here in Texas families think 12.00 is enough to pay a full time nanny. I’ve even had families email me saying 8.00 I have 30 years of full time nanny experience and have a Bachelors degree in child psychology abd a minor in early childhood education |
Anonymous
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Your father was dramatically overpaying for the time and place. In fact, as more and more women have become well educated and moved into white collar work, and as nannies have become more of a professional career, I think nanny pay has risen faster than inflation (which is a good thing!).
When I was a kid in the 80s, many moms were home (at least until their kids started school). Nannies were older women whose kids had left the nest, or younger women who hadn't started their own families yet, or women who wanted some pocket money. When my first was born and I was interviewing nannies, I had older women in my family (and family friends) who couldn't believe what we were prepared to pay, saying "what, isn't there a neighbor or something who could watch him?" That was a nanny back then. I think my mom paid my nanny $100 a week, which is the equivalent of $300 a week now with inflation - you can't get a nanny for $1200 a month these days! |
Anonymous
This is a blatant lie that just keeps resurfacing on DCUM. We pay our nanny, in a share, $32 an hour, and that's on the higher end for my neighborhood. $28-$32 is the range for a share, $25-$30 for a single family. And that's in downtown DC (ie - a very high cost of living) and on the books. A nanny making over $40 an hour is incredibly, incredibly rare, as is a nanny taking home $90k a year. I don't know if this is wishful thinking, or someone who only knows millionaires, or nannies trying to drive up the market, or daycares trying to make the nanny market seem impossible, but it's just straight up not true. |
Anonymous
Respectfully, I facilitate over 250 nanny placements per year and basically eat, sleep, and breathe the market for the last decade. Here is some data from 3 years ago. https://gtm.com/household/ina-salary-and-benefits-survey/ Even in your own example paying $32hr. An average nanny works 45 hours per week. $32 x 40 = $1280 plus $48 x 5 equals $1520 per week x 52 is $80k per year. Add in some combo of additional hours as-needed, holiday bonus, monthly health insurance stipend, mileage reimbursement, etc and $90k isn't a stretch. |
Anonymous
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Nanny here in DC and I work 50hrs a week and make six figures. Above saying she pays $28-32 for a share is sad. Being a nanny is not easy and not everyone can do it or afford it. That is ok.
That pay is far from the higher side. Stop lying to yourself. I get if it’s someone with a few years of experience or someone who just really needs a job. |