Is this a fair salary for a live-in

[Anonymous]

It I can get quality care for my children at $200-$350 a week salary (plus the cost of car, food, insurnace, etc) then why on earth would I pay +$500???? That is tens of thousands of dollars extra a year that could be saved for college, retirement, private school, etc. Like others have said, these are generally younger women and they do not have the experience to command top dollar. Nor, in my experiance, do they ask for it. My live-ins (2 so far) have been happy with the salary and benefits they have received. I refuse to overpay for nanny care!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It I can get quality care for my children at $200-$350 a week salary (plus the cost of car, food, insurnace, etc) then why on earth would I pay +$500???? That is tens of thousands of dollars extra a year that could be saved for college, retirement, private school, etc. Like others have said, these are generally younger women and they do not have the experience to command top dollar. Nor, in my experiance, do they ask for it. My live-ins (2 so far) have been happy with the salary and benefits they have received. I refuse to overpay for nanny care!

For how many hours a week?

[nannydebsays]

Anonymous wrote:It I can get quality care for my children at $200-$350 a week salary (plus the cost of car, food, insurnace, etc) then why on earth would I pay +$500???? That is tens of thousands of dollars extra a year that could be saved for college, retirement, private school, etc. Like others have said, these are generally younger women and they do not have the experience to command top dollar. Nor, in my experiance, do they ask for it. My live-ins (2 so far) have been happy with the salary and benefits they have received. I refuse to overpay for nanny care!

Where do you live? Do you pay legally? How many hours? How many kids? How often do you have to replace your inexperienced nannies?

Often novice nannies are thrilled at making minimum wage or less, at least until they see that by using your job as a brief stopover to get experience, they can leave and get better pay almost anywhere else.

And if you prioritize low pay child care now, you may not have much need for big private school and college funds later. After all, many novice nannies/underpaid nannies aren't going to deliver much in the way of daily intellectual nurturing. Google "30 million word gap", or paste the link below for some interesting reading.

http://www.earlyedgecalifornia.org/resources/resource-items/hart-and-risley-the-30.html

[Anonymous]

nannydebsays wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It I can get quality care for my children at $200-$350 a week salary (plus the cost of car, food, insurnace, etc) then why on earth would I pay +$500???? That is tens of thousands of dollars extra a year that could be saved for college, retirement, private school, etc. Like others have said, these are generally younger women and they do not have the experience to command top dollar. Nor, in my experiance, do they ask for it. My live-ins (2 so far) have been happy with the salary and benefits they have received. I refuse to overpay for nanny care!

Where do you live? Do you pay legally? How many hours? How many kids? How often do you have to replace your inexperienced nannies?

Often novice nannies are thrilled at making minimum wage or less, at least until they see that by using your job as a brief stopover to get experience, they can leave and get better pay almost anywhere else.

And if you prioritize low pay child care now, you may not have much need for big private school and college funds later. After all, many novice nannies/underpaid nannies aren't going to deliver much in the way of daily intellectual nurturing. Google "30 million word gap", or paste the link below for some interesting reading.

http://www.earlyedgecalifornia.org/resources/resource-items/hart-and-risley-the-30.html

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