Parents only offering low rates?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Definitely not off in my social class numbers. I took them straight from a financial article from a reputable financial source (wish I had kept the link, I'll look for it) that had them listed for every single state in late 2020. So not completely current but close enough.

All you need to do is Google middle class income or upper middle class and a gazillion banking and financial sites pop up with similar numbers for the US in 2021.

The numbers that average out for each state do not reflect higher cost/higher income areas, just like they don't reflect the lower cost/lower income areas.

[Anonymous]

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That being said, at least for us, I am so exhausted after managing the nanny for 50 hours and then working like a crazy person on top of that, that I feel the time I do spend with my kids is lacking due to sheer exhaustion; however, that's totally on me.

Woah, I'll finish reading in a minute, but you shouldn't have to manage your nanny at all much less for 50 hrs. They should be able to manage themselves. So maybe you just don't have a nanny with experience to earn rates closer to.$30/hr OR they are just not the same caliber and the quality of care is so low that they can't/shouldn't earn higher. You should just be able to hand off your child(ren) and get them back at the end of the day and know that they were in the best care possible outside of you.

I'm thinking we have just had bad luck finding good nannies, perhaps, but then I read the phone threads and I'm wondering if people just want to think their nannies are wonderful because they are leaving their kids in their care for so long. But I did misspeak there (exhausted, haha) - managing the nanny isn't taking 50 hours, I meant nanny is working 50 hours. But it does take up several hours per day, because I WFH. I include cleaning up kids' crap the nanny left lying around in managing the nanny + cleaning up my own messes so the nanny's workplace is as clean as she likes it, as she considers it her 'office.'

Nannies leave the space in the same or better condition when they leave at the end of the day.

[Anonymous]

We offered $25 an hour for twin toddlers in Northern Virginia, I got plenty of qualified applicants. Our HHI is $325k and we are really tight at the end of the month. I’m sure there are plenty of people who could pay more, but that’s in the $500k plus households. We don’t offer any benefits, but our nanny is excellent and reliable. I don’t dock her pay for lateness or sick days, she has unlimited. In addition, we give her 2 weeks vacation and the Christmas tip is 2 weeks salary. She seems very satisfied with our current arrangement and our children are thriving with her.