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[Post New]10/14/2013 19:24
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Geez, OP don't listen to the crazy nannies on this board. Nannies do not make 1K a week starting salary for one kid. Ugh.

I suggest budgeting for 50 hours guaranteed @$15-$16 average not base. You can use a wage calculator to determine the actual base and OT rate. If you need additional hours on a weekend you would pay the higher OT rate. You can find someone with great experience, driving and fluent in english for that rate.

Your other options if you think you will need frequent weekend hours and have room would be to look for a live in. A live in nanny is around $10-$12.
[Post New]10/14/2013 23:59
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Anonymous wrote:Geez, OP don't listen to the crazy nannies on this board. Nannies do not make 1K a week starting salary for one kid. Ugh.

I suggest budgeting for 50 hours guaranteed @$15-$16 average not base. You can use a wage calculator to determine the actual base and OT rate. If you need additional hours on a weekend you would pay the higher OT rate. You can find someone with great experience, driving and fluent in english for that rate.

Your other options if you think you will need frequent weekend hours and have room would be to look for a live in. A live in nanny is around $10-$12. [/quote

A live in may not be any better than a live out. Just because you have a live in doesn't mean she is at your beck and call whenever you wish. You will still have to have set hours and a schedule. I believe you'll still have OT (others who know live in rules? chime in please).

[Post New]10/15/2013 10:59
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What about thinking about getting an Au Pair? They can work up to 45 hours per week, 10 hours per day. You would have to get a babysitter for one afternoon during the week and on the weekends. You will end up paying about 28K for the year, which includes - $195.75 weekly stipend, $500 for school, aprox 8K to the agency, food and board, car, cell phone etc.
[Post New]10/15/2013 11:10
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I wouldn't suggest an Au Pair if you need more than 45 hours. Nanny rates decline when you offer more hours. I would budget for around $750-$850 a week. This is a very good weekly rate for one baby. In your contract document the base and OT hourly rate.
[Post New]10/15/2013 15:28
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nannydebsays

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Anonymous wrote:I am in Cleveland Park area. Looking for a full time nanny. Likely from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays, and maybe one day during the weekend. Looking for a quality nanny with good experience and great references. This position will be to care for our baby from the time they are born on. I will be heading back to work full time in 3 months. What would a fair rate be?


Regarding the Au Pair program, I believe Au Pairs are not allowed to do solo care for infants under a certain age, and you need too many hours to consider an AP in any case.

Frankly, OP, a "fair rate" is whatever your budget will allow that matches up with the rate your preferred candidate requests. If you choose to budget $600/week to cover childcare and the concurrent expenses, you will need to find a candidate you like willing to work for slightly more than minimum wage. If you choose to budget $1200/week for all childcare expenses, you will have far more candidates to choose from, and the likelyhood is that with careful screening you'll find a terrific nanny happy to work for you for around $17/hour.

When it comes to nanny wages, the parents need to determine their budget. That budget determines what candidates will respond to ads, and if there are no decent candidates at the parents chosen budget level, they must either up their budget or find other forms of care.
[Post New]10/15/2013 15:30
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Anonymous wrote:Geez, OP don't listen to the crazy nannies on this board. Nannies do not make 1K a week starting salary for one kid. Ugh.

I suggest budgeting for 50 hours guaranteed @$15-$16 average not base. You can use a wage calculator to determine the actual base and OT rate. If you need additional hours on a weekend you would pay the higher OT rate. You can find someone with great experience, driving and fluent in english for that rate.

Your other options if you think you will need frequent weekend hours and have room would be to look for a live in. A live in nanny is around $10-$12.


Any LI who has suffered through an unpaid "on call" job will insist on specific hours for her work times being listed in her work agreement, and will also insist on the right to refuse extra hours and will name her price for extra hours as well. PP, a live in is not a 24/7 employee unless she is being PAID 24/7.
[Post New]10/15/2013 16:10
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Anonymous wrote:Geez, OP don't listen to the crazy nannies on this board. Nannies do not make 1K a week starting salary for one kid. Ugh.

I suggest budgeting for 50 hours guaranteed @$15-$16 average not base. You can use a wage calculator to determine the actual base and OT rate. If you need additional hours on a weekend you would pay the higher OT rate. You can find someone with great experience, driving and fluent in english for that rate.

Your other options if you think you will need frequent weekend hours and have room would be to look for a live in. A live in nanny is around $10-$12. [/quote

A live in may not be any better than a live out. Just because you have a live in doesn't mean she is at your beck and call whenever you wish. You will still have to have set hours and a schedule. I believe you'll still have OT (others who know live in rules? chime in please).



They do when they're working 60 hour weeks including weekends. Sorry, but reality is OT is expensive, and it SHOULD be. I get so tired of this average rate bull shit. There's your rate and there's OT. Sure you can average them, but it should still be appropriate for the job. $15-$16/hour is fine for an average nanny, PLUS overtime.
[Post New]10/16/2013 08:45
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Anonymous
$700 - $800 a week is a great salary for 1 baby. If you don't need someone who drives an provides a car you are closer to $700.
[Post New]10/16/2013 13:55
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Anonymous wrote:Geez, OP don't listen to the crazy nannies on this board. Nannies do not make 1K a week starting salary for one kid. Ugh.

I suggest budgeting for 50 hours guaranteed @$15-$16 average not base. You can use a wage calculator to determine the actual base and OT rate. If you need additional hours on a weekend you would pay the higher OT rate. You can find someone with great experience, driving and fluent in english for that rate.

Your other options if you think you will need frequent weekend hours and have room would be to look for a live in. A live in nanny is around $10-$12.


I completely agree with this. OP, do NOT listen to the nannies on this board when it comes to salary. We live in NW DC and have had three nannies over the years--our third just started--and I have interviewed literally dozens of nannies for these positions. Never, not once, has a candidate requested a salary like what's cited here. I have also found that many nannies think in terms of weekly pay, not hourly rate, so the fact that you are offering 50 hours per week allows you to pay a slightly lower hourly rate. (By comparison, we have at times only needed 30 hours and recognized that this required us to pay a higher hourly rate, which I understand.)

The nannies here will claim that I and other MBs who dispute their wages are being ridiculous, that $27/hour in overtime pay is really completely normal for a nanny caring for one baby in NW DC, etc. etc. It is not. I think that $15/hour average is very reasonable and you will likely find a great nanny with that wage.
[Post New]10/16/2013 14:17
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Anonymous wrote:Geez, OP don't listen to the crazy nannies on this board. Nannies do not make 1K a week starting salary for one kid. Ugh.

I suggest budgeting for 50 hours guaranteed @$15-$16 average not base. You can use a wage calculator to determine the actual base and OT rate. If you need additional hours on a weekend you would pay the higher OT rate. You can find someone with great experience, driving and fluent in english for that rate.

Your other options if you think you will need frequent weekend hours and have room would be to look for a live in. A live in nanny is around $10-$12.


I completely agree with this. OP, do NOT listen to the nannies on this board when it comes to salary. We live in NW DC and have had three nannies over the years--our third just started--and I have interviewed literally dozens of nannies for these positions. Never, not once, has a candidate requested a salary like what's cited here. I have also found that many nannies think in terms of weekly pay, not hourly rate, so the fact that you are offering 50 hours per week allows you to pay a slightly lower hourly rate. (By comparison, we have at times only needed 30 hours and recognized that this required us to pay a higher hourly rate, which I understand.)

The nannies here will claim that I and other MBs who dispute their wages are being ridiculous, that $27/hour in overtime pay is really completely normal for a nanny caring for one baby in NW DC, etc. etc. It is not. I think that $15/hour average is very reasonable and you will likely find a great nanny with that wage.


I'm an MB in MoCo and my experience in hiring a nanny matches what I've bolded above. Our nanny has been with us for 3 years. We started at a rate that she was happy with but still allowed us plenty of room to give her regular increases, additional benefits, and bonuses. We hope not to top out at what we can afford for at least a couple of more years and what we are paying matches with what the poster above says, rather than the significantly higher rates others have mentioned. (We don't have a live-in so that also would affect the rate issues in your case.)

Good luck. There are great nannies out there - you will find someone.
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