How much should we pay a nanny?
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We are first time parents with a baby girl coming next March. We want to hire a part-time nanny to take care of our newborn and do some light housework. Our house is in DC. What is a reasonable hourly rate?
As new parents we are clueless, so we would appreciate if you could share your experiences. |
Anonymous
| You have a baby coming in 13 months???? How do you even know?! |
Anonymous
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How many hours a week total?
What type of schedule? (3 hours x 4 days a week or 2 days x 10 hours?) How much childcare versus housekeeping? Will a parent be home? |
Anonymous
We are having a baby coming in 1 month  We expect to hire a nanny 5 days a week, 4 hours a day.
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Anonymous
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How much housework do you honestly expect a nanny to get done in four hours while also taking care of a newborn?
Will a parent be home during these 20 hours? |
Anonymous
| Yes, one parent will be present. We just want to know a range for a reasonable rate, so we could start our search. Thanks! |
Anonymous
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It sounds like you are looking more for a mother's helper who will mostly do housework and occasionally take the baby to give mom a break.
You may have to pay a lot more because - it is half days so not a full salary. Could work if someone wants to pick up morning hours - it is only 20 hours a week but you want housework so it is more of a housekeeping job -a parent will be home and not working so it isn't really nannying - it is just helping mom. Lots of nannies hate that arrangement. The more detail you can give about what the job would look like the better info people can give you about reasonable rates for your situation. |
Anonymous
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Is this a temporary or permanent position?
Will this nanny be full time once mom goes back to work? Is it the same 4 hours every day? |
Anonymous
| Nannies hate working when the parents are there. |
Anonymous
| Get a college student. |
Anonymous
Pay them 20-25/hr to stick around. |
Anonymous
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You need a college student (but you might have to be flexible with hours to work around their schedule) or you need a 'grandma' type mother's helper.
I agree with $20-25 for what you want - part time with a parent home + housekeeping |
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I advertised for a similar position a few months ago and found several promising candidates in the $15-20 hour range. Some applicants were students, a couple were young professionals with day jobs (I was looking for help during the dinner and evening hours), and a couple were mature grandmotherly types who genuinely seemed to like the idea of helping a young family adjust to a new baby.
I'd suggest calling your job a "mother's helper" position and being very clear about what you mean by housekeeping when you advertise. If you mean help with things like baby laundry, dinner cleanup, bottle washing, etc. as opposed to toilet scrubbing and dusting say that. Lots of women love new babies and would be happy to work alongside a new mom, but don't necessarily want to be the cleaning lady. If you are looking for heavy housecleaning, expect to pay more. |
Anonymous
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$15- $17/hr.
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Anonymous
Thank you for sharing your experience! Thats sounds close to what we are looking for! |