Anonymous wrote:You're starting at $15.84/hour for 47 hours, then dropping to $15.45/hour for 50 hours.

$16/hour would be $808/47 hours and $880/50 hours.

$17/hour = $858.50 then $935.

Even if you have to work backwards OP, you need to have both hourly and OT rates in writing in your contract.

Anonymous wrote:$850/week for 50 hours works out to $15.45/hour. That's okay but not amazing. You cannot salary a nanny--a nanny must be paid hourly and must be paid overtime.

Anonymous wrote:I hired a nanny this spring, in Montgomery County, for basically this identical set of hours, compensation and benefits. I have two preschoolers.

I received something like 60 applications, and at least 20 of those were feasible candidates.

I required legal work status, paid on the books, excellent driving record and own transportation, prior experience, and fluency in English.

I had several qualified applicants. And I had some who wouldn't consider that rate (though why they bothered to apply and waste all of our time I don't know) which is fine. If I hadn't found someone I liked at that dollar level I would have reconsidered. But I found someone great.

OP will have qualified applicants. If she doesn't like the pool of applicants at her rate she can always go up.

Anonymous wrote:Look, I really posted here for MB reactions as I knew what the response would be from nannies on this board.

I will say that for our first nanny, we paid substantially less than the package I am proposing now -- and she was great although not experienced. She was better in most ways than our current part time experienced and educated nanny who we pay $20 an hour. (We only needed substantially fewer part time for several years and our first nanny needed full time)

I was wondering what kind of pool we'll get at this middle rate - and I think I have had some good responses.

And yes - it is a benefit to guarantee hours: hourly means hourly. When I used to work hourly at a non-nanny job, I didn't get paid if my employer changed my shifts last minute on me. It would be nice to be able afford the $60,000 annually for nanny taxes and salary that I know the nannies on this board say are standard for 50 hours a week, but we just can't. Not many can. When I ran this current package through Breedlove, it was about a $46,000 obligation annually for us, including taxes.

Anonymous wrote:Park Slope Parents Nanny Compensation Survey results:

http://www.parkslopeparents.com/

IMPORTANT FINDINGS

Pay Findings for full time nannies:

$15.93 per hour for 1 child ($.82 more than 2013)
$17.33 per hour for 2 children ($.87 more than 2013)

Part-time nannies continue to make a higher hourly rate than a full-time nannies:

$17.43 per hour for 10-20 hours vs. $16.05 per hour for 50+ hours

Time Off:

The average agreed upon days off is 15 days, while the reported days actually received is 21 days.
6 in ten (63%) try to give their nanny time off of the nanny's discretion.

Raises & Bonuses:

The most common raise given is $1.00 per hour.
Giving bonuses continues to be standard, with 1 week's pay given the most common amount.

This is for NY. If anything I expect DC pay to be lower than NY.

Anonymous wrote:Your rate is definitely a good one and ignore the crazy nannies on here who tell you otherwise.

Breedlove has been quoted in some years back saying most nannies have a hard time passing the $30k/year threshold. That tells you a lot.

You will get tons of candidates. I had a similar experience to the 16:35 poster and I searched in McLean. Higher pay does not equal better nanny. It is really luck of the draw and you need to keep drawing until you find someone you feel good about. Your rate and conditions are more than reasonable.