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[quote=Anonymous]What else are you offering in terms of benefits? Health care stipend? Paid holidays? Paid vacation? Guaranteed hours? (all except the health care stipend are standard, and that is on its way to becoming common)

If you're offering her a regular package (paid holidays, 2 weeks paid vacation - one week her choice, one week yours, approx. 5 PTO sick/personal days, and a guarantee of a minimum number of hours so, for instance, if grandma comes into town and you don't need her for two days, you pay her anyway) I would say starting around $16-18 would be appropriate. You'll want to give her a raise when #2 comes along (or after one year with your family, perhaps) so starting much higher would perhaps make that difficult.

The key is to interview her, make your offer, and wait for her negotiation/counter-offer and go from there.

FWIW, I am a nanny with a BA, employed FT with all benefits listed above (including health insurance), 5+ years experience, also in charge of one infant (with more potentially on the way) and I'm making $20/hr. Others here will surely tell you to go higher and others will tell you to go lower - just offer as much as you comfortably can (and that doesn't mean offer as much as you can without ending up in the poorhouse, but offer as much as you believe she is worth without creating extra stress in your household/budgeting). [/quote]

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