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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Thank you for the feedback. In the NY market there are also nannies who command much higher salaries but that is not the norm and those who are paid the market "average" are some of the most wonderful dedicated and profession women we have met and become friends with over the past 6 years with our current beloved nanny. We also want to provide a workplace and find a person who will be happy in the position, is naturally inclined to love our children and join our family long term rather than be focused on "at least a solid year". 
Is this common in the DC market that nannies may jump around year to year?[/quote]

Nanny jumping isn't common here but its also seems less common for people around here to keep nannies once the youngest goes to school. It may be because there are many more upper middle class, two income families jobs than jobs with people who are super wealthy in this area. The average 200-300K income family is not keeping a 45K nanny around if they are paying for private school or their kids are in sports anyway so they only need an hour of care a day. Au pairs, part time nannies, aftercare, and camps seem much more common.

There are some wonderful nannies who are not legal work but have a very hard time finding a job here. When we were interviewing, I was disappointed that 2 of my favorites were not legal and we wouldn't do this because of our jobs. One warning about your search is that you will get flooded with responses and need to do a lot of weeding no matter what you advertise.

I'd agree that $15 is an average standard rate for a good nanny. You'll be able to find a great nanny for $16-$18. There are $20 nannies but this is much less common and usually is someone who rose above their market ceiling with annual raises and a surprise bump from another kid being born. [b]The rates that people quote here are also average rates not base rates. I never saw a nanny that negotiated in terms of base or ever reported her base when asked what she made previously.[/b] Its best to negotiate in terms of both average rate and weekly gross for that average rate against the number of scheduled hours. When you write your contract make sure that you figure out the actual base rate for the first 40 hours and the OT rate for the hours over 40 hours.

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Not necessarily true. If I quote someone a rate, say $18/hour for 2 kids, that's precisely what I mean. If your job requires overtime, why would that suddenly change what the work is valued at. The whole point of OT pay is to fairly compensate those working overtime, and to discourage employers from overworking their employees. I see a lot of MBs on here spout this crap and its just wrong. Your need for more hours does not entitle you to underpay someone. [/quote]

I always quote my base rate ($18-20/hr), not my "average." If you need OT, my OT rate is 1.5x whatever rate I quoted you.

If that sounds impractical because of the number of OT hours you need (say a 60hr/wk job), then you can come to the table prepared to negotiate a lower base rate by offering me something else - more paid time off or health care coverage, for example.[/quote]

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