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[quote=Anonymous]Earlier in the year I was caring for a 1.5 year old boy 30 hours week . The family (lets call them family a) is amazing in every way but I feel they might be paying me too little, $11.00 an hour. I recently moved here from Indiana and didn't check around before I told them my hourly rate. I thought $11 was pretty standard but now I am running into nannies who tell me I am crazy to charge this rate. I do have quite a bit of experience and so I think I could find other jobs paying on the upper end of the going rate $20/hour. This job ended a few months ago because the mom had a baby and is on maternity leave. They have asked me to come back to work for them in December when the mom goes back to work. They will need coverage 2 full days/week. I also wanted to mention this family does not pay taxes or medical benefits because I asked for them to do it this way. I would want to pay taxes though in the future if we decide to work together again. I still do childcare for them every weekend.

So anyway, I currently have a PT nanny position (family b) caring for 2 children and I am paid $20/hour. They also pay all of the nanny taxes. I have been with them for nearly 3 months and have definitely been very happy. They have expressed that they're very happy with me and would me to continue working for them until next fall and possibly longer. I really love both families so I am just not sure what to do!

My question is, how much more, if any, should a nanny be paid for caring for the 2nd child? I currently make $1200 month after taxes with my current job (family b ) If my rates stays the same then I would take home $792/month working for family A. I would basically need to ask family b to pay me the same rate they did in the spring but I would be working 18 hours instead of 27.

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