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[quote=Anonymous]MB here.  OP, your annual salary/flat rate works out to $900/week.  I think you will have many applicants to choose from at that level, with lots of qualifications and experience.  You won't get the absolute top level, agency type nanny, but you can absolutely get great childcare for that.  You could probably find it for less also but that level will give you lots of options.

To be really aboveboard though you need to break that compensation down to an hourly rate for 40 hours and time and a half for 10 hrs per week.  So your agreement with the nanny you hire might read something like: weekly salary of $900, based on a 50 hour work week of 8am-6pm.  This salary is based on a base hourly rate of $16/hr for the first 40 hours, and $24 as the overtime rate for 10 hours weekly.  (Those are close to what the hourly rates would be.)

You want to be specific about the hourly rate - it's important to be clear about that on both the nanny and employer side, and it's also important legally.

In my experience a nanny who is looking for a full-time job is sometimes more interested in the total amount per week than the per hour rate it works out to, but you don't want to tell someone that you're paying $18 an hour flat rate.  That's ambiguous.  That could easily be understood to mean 40 hours at $18 and 10 at $27.  The total dollar difference weekly isn't huge, but it matters.

Also, you might end up having weeks where you need the nanny's assistance for a few extra hours, or overnight, or whatever...  The overtime rates start becoming more significant then.

Also, think about your total package.  Vacation/sick leave, benefits coverage or any other things like that, holidays, etc...

You should be able to put together an extremely competitive and attractive package with the dollars you're talking about.

Good luck.[/quote]

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