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[quote=Anonymous]I'm going through my first nanny search, looking for someone Monday-Friday, 8-7 to take care of one infant. We live in a medium-COL city (median HHI here is ~$60k... think Houston/San Diego/Portland sort of place). We're thinking of offering $1000/wk gross for 55hrs ($16/40hrs base, $24/15hrs OT) but have been a little surprised to find how unattractive that is to nannies, as many candidates either:
  a) Are not willing to work that many hours
  b) Want $20+ base for this job
[There is also c) 20 year olds desperate for "as many hours as possible" and have less childcare experience -- but this seems, at best, like a high turnover situation]

My original thought was that since it is more hours, a slightly lower base of $16 would still be competitive as it works out to $52k/yr with OT pay and guaranteed hours, but am now wondering if it is the opposite and nannies require an even higher rate when hours are longer than the "standard" 40-50 hrs/wk? Our goal is high-quality, consistent care for our kid until she goes to school, so where should we focus our efforts/money? Is it offering as high a rate as we can? Giving more PTO of the nanny's choice? Something else? Basically, what would make a job with long hours more attractive to great nannies?

We do plan to come home early whenever work allows to relieve the nanny, and we take maybe 3-4wks of vacation a year (which we would also give the nanny off with pay, as opposed to making her walk the dog or whatever), but since these are not guaranteed/nanny's choice, I'm not sure if nannies would consider these much of a plus. Looking for any suggestions about how to make this job more appealing to candidates and sustainable for whomever we hire. TIA![/quote]

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