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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have had friends tell me they have a live-in AP and have heard a range on the high end of over $2-3k per month to around $1k (not sure how up to snuff this arrangement is).

What's my realistic expectation?  Are there truly options for <$2k for live-in APs working all week?

What resource can you all recommend[/quote]

Yes, it is spectacularly cheap foreign labor that is available to the masses.

9k agency fee
500 education 
10,400 annual AuPair salary
$2,600 extra in food (us)
1200 extra in car insurance
1200 extra in car maintenance
500 in gifts

So at a bare minimum the program costs us $25,400.

Added optional expenses and taking the AuPair on  vacation with you (common practice), taking the out to eat with you, and/or paying over the stipend.

We have always paid $250/wk ( I meticulously track hours and make sure the federal minimum wage gets paid). Right now we are paying $400/wk, because this is a very difficult time. Out annual costs are closer to 30k-32k.

Still an amazing deal for live in childcare.  A super crappy illegal nanny who can't drive would still cost us $15/hr, which equates to $600/wk. Our family requires a driver and if we had a nanny we would need a legal worker with a clean driving record.

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