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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah I was wondering where the $175 came from!? The average can’t be lower than the minimum stipend![/quote]

Au Pair in America has the EduCare program where the au pairs can only work 30 hours/week. Maybe they only get $175 in that program? (just guessing)[/quote]

PP, I actually remember looking into that and it wasn't cheaper, because those au pairs are supposed better qualified.[/quote]

You’re confusing two Apia programs: educare and extraordinare. The former is nominally cheaper (150/week) but you pay double for classes and get 30 hours and the latter is for AP’s who are more highly trained and is more expensive (250 weekly stipend). [/quote]

The article sets up the thought that 45 hours is the average, not the maximum.  And we all know that educare APs have a lower maximum, which is why they have a lower stipend, but the article not only didn’t explain that difference, it said that the “average” is $175-200.  No, the “average” AP makes the stipend or more.[/quote]

Poster who wrote about educares above, here. 
You’re absolutely right. The article was wrong. I find it so annoying when they get even basic things about the program wrong. [/quote]

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