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[quote=Anonymous]DC Area here - We hired a full time (40 hrs + guaranteed overtime every week, on the books, 25/hr + time and a half overtime) nanny in January for our 2yo. She  has been wonderful and we all love her. When it became evident that she would have to  take on the care of our other child (4yo)when COVID shut down their school, we asked her if she would be expecting a higher rate per hour for two children. She assured us she was just thankful for the job. We are very flexible with her, provide  paid time off and paid sick leave as well. We do not ask her to and she does not do anything except take care of the kids - no laundry, No errands, No cleaning except messes made by kids during their day, etc.

Asking here because I want to know if we’re right to be a bit put off or not...is 35/hr too much for two kids now 3 and 5?  We have seen the 35-40/hr  rate from others and friends with 3-4 children and laundry/cleaning included as well. This is also a 40% raise (with same hours)  and we’ve learned most increase by 10-15% after a year. We really want her to be happy and feel content, but we think this may be too large of a jump. That being said, we understand that a higher rate is justifiable due to the immense change COVID has brought on. We have offered to provide compensation in other ways i.e. paying for her health insurance (since she is currently uninsured and this makes us uncomfortable due to her health situation) as well as Increasing her pay by 10%-15%/hr but that is not an attractive option to her. She is purely interested in more money/hr. On a side note- we are aware that she has many personal reasons for wanting  more money (because she has sometimes shared too many details with us) but also do not feel like it is our responsibility to “cover the gap” in her expenses.

Looking for advice on nanny rates and what is not enough/too much in these crazy times! TIA

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