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[quote=nomdeweb]havent read the whole thread, but our nanny started at 15/hr, though it has since gone up. Her pre-tax salary, with OT, is about 45k which was a significantly higher salary than what i made from age 30 to 36, when I got bumped up to 60k, but then had kids....). Her busband is an electrician, probably makes a decent salary, they have health benefits through his employment they have 2 kids in publlic school and are buying a house in silver spring. SHe does not drive and did not have a lot of experience when we hired her, but is more competitive now. Maybe she should be getting paid more, but we can't afford more, she is free to find a new job that pays more and we would give her a stellar recommendation, but I think she likes working for us.  We try to make it good for her in other ways--lots of vacation, transportation expenses, and we do not micromanage at all,  but the reality is that our family's income of 135 does not provide lots of room for a 25/hr nanny. OUr best bet financially now would be to put #1 in afterschool and #2 in daycare, but we are reluctant to do that because our nanny is worried about getting another job. So, we would prefer to keep her employed as long as we can and as long as she wants to. Exploitative? or realistic? [/quote]

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