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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have 16 mth old twins and our nanny has been with us since they were 4 months old.  We pay $650/week, for 50 hours, plus a monthly contribution to health insurance, two weeks vacation, one week sick leave, 10 federal holidays.

We found her through a neighborhood listserv from another family whose twins she helped raise.  When we asked her for her salary requirements she said $575/week - which was absurd.  We bumped it but frankly she's still a steal.

Think about what your requirements are - legal, citizen, drives, fluency in English, etc... and that will also help inform costs.

Good luck![/quote]

A legal driving English speaking nanny can find this easily watching ONE baby. You should expect to pay more than this OP. [/quote]

Well then that legal, driving, English speaking nanny could take another job. PLENTY of nannies would be happy with that kind of a salary. Please stop giving us good nannies a bad name.[/quote]

I don't believe for one second that you're a nanny. $650/week for 50 hours comes down to $13/hour AVERAGE. That is not a common rate for twins in any DC metro area for a legal driving English fluent nanny. It's just not. And taking feeling as though tht rate is low does not make someone a bad nanny and accepting that rate does not make you a good nanny. You may be a good nanny, but taking a below market rate is not what defines a good nanny. [/quote]

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