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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The rates are so variable because nannies and employers negotiate as individuals. We saw the same thing hiring a nanny. Candidates with more experience/qualifications would be asking for less than candidates with lower experience/qualifications. There are a lot of nannies on the market and not very many high paying jobs. Nannies who are recently leaving their jobs and were paid at the higher end or over market  will start their job search hoping to find the same amount but after months of rejection and unemployment will start to lower their rates. You'll see them come in around $12-$15 and the others who haven't figured out the market will be asking for $16-$20. The reality is that as an employer if you start to see several good candidates at the $12-$14 rate you will drop down even if you had originally budgeted around $15-$17. Among everyone I know with a nanny, I honestly don't see a big difference in salary between 1 kid, 2 kid or even shares. We know several people in 2 infant shares with great nannies that are paid $15 and everyone else with 1-3 kids started paying between $12-$15.

If you want a higher rate then you need to have enough savings to get through a much longer search. You'll need to work in DC rather than suburbs where there are even more nannies. Your best bet is to find a naive, nervous first time mom with a high income who doesn't understand the market either. Your best bet is to go through an agency as the employers using an agency already have enough disposable income to spend 1-3K to have someone else do a search and agencies that charge a % of the 1st year's salary are incentivized to inflate the salaries to their clients.

You'll need to look up unemployment on a gov site. I believe that prior work at a job before the one you just lost within a certain time period does count toward hitting the requirements. [/quote]

OP you should really listen to this one. She's on point.
The only thing I don't agree with is taking advantage of a first time, nervous, unsuspecting mother with extra cash to spare.[/quote]

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