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[quote=Anonymous]I'm an MB and just want to point out that for us, a lot of the decision to hire a nanny came from the fact that we needed only PT care and could not find a daycare nearby (we are in the DC area) which would allow us to enroll an infant PT. In other words, we would be paying for 60 hours a week of care and using 25-30. This actually made sense financially when we had one kid. I think it averaged out to around $10-12 an hour. When we had a second, it made more sense to pay a nanny. We started out paying $17 an hour for 2 kids a few years ago. The truth is that, yes, I think it would be very hard to live in the DC area on $15-18 an hour. I think it would be nearly impossible to live on $12 an hour without assistance. But that fact is not necessarily what drives how much employers can and will pay. Some families will not feel the need to hire someone with a college degree, etc, etc. [/quote]
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