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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do single adults in the d.c. area pay their bills on $15 an hour without government assistance. Serious question. I am a nanny. I am able to put a tiny bit away a month. But I don't have anything saved for retirement. I am 30. I make $900 pre tax a week[/quote]

The problem is, unskilled jobs don't pay well. Anything that does not involve getting a degree is not going to pay well, unless you luck out with a white collar office job (which happens) by being at the right place, at the right time, impressing the right people. I have someone that works for me in an entry level position and make 32K/yr which is well under a nanny wage. He lives with his girlfriend and they split the rent of a 1BR apt. However, he has a college degree and this is just the first stop in his career. A nanny has a first stop over and over again.

How does anyone make it work? Retail and food service employees are everywhere and they make less than $15/hr.[/quote]

Yup.

I pay my nanny more than some of the "professional" staff at my company earn.[/quote]

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