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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Start with what your budget is and then see if you can afford a nanny.
Those rates are gross. But you also have to pay 7-9% employer share of taxes. 
At $18 an hour after taxes the[b] nanny gets $14 or so which is not a lot[/b]. So go from there. [/quote]

Too be fair, maybe this is a little skewed coming from a first time mom, but thats a lot more than any other job you can get without a college degree. And nannying is more enjoyable I'm sure and comes with lots of other perks you won't get from McDonalds.[/quote]

Oh sure. But then $14 take home for someone who is responsible for health and safety of a baby doesn't seem like much. Not to mention that it's hard to live on that in this area. [/quote]
Agreed. In fact, I'd love to see the monthly budget for any self-supporting adult in the DC area on that wage. And I don't mean group party houses and noodles every day.[/quote]

A nanny is not entitled to live in an expensive area. If she can't afford it then move farther out. You think a nanny in Beverly Hills deserves to live IN Beverly Hills?[/quote]

No one is entitled to anything. But I would rather my nanny lived somewhere closer to me so she's not commuting for an hour or more to get to me and can get here in bad weather days too. And so she can have money for good food and healthcare and not come in sick or exhausted and be generally happy around my kid and not because it's the only job she can get.  call me a sucker or something. [/quote]

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