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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am sure before you apply for a job, you have a privilege to investigate the company that will employ you and figure out the range that employees in the company make. This isn't the case for nannies. No one really knows what families are paying out here so it's definitely puts nannies in a sticky place. [b]My recommendation to younger people is to just not go into being a nanny if you are thinking about buying a home, having children, building your little retirement fund because the salary isn't consistent or reliable.[/b] It's an OK job if you are older though. Also OP might have passed on great candidates due to judging them as greedy. Who isn't thinking about salary while job hunting? Nanny is still a job after all OP. [/quote]

I disagree (highlighted above). If you're experienced and/or educated you can make decent pay being a nanny. The key is to find a family who wants someone long term, ideally, someone with an infant and who wants to have more children. Working as a teacher in a daycare, not only is it harder and stressful (more children, more responsibility, in some cases not a lot of help etc) you really don't make that much money- which they should. I left daycare making $35k a year. I was at my location for 4.5 years and started at $23k. I now have been a nanny for 1.5 years and I make $54k a year. With the same benefits minus the matched 401k I received. So please don't tell young folks not to consider a nanny job if they want to do xyz. And why do you think being a nanny isn't consistent or reliable? Its a job. [/quote]

+1 Totally agree...I worked for MCPS and the only good thing was the health benefits. I make triple what I made before without the stress of elementary age kids and constant days off with no pay. I actually love being a nanny and wish I had left the county sooner. I have a retirement but I’m also married to a government employee. [/quote]

Yes, my MB is about to have another baby so I will be making more. I was so stressed (sick a lot) working at daycare, which I did for 8 years. And don't get me started on the lack of communication between admin and staff. I love being a nanny as well. I love being able to take the children all over the DMV and them getting that one-on-one time. [/quote]
I got a $5/hr raise when they added their infant care to my responsibilities.[/quote]

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