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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous]Wow, this is incredabily generous.  You should be able to attract someone first rate.  [b]We pay $300 a week for a similar setup (50 hours a week)[/b] in NArlington except we provide a car to use on the off-hours.  APs make $190 a week for 45 hours, but there are other fees involved.

I would actually advertise this as a range and ask candidates what they are looking for.  Also, I would include date night once a week in the contact.  
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Wow - this is not even minimum wage! I think the OPs $10/hour is fair - and NOT incredibly generous. [/quote]

Nope, it's fair.  This is a young women with no nanny experiance, right out of school.  She has NO bills.  We cover room, board, car, insurnace and cell phone.  This is a substantial benefit, esp in a high-cost area.  My friends with APs pay $200 a week and my live-in nanny who is the same age and experiance level is paid 50% more.  Granted she works five more hours than the APs do, but I had tonss of candidates apply at this salary level.  PP who is paying $13 an hour for 50 hours a week is waaaaaaaay over paying, just as she suspects. [/quote]

I made $425/week for my first live in job almost 15 years ago.  This was taking care of two small children 45-50 hours a week with a separate apartment, car, holidays, sick days, vacation days, health insurance stipend, etc.  I don't know how you MB's convince yourself that paying someone $200-300/week is "fair" pay.  What I've learned over the years is that you can almost always find for the job, but that doesn't mean that they are not complaining behind your back about how little they make and biding their time before they can find something better.  This is true for Au Pair's as well.  I can't tell you how many Au Pair's I've met over the years that were seriously unhappy with the amount of money they were being paid.  A lot of you would be shocked to hear some of the things that they say about your families.  [/quote]

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