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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need to bring more to the table to command a higher price.

I think with the things you described and chose to mention that $15-17/hr is the correct range for you. I am not sure how much more you are hoping to earn per hour, but lets assume you want to be make more than $22/hr, I think you would really need to have maybe 10 years of full-time nannying experience to ASK for that salary (you could always get lucky and find a rich family who really likes you that might pay $25/hr, but I'm saying you need these things to ask for this salary from the general public.) Depending on the ages of kids you work with you should have some special relevant skills for that family. I work with families with older children so I can only really speak for them, but some things I've noticed in others that earn in the upper range:

- Be an american citizen with no accent
- Speak a european language, not Spanish, fluently.
- Be something hard to find like a certified teacher or actually even a guy (I have seen career male nannies with lots of experience get huge salaries.)
- Be exceptional at a sport or two, black belt in TKD, USSF licensed soccer coach or ex-varsity player, gymnastics coach at a competitive level, competitive swimmer, something certifiable and provable
- Have hobbies that the parents would like their kids to experience, examples like running if their kids on the track team, mountain biking if they have a bunch of boys, painting or dancing (again, be good, you could show them pictures of your paintings or videos of you dancing with a dance team) if they have girls
- Be a good cook, even if for the kids only you want to let the parents know you won't be making hotdogs and mac and cheese every day. You can also teach the kids.
- Have experience in things like allergies/EPI pens, asthma management, insulin injections/monitoring, etc.
- Be CPR/etc certified without lapsing
- It's a plus I think if you are working or volunteering somewhere where you are background checked (school, sports coach, etc) because that seems to carry more weight to a parent knowing that you are not just handing them a paper that looks like a background check but that a respected company/organization also reviewed it and trusts the results

For babies change all the sports stuff to all those baby buzz topics (but again make sure you can prove skill and proficiency and not just say you've done it before) like baby sing language, etc (idk any of this stuff, maybe someone else can respond.)
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Oh, just stop. You'd get laughed right out of the parents' career forum, with some of your recommendations. You're just mad.[/quote]

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