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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You should deduct taxes for your nanny, for her sake. It is a tiny bit of work for you upfront and then easier for everyone.

Given what you're looking for, I'd expect to pay $18-$20/hr to get it. Sure, you might luck out with a great, young nanny but you're looking for 5+ years of infant experience and that's a nanny who should know her worth. Anyone with five years experience who isn't charging $18-$20 is, one way or another, just not as good as you want.[/quote]

I already wrote that we will be paying taxes. My husband and I are thinking of $20/hr starting rate ( we will pay $23-24 so nanny gets desired rate), 2 weeks paid vacation, 3 sick days, 2 personal days, and health insurance. We will provide lunch and snacks and petty cash for outings. We are looking to employ a nanny for years so raises and bonuses will be given. [/quote]

You're planning on overpaying significantly.  Almost all posters in the nanny section on this site are nannies who are trying to inflate salaries.  What you're looking for is not abnormal at all and is what is expected from a nanny - nothing you posted is out of the ordinary. If you can afford this rate, pay it, but be aware that you're thinking of offering way over market.[/quote]

I don't want to sound like I'm being snotty but money isn't much of an issue. We both having well paid jobs and quite a bit saved. We could easily pay a nanny out of one of ours savings accounts for years without issue. We also don't want to pay a crazy amount just because we have the money. DH thinks $18/hr is more than enough to start, especially since $18 will be the gross wage and we are are paying for 6 extra hours a weeks that she won't be working. Is that too low? [/quote]
You don't sound snotty. You sound silly.  A job's market rate is the job's market rate, regardless of how rich or poor the employer is.  When you go to the grocery store and see a $5 bag of onions, do you offer the cashier $10 just because you have a "well-paid" job?

The job you are offering has standard nanny responsibilities and expectations, there is nothing unique or special about what you expect for your baby at all.  Any professional nanny should be able to do this job, it doesn't take a supernanny.  Therefore, expect to pay an average rate for an infant nanny.  $18/hr is a perfectly good rate for an infant nanny with an average workload, and she should be happy with that rate for at least a couple of years, unless the workload changes. [/quote]

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