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Better than average families usually find better than average nannies. They know what they want usually costs more.

They don't want what I typically see in the neighborhood playgrounds. They want a professional that doesn't need micromanagement.

The principle still holds. You advertise for what you want, see what comes in that meets your standards, and look at their asking rates. It's not rational to say there is no market rate for what you want, whatever it is.

Thing is, everyone wants something different, in spite of that list of basics.

I never said it was a list of basics, I said it is a list of what you want. However different what you want is, there are people out there who have it, and they have asking rates. When you find them and find out what they charge, this is your going rate.

Smart families price the job based on the requirements of the job and the market rates for the area. Market rates can be found here, on neighborhood list servs and by asking other nanny employers. The BLS also has average nanny rates, but I find they are a little on the low side. Using those metrics, a NF can establish a range they are comfortable with and only interview nannies who charges within that range.

It has been proven again and again that overpaying does not buy a better nanny. In addition, overpaying might sooner price a nanny out of a job when annual raises and other perks are factored in. There are far more nannies than jobs (at least in this area) so it is imperative that NFs do their research and price their job accordingly.

Where has this been proven again and again?

A nanny job is like any other - the more experience and higher education - the higher the rate of pay.[/quote]

Not true, because the job of nannying has no quantifiable or specialized skill set that would be enhanced by higher education or experience (except in rare circumstances). Nannying is a pretty simple job and the vast majority of nanny jobs are the same. If I have a single child, with no special needs, there are plenty of people who could be a good nanny for the child, one with 20 years experience and one with two. It just isn't that hard. Now, if I have a special skill set I'm looking for, like a second language or significant homework help for an older child, I may be interested in higher education and that would be on my list and I would be prepared to pay extra for it. But in the absence of a special skill, there is simply no good reason to pay above market rate because overpaying in no way correlates to better caregiving.

This is why parents need to look at the job they need, the skills they need, and the market rates to price their job and find the nanny they need.

Sure, a nanny can ask for whatever rate she wants, and she can say her rate is based on experience or education, but since moving from one nanny job to another is basically a lateral move, and the job she is applying for is as simple as the one she left, she isn't worth more based solely on her experience or education.

The reason people in other fields make more with each job change is that they are moving into jobs that require more experience and education, and thus those factors are important in being able to do a job and do it well. Nannying isn't the same. There are no new advances in childcare.[/quote]

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