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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was struck by the average hourly rate - it seemed so low!

And only 15% are paid on the books?  The market must just be nuts up there.[/quote]

Struck? Totally normal and inline.[/quote]

I guess so, but I thought NYC would be higher than DC.  I would have expected the average to be $18 or something.  It seems like we're always hearing here (DCUM) about how much higher the rates are there, but this article kind of gives the lie to that (though the perks are certainly different!)[/quote]

This article reports $17/hr for NYC and several articles for DC, and heads of nanny placement firms, cite $15-20/hr for our area, so that's on par. Honestly, I find rents in DC much higher than I did in NYC, and food's more expensive here too, so I'm not surprised that the wages are approx the same. The extra perks are interesting though. Anyone know how much a family gym membership goes for in NYC these days? Is it just like an extra $100/month to add another household member to that? If so, seems like a cost-effective way to plus up the overall compensation package. [/quote]

exactly. $17/hr plus other things to minimize the family's and nanny's taxes.  Plus more nannies there are looking for 5-10 year positions not flipping around every 2 years. so they get the 3% annual raise plus other items that don't go through taxes.  No dummies there. [/quote]

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