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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just for kicks, would anyone care to sketch a hypothetical budget for a DC area live-out nanny earning $15 per hour? Guesstimate 30% for taxes, rent, utilities, student loans, car loans, food, clothing, etc., etc.
I am wondering how they do it.[/quote]

We got a nanny that performed the following for 15.00 in DC

Here is what she did more or less
- she is responsible for meals (or bottles), cleaning up after meals, cooking food for them, etc... 
- she does the kids' laundry, bedding, maintains orderliness of play areas, etc... 
- she helps me organize their clothes/buy new/rotate out old, etc... 
- she drives my kids all over the place - lessons, activities, preschool, library, park.... 
- she has responsibility for my kids in and outside the home 
- she is expected to maintain the household schedule (naps, bottles, bedtimes if appropriate), and disciplinary approach 
- she is a partner w/ us in establishing schedules and systems and evolving as the kids grow 
- she has, on occasion, stayed overnight w/ the kids and been the responsible party while we travelled out of town 
- she is the designated person to contact in an emergency if a parent is unavailable and a child needs to be picked up from school

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You make her sound like a real professional. 
1. Why would she settle for $15/hr when she could easily double that?
2. How does she live on that in this area? Is there someone else supporting her?[/quote]

Better question...is she a legal citizen? [/quote]

Yes she is legal. It is a sad word, when the only job security NANNIES have is that people won't hire illegal people and pay under the table. Talk about limited skillset and limiting another person's livelihood.[/quote]

It’s a sad world when ppl take advantage of nannies and pay them pennies just so they can have cheap care. Then try to spin it that it isn’t an important or real job. You aren’t paying your nanny a livable wage and have the audacity to talk about livelihood. [/quote]

15.00 is a livable wage. Many Daycare employees, who perform the activities many nannies do for their charges, get paid even less than that.  Its silly.[/quote]

Are you living on $15/hr? If not, then how would you know it’s livable? [/quote]

There is a difference between LIVABLE and comfortable. NO I make around 94 per hour.[/quote]

This is a sad response. And the saddest part is you don’t even know what’s wrong with it. [/quote]
+1[/quote]

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