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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't get the comments about housing.  More than likely you have that extra bedroom regardless of it is used so its not costing you any more and you have her/him living with you for your need, not theirs.[/quote]

But if a young woman was to try to be a live-out nanny - she would have to pay a lot of money for housing in this area.  So host families are providing a huge financial benefit to these au pairs.  How do you possibly not understand that?

Putting the au pair program aside, this is why live-in nannies are paid less than live-out nannies even when the job is typically a lot harder.

How is this a hard concept to understand? 
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Actually, I’m not, thanks.  I live in for the family’s convenience: the job description could not be done by someone living out.  Therefore, I’m paid the same way I’d be paid if I lived out.[/quote]

I bet you are paid a lot less than your employers would have to pay a live-out nanny to get the same services you provide.

I know several live-in nannies who were not able to find affordable housing in this area.  They live with the family during the week and then go "home" on the weekends.  "Home" is usually somewhere west of DC area.  They charge a significant amount less than a live out nanny in this area.  They do not live with these families for the families' convenience, it is for their own.

I'm not bashing you, I'm just saying that you are getting something out of this as well.  
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