Offer $20/hr and pay the IRS reimbursement rate for driving.

Oh, and definitely pay OT at appropriate rates.

we've always just filled up the car ourselves (MB here) so that piece doesn't factor in.

Gas

If she uses your car you pay the car and take the insurance, depreciation costs yourself. No need to reimburse

nannydebsays wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pay the 1 child rate for X hours there is 1 child and the 3 child rate when there are 3 children being cared for (after school, snow days, random school days off).

1 child rate is $15-17 ph, 3 child rate is 19-20 ph. Driving is IRS $ per mile, or 5-10/week depending on time/distance. Vacations should be the guaranteed minimum (1 child rate * 40 hours). Plenty of time for meal prep, kid tidying/laundry while young one naps.

This is fine if you like tracking who was with nanny when in 15 minute increments.

Most people I know who start with a new nanny when baby #3 is born simply pay a slightly lower than normal 3 kid rate (or a slightly higher than normal 1 kid rate) for all hours nanny works. I'd see what kind of candidates you get with an offer of $18/hour plus OT, or $990-/week.

Have nanny track mileage and pay the IRS rate. $10/week covers less than 18 total miles.

And the fastest way to lose the interest of any experienced nanny is to tell her that when YOU choose not to use her services she will take a 25% pay cut (10 hours = $198, 8 hours = $144) for each day you are gone. Use guaranteed hours. Pay her her 50 hour rate 52 weeks a year.

OP here.

Thanks nannydeb -- paying one flat rate seems to make the most sense, if nothing else so that I don't feel guilty, or the nanny doesn't feel put-upon, when there are other children there.

We have a car available for the nanny to use with our children/carpool while on the job. Does that factor in at all to rates or does it just mean we don't have to worry about tracking mileage?

Anonymous wrote:Pay the 1 child rate for X hours there is 1 child and the 3 child rate when there are 3 children being cared for (after school, snow days, random school days off).

1 child rate is $15-17 ph, 3 child rate is 19-20 ph. Driving is IRS $ per mile, or 5-10/week depending on time/distance. Vacations should be the guaranteed minimum (1 child rate * 40 hours). Plenty of time for meal prep, kid tidying/laundry while young one naps.

This is fine if you like tracking who was with nanny when in 15 minute increments.

Most people I know who start with a new nanny when baby #3 is born simply pay a slightly lower than normal 3 kid rate (or a slightly higher than normal 1 kid rate) for all hours nanny works. I'd see what kind of candidates you get with an offer of $18/hour plus OT, or $990-/week.

Have nanny track mileage and pay the IRS rate. $10/week covers less than 18 total miles.

And the fastest way to lose the interest of any experienced nanny is to tell her that when YOU choose not to use her services she will take a 25% pay cut (10 hours = $198, 8 hours = $144) for each day you are gone. Use guaranteed hours. Pay her her 50 hour rate 52 weeks a year.

I'm in a nanny share with 3 kids--one infant and two 3 yr olds. We pay a flat rate of $26/hr for 50hrs/wk plus pretty generous benefits. The two older kids are in preschool 15 hrs a week and she does pickup, but not drop off. I agree with PP about the pay calculation, but would say that you should consider upping the 3 kid rate to something higher.

Pay the 1 child rate for X hours there is 1 child and the 3 child rate when there are 3 children being cared for (after school, snow days, random school days off).

1 child rate is $15-17 ph, 3 child rate is 19-20 ph. Driving is IRS $ per mile, or 5-10/week depending on time/distance. Vacations should be the guaranteed minimum (1 child rate * 40 hours). Plenty of time for meal prep, kid tidying/laundry while young one naps.

We will have to move on from our current nanny of 5 years when our newest baby arrives this spring. Since we will be starting over with someone new, and for three children (newborn, 3 and 5yo) I have no idea what rate range we should be anticipating. We would need 50 hrs/week, responsibility for all standard child-related duties (caretaking, driving for school pickups/activities/play dates, kids dishes/laundry/meals/tidying, etc). Our two oldest are in school 5 days a week in the school year, and we would expect our nanny to care for them when they're home sick or off from school so I'm not sure how to factor that into the rate. We would offer PTO and sick time -- does that get factored into the gross hourly, and if so, how?

Thanks so much for your help as we figure this out.