Most parents tend to do what they can to maintain consistency for their child. Common sense that unstable child care is a major risk factor during early development.

Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine a $2 raise is standard. If she's paid $22 an hour, a $2 raise is a 9% raise. Do you receive a 9% raise every year simply for doing your job well?

Personally, I'm inclined to say somewhere in the 2-5% range is reasonable, plus bump up other benes if possible.

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We're not in a share but just gave our nanny a 3% raise after one year and bumped up her PTO.

I can't imagine a $2 raise is standard. If she's paid $22 an hour, a $2 raise is a 9% raise. Do you receive a 9% raise every year simply for doing your job well?

Personally, I'm inclined to say somewhere in the 2-5% range is reasonable, plus bump up other benes if possible.

I don't have share experience but I have given a $1/hr raise annually to our two nannies. I also added health benefits and increased the contribution annually for one of them (the other has full coverage already through her family.)

One dollar from each family if you hope she'll stay on.

It seems to me that other threads have recommended a percentage increase at the year mark. But then I haven't hit the year mark with our nanny (for one child) so haven't had to figure this out yet.

Are you pleased with your nanny's performance? Are the kids happy and well taken care of? Is she reliable, responsible, trustworthy, flexible? Basically the amount of raise given would be determined by your overall satisfaction with your nanny and whether you wish to encourage her to remain with your families for another year.

Anywhere from $0.50-1/hour per family, and/or adding to benefits (more PTO, health insurance, flexibilty, etc).

Anonymous wrote:I think each family should give a dollar raise.

I think this is a good suggestion, OP, perhaps in addition to some sort of added benefit that she'd appreciate. You'd need to ask her about that during your annual review meeting.

You want to make sure the nanny feels valued and will stay on another year. Stability of competent and loving care is the most important thing at this stage of your child's early development. It's wonderful that you seem to already know this.

I think each family should give a dollar raise.

Depends what are you currently offering now in terms of pay and benefits

What percent is standard for a raise for our nanny who has now been with us for one year? It is a nanny share, and both kids are one year old.