Nannies can usually see if their employers are financially struggling, or not.

Anonymous wrote:You can do what you want to do, but remember that there may be years where you get zero raise for years in a row or less money than you got the year before despite superior performance. So you may want to set expectations about whether this is reallly going to be an every year raise. Your pay rate is already quite good. Nothing is typical, or a bonus. You can raise however much you feel like it, unless you already agreed to something.

Career nanny here. I expect a raise after the first year, but that does not mean I expect the same amount every year. After the first year, you should see my value and feel that I deserve a raise. Given that this is a long term working relationship, I understand that you may not be able to offer the same percentage annually. Your state's COL increase for the year should be the bare minimum your nanny receives. You may not get an annual raise, but you also make significantly more than your nanny.

You can do what you want to do, but remember that there may be years where you get zero raise for years in a row or less money than you got the year before despite superior performance. So you may want to set expectations about whether this is reallly going to be an every year raise. Your pay rate is already quite good. Nothing is typical, or a bonus. You can raise however much you feel like it, unless you already agreed to something.

$1-$2

We are coming up on the end of our first year with our nanny. She is great. She won't have any added responsibilities or any added kids, but we'd like to do a raise. What is typical? Her nanniversary roughly coincides with my (knock on wood) expected raise at work, so I was thinking about calculating what my raise is ... e.g. 6% ... and giving her the same.

FWIW, she is currently paid on the books $20/hr for 40 hr/week for a 1 yo and a 5 yo (who has been in preschool PT and is now starting KG).