To answer your question your are totally crazy.

Is this a joke? In DC, MD and VA professional nannies are making $22-$25 in a nanny share. If the nanny takes less than $22 she will NOT stay long. Professional nannies can make $18-22 for one child. Why in the world will they do a nanny share for $16? That is a one child rate in MD. Take your children to daycare or pay cash.

OP, 55 hours a week is a lot of hours. NO professional nanny will take less than $24. If you hire somebody they will leave as soon as they find something else. Unless you want to pay an undocumented worker cash. There was a family in Bethesda, MD. And they have yet to find someone. Because they want to pay 55,000 a year for 55 hour. Be up front about you pay so you don't waste the nannies time. Good luck.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think your rate is great and I am a Nanny.

You’re an idiot.

She isn’t an idiot - just a very unqualified person pretending to me a nanny.

Let her apply for the job then.she will leave within a month

That rate is pretty low for a nanny share but I think you can find someone if you pay under the table. This nanny will most likely have limited English skills as well. If you're looking for a more professional nanny then you need to up your rate to at least $20/hr and $30/hr overtime.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think your rate is great and I am a Nanny.

You’re an idiot.

She isn’t an idiot - just a very unqualified person pretending to me a nanny.

Anonymous wrote:I think your rate is great and I am a Nanny.

You’re an idiot.

I think your rate is great and I am a Nanny.

I’m really confused.

Are you really saying each family is paying $8/hr to total $16...And you’re honestly shocked you cannot find a professional good nanny?!?!

Would you work for that pitiful wage? Would you expect an experienced professional childcare provider to work for that wage?

Rate is way too low. I would suggest at least $20-$23/hour for two families and two young kids.

Anonymous wrote:Most nannies will charge each family about 75% of their single family rate for a share. So your offered pay is attracting $12/hour quality nannies. If you want a $20/hour quality nanny, you need to offer $30 per hour with $45 per hour for overtime. Full guaranteed pay 52 weeks a year, too.

If you offer $1875/week guaranteed plus the very basic PTO you mentioned, the quality of candidates should impress be a good bit. If you can’t go that high, then offer $20/hour and see if anyone decent applies. Keep going up until you either turn to daycare or find someone you trust.

This. $500/family/week for 55 hours is a daycare rate, not a nanny rate. Many nannies can make $1k/week with one child working 40 hours, so why would they want double the kids, double the parents and 15 extra hours?

I wish you luck. But unless you can afford at least $18/hour, you really don’t stand much of a chance.

Most nannies will charge each family about 75% of their single family rate for a share. So your offered pay is attracting $12/hour quality nannies. If you want a $20/hour quality nanny, you need to offer $30 per hour with $45 per hour for overtime. Full guaranteed pay 52 weeks a year, too.

If you offer $1875/week guaranteed plus the very basic PTO you mentioned, the quality of candidates should impress be a good bit. If you can’t go that high, then offer $20/hour and see if anyone decent applies. Keep going up until you either turn to daycare or find someone you trust.

Too low for a share. That’s low for one kid in the DMV area.

That was the starting rate for my nanny, including hours and other terms, not to mention stipend of a couple hundred a month for health insurance. And that is medium COL city in Midwest for one infant. I imagine you will need to go at least to $20/hr base to compensate for higher COL area and two kids/households, unless you are willing to train a very newbie nanny (and I wouldn’t recommend hiring an inexperienced person for a nannyshare with two kids that young).

We are fielding emails from interested candidates and are slowly starting to realize that our rate is not working. Here is what we're offering:
A guaranteed base salary of $1,000 for 55 hour work week. The break down is 40 hours are $16, 15 hours at $24. Any time beyond that would obviously be overtime as well. But her base pay would never be affected by say, one kid only being there half a day or leaving early.

The share would be for two toddlers, 9 and 13 months to start. We are looking for long-term, so job security for the next 2-3 years. And the basics too, all fed holidays off, paid, along with two weeks paid vacation and 5 sick days. Above the table arrangements.

Are we totally crazy?