I think if a Nanny has permission to sleep while the kids sleep, that she should not be paid hourly.

A reduced rate of $100 - nothing less however.

What most parents do not take into consideration is that when the parents are not home, children may have difficulty sleeping a regular sleep like they do usually.
So therefore the Nanny should be paid accordingly.

I charge my hourly rate for every hour worked except from 10 pm - 6 am. Those 8 hours cost $100. If a child wakes me up during those hours, an additional $20 is added each time.

Anonymous wrote:I generally charge my regular hourly rate until 10:00pm and a flat rate of $50 for overnight, then start hourly rate at 6:00am.

This except I charge hourly until 11pm.

Anonymous wrote:You nannies are cheating yourselves. You should charge your OT rate for all hours. Being on duty 24 hours straight is too much.

10.15 here. I only do overnights as listed for other families, which means that there’s no overtime unless it’s over 2 days. As a live-in nanny who works hours up to 24/7, overnight care is either already part of my contract or it’s not available to a family.

This question was addressing a rare occurrence; the salary for a live-in nanny habitually doing 24+ hour care is much different.

For occasional overnights, I was paid for all hours until kids bedtime plus an overnight fee of $150. Then I was paid my regular rate again starting when kids woke up.

I charge regular hourly up until the kids fall asleep and then a flat $100 for the night. I typically do week long stints, and want it to be worth bei away from my home for that time.

You nannies are cheating yourselves. You should charge your OT rate for all hours. Being on duty 24 hours straight is too much.

Depends.

If you can guarantee that your children will sleep through the night, I do a flat rate of $50-100 (depends on number/age of kids) to cover 8 sleep hours, ending whenever they usually wake up. If you can’t guarantee that, but you THINK they’ll sleep through, I let you know that it’ll be flat rate of $100 if they stay asleep and hourly if I have to get up with them. And if you know they wake up, I appreciate the heads up, but you’re still paying hourly.

My hourly rate varies between families based on number and age of children, duties, etc.

For a family with one 6yo (6 pm Sat -noon Sun) and no cooking or other duties, they would pay $20*4 (6-10) + $50 + $20*6 = 80+50+120=$250.

For a family with toddler twins and an older child, who need me to cook 2-3 meals (same hours), they would pay me a minimum of $25*4+$100+$25*6=100+100+156=$350.

If the family is going to gone 24 hours or more, I set a flat 24 hour rate, regardless of whether kids sleep through or not. For a family with up to three kids 5yo or older, it’s $300/day, $350 for 4+ older kids. For a family with any child under 5, it’s $350 for 1, $400 for 2, $450 for 3 and $500 for 4+ kids. I assume I will be cooking, possibly doing laundry if they’re gone long enough.

If a parent is going to be unreachable and/or out-of-state, I insist on having authorization to start emergency medical treatment. Without that paper in hand, I’m not staying with your children.

When we have done this with our nanny we pay overtime rates for all hours beyond her normal workday when the kids are awake, and $75 for the overnight when the kids are sleeping.

If we're gone for a couple of days we also give her a comp day or something so she isn't working 10+ days in a row.

I charge my same rate but forego overtime. If I can’t leave, I’m working. I don’t get why other nannies don’t charge their regular rate. I hate being away from my home and never sleep that well at my employers.

I generally charge my regular hourly rate until 10:00pm and a flat rate of $50 for overnight, then start hourly rate at 6:00am.

When I used to do overnights, I'd receive a certain hourly rate for most of the time, and then a flat $75 during sleeping time.

example:
Friday parents need me at noon, they return Sunday at noon

Friday: noon-9/10 pm hourly rate
9/10 pm until 6/7 am flat $75

Saturday: 6/7 am - 9/10 pm hourly rate
9/10 pm until 6/7 am flat $75

Sunday: 6/7 am - noon hourly rate

You current nanny? Ask her.

I have a “travel rate” for 24 hour periods that I use for overnights of $400.

What's the cost of a nanny for overnight for two kids? Both kids sleep through the night.