Anonymous wrote:Sure, OP since you found one in CA on care.com, it must mean such jobs exist. However, in DC, they are rare and would definitely include housekeeping, errands, and cooking.
You can't expect $20/hr for basic childcare duties alone. People who are wealthy enough to pay that much are smarter than to pay more than something is worth.
The average rate for one child in DC is $13-15/hr. That's what it is and that is what individual child care is worth.
Anonymous wrote:Sure, OP since you found one in CA on care.com, it must mean such jobs exist. However, in DC, they are rare and would definitely include housekeeping, errands, and cooking.
You can't expect $20/hr for basic childcare duties alone. People who are wealthy enough to pay that much are smarter than to pay more than something is worth.
The average rate for one child in DC is $13-15/hr. That's what it is and that is what individual child care is worth.
"... Hence the 10-30/hr. range. "
but quoting all ends of a potential range, even when there are very few jobs at either end is ridiculous. It makes it very hard for people to get a true sence of what the mid-range is.
Anonymous wrote:PP here - i also ditto 14:00. Of course there are a number of super rich people here and there are in fact jobs at the top end of the nanny pay scale - that doesn't mean that those rates are at all typical though or that the average position would offer them. This board aims at trying to help people get an idea of what is mid-range, typical so they can make their decisions from there (whether that is to price above mid-range or see if they can price at the bottom of it).