OP, a $1/hr raise is perfectly fine and $19/hr for one child is a very good wage in any market.

That said, the thing you should consider is PTO. Nannies get sick and do need vacation time or holiday time off. Start with 3 days of sick time, a week of vacation and holidays off that fall on her work days that you have off.

That total package would be a huge improvement on your present package and will probably retain her in the next year. It also allows you to add PTO as a perk in the future.

There is little reason to offer over $1/hr raise yearly. GL.

OP, I would listen to what she wants and then tell her you will need to discuss it with your DH and get back to her. She may only ask for a $1 raise and some PTO.

Anonymous wrote:$18 is pitiful pay. Unless you want an awkward "negotiation" and future then I suggest you bump her up to $25/hr before she even asks and tell her you REALLY APPRECIATE her completely!

LOL

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a nanny making $20 an hour and I consider
myself furtanate, considering I have only a
high school education. It's not the hardest job out there,
exhausting, yes, emotionally draining too. But people
who have college degrees certainly deserve to earn more than a nanny.

I am a nanny with a college degree so how can I earn more than a nanny when I am a nanny? I do make more than $20 an hour but being a nanny is what I want to do.

If you are smart enough to go to college you should be able to get a real job.

Please stop embarrassing yourself, Troll.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a nanny making $20 an hour and I consider
myself furtanate, considering I have only a
high school education. It's not the hardest job out there,
exhausting, yes, emotionally draining too. But people
who have college degrees certainly deserve to earn more than a nanny.

I am a nanny with a college degree so how can I earn more than a nanny when I am a nanny? I do make more than $20 an hour but being a nanny is what I want to do.

If you are smart enough to go to college you should be able to get a real job.

Anonymous wrote:I'm a nanny making $20 an hour and I consider
myself furtanate, considering I have only a
high school education. It's not the hardest job out there,
exhausting, yes, emotionally draining too. But people
who have college degrees certainly deserve to earn more than a nanny.

I am a nanny with a college degree so how can I earn more than a nanny when I am a nanny? I do make more than $20 an hour but being a nanny is what I want to do.

I'm a nanny making $20 an hour and I consider
myself furtanate, considering I have only a
high school education. It's not the hardest job out there,
exhausting, yes, emotionally draining too. But people
who have college degrees certainly deserve to earn more than a nanny.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks to all who responded. I know I screwed up in not bringing up an annual review before the nanny did. Live and learn...

For the record, our nanny has a masters degree in liberal arts of some kind. Very bright woman.

Very bright but couldn't get a real job?

You don't think that caring for your children is a "real job"? Wow - how awful that you think so little of your poor children.

+1 As an MB, I have met quite a few of these bad mothers who do think so little of the care and protection of their own children. They offer their kids up to the lowest bidder and head off to their own jobs. It is truly very, very sad.

Working on oil rigs is classified as a very
dangerous job, the salary is justified.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks to all who responded. I know I screwed up in not bringing up an annual review before the nanny did. Live and learn...

For the record, our nanny has a masters degree in liberal arts of some kind. Very bright woman.

Very bright but couldn't get a real job?

You don't think that caring for your children is a "real job"? Wow - how awful that you think so little of your poor children.

Anonymous wrote:Thanks to all who responded. I know I screwed up in not bringing up an annual review before the nanny did. Live and learn...

For the record, our nanny has a masters degree in liberal arts of some kind. Very bright woman.

Very bright but couldn't get a real job?

Thanks to all who responded. I know I screwed up in not bringing up an annual review before the nanny did. Live and learn...

For the record, our nanny has a masters degree in liberal arts of some kind. Very bright woman.

Anonymous wrote:Since when is $18 an hour pitiful for
someone with most likely only a high school
education? I'm a nanny and think that's
a respectable income for watching one
child.

Raising a child is the hardest job out there. Who cares what the nannies level of education is. Does she do any less work than a nanny with a college degree? No, so you can't use that to determine her salary. And $18/hr is pitiful for doing such a hard job and taking care of such a precious thing as a child. Men working on oil fields literally just sucking liquid out of the ground make $60/hr. Think about that for a minute.