Anonymous wrote:What’s the going rate for a nanny in DC? My husband seems to think he can find a quality person for $18/hour. I think it’s closer to $24-$25. I found someone who seems great for our 3 month old and my husband wants to pass because he’s convinced he can find quality for $18/hr.

Listen to your husband, he’s probably right this one time.

If they’re good, they’ll soon find $30. gigs.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a big difference between $18/hour and $24/$25.

How about meeting in the middle? You can find a good nanny for 1 child at $20/$22.

For sure she can find someone in the middle. Those $20 to $22 will be paid in cash. No on the books. No one is accepting that rate on the books.

LOL This board is so ridiculous sometimes. We just went through the nanny search process and had several very willing candidates (some college grads even!) accepting $20/hr on the books. interestingly enough they all varied in experience.

LOL. We just did exactly the same search and found no applicants with a college degree and experience for under $28 for one infant. Not one. I don’t know where you live or where you advertised but your experience is very different than mine in Georgetown area in February. We hired a wonderful American nanny, older with nanny and teaching experience and a really good college degree for $30.

We live in NW DC. Posted on care and sittercity about two months ago, got 50ish applications total, talked to about half and narrowed down to two college grads. One was in grad school and looking to take night classes - she had nannied in college and during summers - and the other was a mom who previously had nannied. We hired the mom and she’s been amazing so far with our infant.

Someone else posted on another thread that a lot of daycare workers are quitting to become nannies and the few we talked to this summer were college grads and happy with $20/hr. They were definitely burned out and looking to make the same money with one kid.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a big difference between $18/hour and $24/$25.

How about meeting in the middle? You can find a good nanny for 1 child at $20/$22.

For sure she can find someone in the middle. Those $20 to $22 will be paid in cash. No on the books. No one is accepting that rate on the books.

LOL This board is so ridiculous sometimes. We just went through the nanny search process and had several very willing candidates (some college grads even!) accepting $20/hr on the books. interestingly enough they all varied in experience.

LOL. We just did exactly the same search and found no applicants with a college degree and experience for under $28 for one infant. Not one. I don’t know where you live or where you advertised but your experience is very different than mine in Georgetown area in February. We hired a wonderful American nanny, older with nanny and teaching experience and a really good college degree for $30.

Anonymous wrote:oh yeah, a lot of "candidates" will be willing, but most parents I worked for would never considered recent grad, who apparently did not raise a kid of their own, and have not worked with babies for 5+ yrs, to work with a 3 month old. If you are the parent who thinks au pair, or recent college grad is OK for young children then I feel sorry for you.

Sure but I clearly said they varied in experience. We hired a woman who is a mother herself and has extensive childcare experience. We got applicants who yes were fresh out of college and those who had only worked in a daycare setting for a year, but we also got many grandma types and moms whose kids were much older.

Ironically, the most expensive candidate we interviewed just wanted to tote our baby around town with her while her sister who was also a nanny took her charges places. This woman had multiple kids herself and on paper looked good but at $30/hr I expect my kid to be the focus not just an accessory around town.

Point is, nannies can command a good rate but parents are inexperienced at separating the wheat from the chaffe. I’m also a FTM but talked to close to 25 candidates and only thought two were sane. One was at $25/hr and the other was at $20/hr. Both college educated. Both dictated their rate to me.

I do agree generally with your point that for young babies you have to be selective and right now in this market it is coming at a cost.

oh yeah, a lot of "candidates" will be willing, but most parents I worked for would never considered recent grad, who apparently did not raise a kid of their own, and have not worked with babies for 5+ yrs, to work with a 3 month old. If you are the parent who thinks au pair, or recent college grad is OK for young children then I feel sorry for you.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a big difference between $18/hour and $24/$25.

How about meeting in the middle? You can find a good nanny for 1 child at $20/$22.

For sure she can find someone in the middle. Those $20 to $22 will be paid in cash. No on the books. No one is accepting that rate on the books.

LOL This board is so ridiculous sometimes. We just went through the nanny search process and had several very willing candidates (some college grads even!) accepting $20/hr on the books. interestingly enough they all varied in experience.

Anonymous wrote:There's a big difference between $18/hour and $24/$25.

How about meeting in the middle? You can find a good nanny for 1 child at $20/$22.

For sure she can find someone in the middle. Those $20 to $22 will be paid in cash. No on the books. No one is accepting that rate on the books.

There's a big difference between $18/hour and $24/$25.

How about meeting in the middle? You can find a good nanny for 1 child at $20/$22.