So much depends on what families you are able to find, and how much they want you to work for them. One job may pay more and then the next one may pay less but you still take it because there may be other things that you like about it. $42 is totally paid in DC for a share, especially in placed like Georgetown.

even White house nannies i think, have a nanny share placement fee, if i am not mistaken. I guess it is a different world where people who can afford those fees, live. Most of dmv parents cannot, but it does not mean those higher nanny rates do not exist. In NYC, there are nannies making 6 figures. To be honest, those nannies DMV parents hire, and I see them often at the playground, should not be paid more than $25 as they are, well, not very good.