Anonymous
Post 03/22/2015 15:33     Subject: The $15 per hour nanny
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How does 15. an hour support you these days, in a modest but safe DC area neighborhood?


You have roommates. No $1500/month 1BR or $3000 2BRs.
You have an old car, cheap lease or use bus/subway.
You buy food in bulk, limit eating out, eat smart (beans, rice, proteins, and fruit/veg are the costly bits).

The amazing thing is plenty of age 50+ nannies in DC area make $15-17/hour, AND send money back to their families, adult kids, etc. They live frugally, know what markets to shop at, etc.
Maybe the single millennial nannies could take a page from their book.

Your poor immigrant sitters and cleaners who send most of their earners home to support their families, are your doormats.
Do they teach your child their ways of life?
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2015 21:50     Subject: The $15 per hour nanny
Anonymous wrote:How does 15. an hour support you these days, in a modest but safe DC area neighborhood?


You have roommates. No $1500/month 1BR or $3000 2BRs.
You have an old car, cheap lease or use bus/subway.
You buy food in bulk, limit eating out, eat smart (beans, rice, proteins, and fruit/veg are the costly bits).

The amazing thing is plenty of age 50+ nannies in DC area make $15-17/hour, AND send money back to their families, adult kids, etc. They live frugally, know what markets to shop at, etc.
Maybe the single millennial nannies could take a page from their book.
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2015 21:33     Subject: The $15 per hour nanny
Anonymous wrote:15.00/hr is ridiculously cheap. I pay my cleaning lade $25.00/hr. Taking care of kids is a lot harder than cleaning houses.


don't be stupid you are comparing a weekly or monthly short length service vs a salary for a 9-5 job.

15 an hour is the standard and many nannies are married so this is a good supplemental income to their families.
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2015 19:08     Subject: The $15 per hour nanny
15.00/hr is ridiculously cheap. I pay my cleaning lade $25.00/hr. Taking care of kids is a lot harder than cleaning houses.
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2015 18:07     Subject: The $15 per hour nanny
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Rent out a basement apartment in Hyattsville for $600/month, major utilities included.
$140 on public transit fare
$200 health insurance
$500 on food & household items
$300 on other incidentals

All of that gets you $20k in major expenses.

Which Hyattsville neighborhood is relatively safe after dark?

None.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2015 11:28     Subject: The $15 per hour nanny
Anonymous wrote:Rent out a basement apartment in Hyattsville for $600/month, major utilities included.
$140 on public transit fare
$200 health insurance
$500 on food & household items
$300 on other incidentals

All of that gets you $20k in major expenses.

Which Hyattsville neighborhood is relatively safe after dark?
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2015 08:21     Subject: The $15 per hour nanny
Rent out a basement apartment in Hyattsville for $600/month, major utilities included.
$140 on public transit fare
$200 health insurance
$500 on food & household items
$300 on other incidentals

All of that gets you $20k in major expenses.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2015 17:33     Subject: The $15 per hour nanny
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sample budgets, please...


I do think it's doable for one person who is okay with living paycheck to paycheck, but it isn't a lot of money, and you would probably have to be married, have a roommate, or live in a small studio apartment, and it would be very difficult to support a family:

Rent + utilities: $1100/mo
food: $350/mo
clothes: $150/mo
entertainment: $150/mo
car payment: $250/mo
car insurance + gas: $150/mo
health insurance: $200/mo
savings: $200/mo

=$2550/mo

x 12 = $30,200


You and your nanny are supposed to be paying taxes, Einstein.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2015 17:13     Subject: The $15 per hour nanny
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sample budgets, please...


You're like a mynah bird - endlessly repeating your one phrase.

Where's your budget?
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2015 16:57     Subject: The $15 per hour nanny
Anonymous wrote:Sample budgets, please...


You're like a mynah bird - endlessly repeating your one phrase.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2015 16:08     Subject: The $15 per hour nanny
Anonymous wrote:Sample budgets, please...


I do think it's doable for one person who is okay with living paycheck to paycheck, but it isn't a lot of money, and you would probably have to be married, have a roommate, or live in a small studio apartment, and it would be very difficult to support a family:

Rent + utilities: $1100/mo
food: $350/mo
clothes: $150/mo
entertainment: $150/mo
car payment: $250/mo
car insurance + gas: $150/mo
health insurance: $200/mo
savings: $200/mo

=$2550/mo

x 12 = $30,200

Anonymous
Post 03/16/2015 15:55     Subject: The $15 per hour nanny
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:According to the census, median per capita income in DC is approx $42k (-->$807/week --> $15-20/hr for $40-50 hrs per week with OT).

Is how half the city lives really so unimaginable?


Yes!

$800/wk is a living, reasonable wage for lots of professions. At 40 hours a week that's $20/hr. At 50 hours a week that's 40 hours at $14.50 and 10 hours at 21.75. Both are reasonable.

But for an employer who needs a 50 hour work commitment, an employee who commands $20/hr will cost $1,100/wk or $57,200.

So the number of hours are extremely important when discussing hourly rate. And that's without even getting into the whole "averages" issue (where an $800/week position for 50 hours "averages"a $16/hr rate.)


That's a really good point.
I actually think that $42k is pretty doable. But $30k for 40 hours/wk is much more difficult.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2015 15:45     Subject: The $15 per hour nanny
Sample budgets, please...
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2015 15:37     Subject: The $15 per hour nanny
Anonymous wrote:According to the census, median per capita income in DC is approx $42k (-->$807/week --> $15-20/hr for $40-50 hrs per week with OT).

Is how half the city lives really so unimaginable?


Yes!

$800/wk is a living, reasonable wage for lots of professions. At 40 hours a week that's $20/hr. At 50 hours a week that's 40 hours at $14.50 and 10 hours at 21.75. Both are reasonable.

But for an employer who needs a 50 hour work commitment, an employee who commands $20/hr will cost $1,100/wk or $57,200.

So the number of hours are extremely important when discussing hourly rate. And that's without even getting into the whole "averages" issue (where an $800/week position for 50 hours "averages"a $16/hr rate.)
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2015 15:29     Subject: The $15 per hour nanny
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:According to the census, median per capita income in DC is approx $42k (-->$807/week --> $15-20/hr for $40-50 hrs per week with OT).

Is how half the city lives really so unimaginable?

Try it and let us know.
And please don't try to compare your college days.


I have done it. You must realize that this a rather typical salary at a nonprofit, the starting range for architects, a mid-range salary for a receptionist with experience, a normal range for HR specialists, and more than nurse assistants make - I could on & on, but you won't get the point. Lots of people live this way, and yes even in DC. I'd be surprised if their industry discussion boards have threads like this over & over again.