Anonymous
04/14/2013 04:45
Subject: Rude & Nosey, I know! But...????
Location?: bay area, california
Hours Worked?: about 21 per week
Time at Current Position?: 2 months
Number of Charges?: 2
Nanny's Highest Level of Education?: BFA
Years of FT Nanny Experience?: 7
Legal to Work in US?: yes
Paid On/Off The Books: on
Year End Bonus? How Much?: n/a
Salary Per Hour, Week, or Year?: hourly, $22
Happy With Current Position & Pay?: yes!
Hours Worked?: about 21 per week
Time at Current Position?: 2 months
Number of Charges?: 2
Nanny's Highest Level of Education?: BFA
Years of FT Nanny Experience?: 7
Legal to Work in US?: yes
Paid On/Off The Books: on
Year End Bonus? How Much?: n/a
Salary Per Hour, Week, or Year?: hourly, $22
Happy With Current Position & Pay?: yes!
Anonymous
04/13/2013 15:22
Subject: Rude & Nosey, I know! But...????
Location?: MA
Hours Worked?: 30
Time at Current Position?:5 years
Number of Charges?: 2
Nanny's Highest Level of Education?: some college
Years of FT Nanny Experience?: 10
Legal to Work in US?: yes
Paid On/Off The Books: on
Year End Bonus? Never
How Much?: n/a
Salary Per Hour, Week, or Year?: $18
Happy With Current Position & Pay?: no
Hours Worked?: 30
Time at Current Position?:5 years
Number of Charges?: 2
Nanny's Highest Level of Education?: some college
Years of FT Nanny Experience?: 10
Legal to Work in US?: yes
Paid On/Off The Books: on
Year End Bonus? Never
How Much?: n/a
Salary Per Hour, Week, or Year?: $18
Happy With Current Position & Pay?: no
Anonymous
04/12/2013 22:04
Subject: Re:Rude & Nosey, I know! But...????
Location? NW
Hours worked? 45/week
Time at current position? 8 months
Number of charges? 1
Nanny`s Highest level of Education? 2 years college
Years of FT Nanny EXPERIENCE? 12
Legal to work in US? NO
Paid On/Off The Books: On the books
Year End Bonus?How much? Nada
Salary per Hour,week,or year?$ 450/week
Happy with current position & pay? :Love my job but i wish the pay was higher.
Hours worked? 45/week
Time at current position? 8 months
Number of charges? 1
Nanny`s Highest level of Education? 2 years college
Years of FT Nanny EXPERIENCE? 12
Legal to work in US? NO
Paid On/Off The Books: On the books
Year End Bonus?How much? Nada
Salary per Hour,week,or year?$ 450/week
Happy with current position & pay? :Love my job but i wish the pay was higher.
Anonymous
04/12/2013 21:33
Subject: Re:Rude & Nosey, I know! But...????
lAtlanta
Anonymous
04/12/2013 20:10
Subject: Rude & Nosey, I know! But...????
Location?: Atlanta
Hours Worked?: 55, though often off early
Time at Current Position?: 2+ years
Number of Charges?: 1
Nanny's Highest Level of Education?: Psychology Bachelors Degree
Years of FT Nanny Experience?: 20
Legal to Work in US?: Yes
Paid On/Off The Books: On
Year End Bonus? How Much?: 2 weeks pay+
Salary Per Hour, Week, or Year?: $811/week
Happy With Current Position & Pay?: Yes
Hours Worked?: 55, though often off early
Time at Current Position?: 2+ years
Number of Charges?: 1
Nanny's Highest Level of Education?: Psychology Bachelors Degree
Years of FT Nanny Experience?: 20
Legal to Work in US?: Yes
Paid On/Off The Books: On
Year End Bonus? How Much?: 2 weeks pay+
Salary Per Hour, Week, or Year?: $811/week
Happy With Current Position & Pay?: Yes
Anonymous
04/12/2013 15:54
Subject: Re:Rude & Nosey, I know! But...????
But do you think in this nanny employer/employee world it is possible to get a truthful salary poll?
No you won't get good data from this approach. There is a perceived incentive that if you post a high rate, employers reading may be convinced to raise their rates. I don't think this plays out in reality. When we are start searching for a nanny and asking them about their desired hourly/weekly AND what they made at their last job, and ask neighbors what salaries they started at vs pay now, you find out the actual market for your area.
Regardless, it clear from several threads that nannies do think that posting higher rates will somehow influence the market. Maybe it does work sometimes and some employers fall for this. More power to the nannies if employers fall for this and don't research their own market. It doesn't give you good data though.
Even if the data was accurate, comparing salaries/rates across markets with a very small sampling isn't useful data either.
This is completely true. Asking about salaries here is like comparing apples to oranges to pomegranates, even without any lying that might be going on. Salary polls only work in a single market, not by randomly asking anonymous nannies from across the country.
Anonymous
04/12/2013 14:48
Subject: Rude & Nosey, I know! But...????
Location?: close-in Silver Spring
Hours Worked?: 40
Time at Current Position?: 1 year
Number of Charges?: 2
Nanny's Highest Level of Education?: some college
Years of FT Nanny Experience?: 1 + part time and daycare
Legal to Work in US?: Yes
Paid On/Off The Books: on
Year End Bonus? How Much?: $250 last year
Salary Per Hour, Week, or Year?: $18/hour
Happy With Current Position & Pay?: so far
Hours Worked?: 40
Time at Current Position?: 1 year
Number of Charges?: 2
Nanny's Highest Level of Education?: some college
Years of FT Nanny Experience?: 1 + part time and daycare
Legal to Work in US?: Yes
Paid On/Off The Books: on
Year End Bonus? How Much?: $250 last year
Salary Per Hour, Week, or Year?: $18/hour
Happy With Current Position & Pay?: so far
Anonymous
04/12/2013 12:03
Subject: Rude & Nosey, I know! But...????
Location?: NW, DC
Hours Worked?: 30
Time at Current Position?: 1 yr
Number of Charges?: 2
Nanny's Highest Level of Education?: Associates Degree
Years of FT Nanny Experience?: 4
Legal to Work in US?: yes
Paid On/Off The Books: on
Year End Bonus? How Much?: no
Salary Per Hour, Week, or Year?: $20/hr
Happy With Current Position & Pay?: love my nanny family.
Anonymous
04/12/2013 10:01
Subject: Re:Rude & Nosey, I know! But...????
But do you think in this nanny employer/employee world it is possible to get a truthful salary poll?
No you won't get good data from this approach. There is a perceived incentive that if you post a high rate, employers reading may be convinced to raise their rates. I don't think this plays out in reality. When we are start searching for a nanny and asking them about their desired hourly/weekly AND what they made at their last job, and ask neighbors what salaries they started at vs pay now, you find out the actual market for your area.
Regardless, it clear from several threads that nannies do think that posting higher rates will somehow influence the market. Maybe it does work sometimes and some employers fall for this. More power to the nannies if employers fall for this and don't research their own market. It doesn't give you good data though.
Even if the data was accurate, comparing salaries/rates across markets with a very small sampling isn't useful data either.
Anonymous
04/12/2013 09:30
Subject: Rude & Nosey, I know! But...????
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Location?: Texas
Hours Worked?: 15/wk
Time at Current Position?: 5.5 years
Number of Charges?: 2
Nanny's Highest Level of Education?: 2 years of college
Years of FT Nanny Experience?: 0
Legal to Work in US?: yes
Paid On/Off The Books: on
Year End Bonus? How Much?: yes, one week's pay
Salary Per Hour, Week, or Year?: $250/wk
Happy With Current Position & Pay?: Very happy. Wonderful family. Always generous and flexible with time off.
250/week??!!? How do you survive?
$250/wk but only 15 hrs per week. So a more than fair hourly rate and obviously not her only job or option.
Anonymous
04/12/2013 08:58
Subject: Rude & Nosey, I know! But...????
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Location?: Texas
Hours Worked?: 15/wk
Time at Current Position?: 5.5 years
Number of Charges?: 2
Nanny's Highest Level of Education?: 2 years of college
Years of FT Nanny Experience?: 0
Legal to Work in US?: yes
Paid On/Off The Books: on
Year End Bonus? How Much?: yes, one week's pay
Salary Per Hour, Week, or Year?: $250/wk
Happy With Current Position & Pay?: Very happy. Wonderful family. Always generous and flexible with time off.
250/week??!!? How do you survive?
Texas nanny here, Houston specifically. It is not anywhere close to the COL of other comparably sized metro areas and large cities. I also sit for several other families on an as needed basis, but this position is the one that is my taxed employment.
Anonymous
04/12/2013 08:48
Subject: Rude & Nosey, I know! But...????
Anonymous wrote:Location?: Texas
Hours Worked?: 15/wk
Time at Current Position?: 5.5 years
Number of Charges?: 2
Nanny's Highest Level of Education?: 2 years of college
Years of FT Nanny Experience?: 0
Legal to Work in US?: yes
Paid On/Off The Books: on
Year End Bonus? How Much?: yes, one week's pay
Salary Per Hour, Week, or Year?: $250/wk
Happy With Current Position & Pay?: Very happy. Wonderful family. Always generous and flexible with time off.
250/week??!!? How do you survive?
Anonymous
04/12/2013 01:40
Subject: Re:Rude & Nosey, I know! But...????
Location?: Northern California
Hours Worked?: 40 (4 days a week)
Time at Current Position?: 5 months
Number of Charges?: one infant
Nanny's Highest Level of Education?: AA ECE
Years of FT Nanny Experience?: 8, 3 years pre-school teacher and 15+ years of raising my own children
Legal to Work in US?: Yes
Paid On/Off The Books: off
Year End Bonus? How Much?: nothing yet, I was just starting at the end of the year.
Salary Per Hour, Week, or Year?: $20/hour
Happy With Current Position & Pay?: I love my family.
Hours Worked?: 40 (4 days a week)
Time at Current Position?: 5 months
Number of Charges?: one infant
Nanny's Highest Level of Education?: AA ECE
Years of FT Nanny Experience?: 8, 3 years pre-school teacher and 15+ years of raising my own children
Legal to Work in US?: Yes
Paid On/Off The Books: off
Year End Bonus? How Much?: nothing yet, I was just starting at the end of the year.
Salary Per Hour, Week, or Year?: $20/hour
Happy With Current Position & Pay?: I love my family.
Anonymous
04/12/2013 00:16
Subject: Rude & Nosey, I know! But...????
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lmao at the nanny with only a highschool diploma claiming to make $28/hr. -- This is the reason most join the nanny biz.. It's the highest paying job for someone without the education.
Well, she did have 7 years of full-time experience before working for her current family, is with her current family for almost 10 years, so probably received raises, and in L.A. which is not the cheapest unless you are seeking illegal nannies.
You are right though that you don't need to have a formal education to make a livable hourly wage.
That's high, even for LA. If working 60 hrs a week, both parents must be highly- paid professionals.
No, I don't think it's all that high for LA. If both parents aren't "highly paid", they can't really afford the luxury of nanny services, in the first place. Don't you think?
LA nanny here - Thanks for the nice replies, as for the rude ones... You are clearly jealous and not the type of employee who can hold a job for almost a decade. I have helped the parents raise their eldest son from birth, and I started at $15/hr. I am rewarded with an annual raise and bonus for my job performance and loyalty. I'm not ashamed that I don't have a university education. I am well compensated and happy at my job... The rude posters are clearly unhappy with their own lives, but that won't stop me from feeling grateful and blessed to be employed by such a wonderful family.
(and yes they are well-to-do professionals in the entertainment industry)
While you may not need a formal education to be a well paid nanny, I guess you need it to have couth, which you certainly do not. You sound extremely entitled.
Fwiw, I'm a nanny who's paid decently for my area and job description, have been with my wonderful family for 4 years and can't imagine being anywhere else.
Anonymous
04/11/2013 23:30
Subject: Rude & Nosey, I know! But...????
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lmao at the nanny with only a highschool diploma claiming to make $28/hr. -- This is the reason most join the nanny biz.. It's the highest paying job for someone without the education.
Well, she did have 7 years of full-time experience before working for her current family, is with her current family for almost 10 years, so probably received raises, and in L.A. which is not the cheapest unless you are seeking illegal nannies.
You are right though that you don't need to have a formal education to make a livable hourly wage.
That's high, even for LA. If working 60 hrs a week, both parents must be highly- paid professionals.
No, I don't think it's all that high for LA. If both parents aren't "highly paid", they can't really afford the luxury of nanny services, in the first place. Don't you think?
LA nanny here - Thanks for the nice replies, as for the rude ones... You are clearly jealous and not the type of employee who can hold a job for almost a decade. I have helped the parents raise their eldest son from birth, and I started at $15/hr. I am rewarded with an annual raise and bonus for my job performance and loyalty. I'm not ashamed that I don't have a university education. I am well compensated and happy at my job... The rude posters are clearly unhappy with their own lives, but that won't stop me from feeling grateful and blessed to be employed by such a wonderful family.
(and yes they are well-to-do professionals in the entertainment industry)