Anonymous wrote:I was paid $12-$16/hr as a HS babysitter in the (omg) 90s...

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Wow. I live in, am paid on the low end. However, my employers would pay more if they could, and because they can't, they do other things to show their appreciation. My employers view me as a partner raising their children, I'm not just a warm body keeping the kids alive.

If you live in, unless you live in for your employers convenience and are actually on call all the time, about 40% of your pay is your room and board.

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I imagine a pediatrician would rather hire a nanny who was well-educated about early childhood development.

They'd pay what it cost because they understand it'll be much more expensive later, if they don't.

I would imagine that a pediatrician making $70/hr before taxes isn't going to pay $30/hr of post tax money for childcare. It would be most of her take home salary.

Who told you that?

Who told me what? What pediatricians make? My pediatrician friends. They don't do a lot of procedures on kids, so they don't bring in a lot of money. I mean, I am sure there are big practices in the burbs that cherry pick patients and make a lot. But most don't.
Or that they don't hire $30/hr nannies? Same people.

I knew that pediatricians earn a lot less than cardiologists or dermatologists, but that is shockingly low for a private practice physician in this area. How could they even afford to pay back their astronomical school loans on that?

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Wow. I live in, am paid on the low end. However, my employers would pay more if they could, and because they can't, they do other things to show their appreciation. My employers view me as a partner raising their children, I'm not just a warm body keeping the kids alive.

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I imagine a pediatrician would rather hire a nanny who was well-educated about early childhood development.

They'd pay what it cost because they understand it'll be much more expensive later, if they don't.

I would imagine that a pediatrician making $70/hr before taxes isn't going to pay $30/hr of post tax money for childcare. It would be most of her take home salary.

Who told you that?

Who told me what? What pediatricians make? My pediatrician friends. They don't do a lot of procedures on kids, so they don't bring in a lot of money. I mean, I am sure there are big practices in the burbs that cherry pick patients and make a lot. But most don't.
Or that they don't hire $30/hr nannies? Same people.

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I imagine a pediatrician would rather hire a nanny who was well-educated about early childhood development.

They'd pay what it cost because they understand it'll be much more expensive later, if they don't.

I would imagine that a pediatrician making $70/hr before taxes isn't going to pay $30/hr of post tax money for childcare. It would be most of her take home salary.

Who told you that?

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I imagine a pediatrician would rather hire a nanny who was well-educated about early childhood development.

They'd pay what it cost because they understand it'll be much more expensive later, if they don't.

I would imagine that a pediatrician making $70/hr before taxes isn't going to pay $30/hr of post tax money for childcare. It would be most of her take home salary.

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I imagine a pediatrician would rather hire a nanny who was well-educated about early childhood development.

They'd pay what it cost because they understand it'll be much more expensive later, if they don't.

Anonymous wrote:I don't see why nannies think they should may more than whatever anyone pays an evening sitter. If you only hire an evening sitter for a few hours every few months its not a big deal to pay then 10-12-15..it really doesn't matter that much to employers.

If you are hiring someone for 45-50 hours a week, 52 weeks a year, the average rate matters a lot as you are talking about differences of thousands of dollars. The DC market is $12-$15 average and no where near $20-$30 as one nanny desperately hopes you will believe.

Every average $1 per hour costs the employer $2,860 (factoring in 10%/$260 for taxes, etc). If you hire a nanny for an extra $3 more than the market or other qualified candidates then you just wasted $8,580 dollars. Its financially irresponsible to over pay for something at this level unless you have lots of discretionary wealth.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to get paid $15/hour in high school and that was 7 years ago in Indiana

Looks like the "$15/hr market rate nanny" is a grand myth well promoted by a couple of individuals on this board. From what I hear out in the real world, it's closer to $20-30/hr. for professional nannies in the Washington area.