Going Rate for Baby-Sitter from DayCare

vsalt31

HI, DS is having is 1st non family baby sitter tonight.  What's the going rate these days?  The sitter is a woman in her 20s from his day care.  TIA!

geosar

We use one of DS's teachers for a sitter as well.  I usually pay her a few dollars above the "going" rate in the area, which is $12-15 per hour.  I am always afraid that if I don't go above the market rate, we will get a bad rep at daycare!

Aloe0l

We pay ours $10/hr.  Although the last 2 times we've been out for about 5hrs each, and since the ATM only gives us $20s, she got $60.  So, that ends up about $12/hr, plus we gave her $20 to order pizza.

DaisyJanie

$10/hr is the going rate here. The college student who works at our daycare said she has done anywhere from $8-10, but we'd already had another daycare employee babysit for $10 so it seemed like we should pay her the same. 

vsalt31

Thanks! And, I certainly will pay more than the "going rate" so that not only will I keep a good rep at school, but that she'll want to come to sit again! 

joleine

It really depends on where you live.  I live in a semi-higher col area and for 1 kid I paid $8/hr and for 2 I pay $15.  But in NYC when we lived there, for 1 kid I paid $15/hr. 

semdkm

Hi, there,

 Recently did this myself and learned average for nyc metro (nj) under same circumstances -woman from daycare- average was 15-18/hour for 2 kids.  We paid her 20 an hour for one mostly self-sufficient child (I put the baby to sleep before we left).  So I guess she got a good deal but I really appreciated her giving up a Sat night after spending all week taking care of little ones!

groovygrl

$12/hr for 2 kids in midrange COL area.

AsOctoberFalls

We also hire a college girl from daycare to sit for us occasionally.  We give her $12/hour, though I know she'd do it for a lot less.  In fact, I'm pretty sure she'd do it for free because she loves DS so much.  Daycare pays minimum wage to the "non-teacher" helpers, so she's doing much better babysitting.

lcriordan

Ours charges $10 per hour but we usually round up to the nearest $20 (always at least a $10 tip). This past weekend we were gone for 4.5 hours and gave her $60.

And we always have something (pizza usually) ready for her dinner.