nanny pay

hamlook

hi, for those of you who employ a nanny, what is the pay rate? we are looking to hire a part-time nanny and want to know what a fair pay rate is. thanks

Stephorse

We have a full time nanny (kind of we drop LO off at her house since she lives right by my place of work) and she gets paid $400 for the month, but we live in SD and prices are probably a lot lower out here.

ThreeBoyCircus

We live in the Los Angeles area.  We paid our nanny $14/hour for one child, and when we had our second, we paid her $16/hour.  She then started talking to other nannies in the area and asked for (more like demanded) a raise, and we bumped her

rockychryslerb2010

Stephorse:

We have a full time nanny (kind of we drop LO off at her house since she lives right by my place of work) and she g

MagickalNarwhal

Yeah, definitely highly dependent on where you live. We live in Portland OR, and pay $14/hr for a very part time (~12 hours a week) nanny for our one kid.

sadie+w

I live in a LCOL area and 810 per hour is the norm.

amtrak18

We pay 10 dollars an hour for 2 kids. We have had a few nanny's good and bad so with this one we set it up to start at 10 dollars an hour but to  reevaluate at 3 months and if everything is good pay 12 dollars an hour. We live just south of Seattl

Strunella

I'd say $13 - $20 an hour is the norm around here, but this is a HCOL area.

doxgirl

I paid $11 per hour for one child in a LCOL area.

caladpi02

Strunella:

I'd say 13 20 an hour is the norm around here, but this is a HCOL area.

That is cheap where I

IBackBevo

Well, our last nanny we paid $10 an hour and it worked out great.  She was awesome but is moving.  But apparently she was a find. Today we interviewed for a new nanny and for 30 hours per week she basically wanted $1700 per month...

TCMom78

800 per week plus healthcare, and taxes. It's crazy expensive here. But our nanny is awesome!

TCMom78

Sorry, that's for 45 hours per week.