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S/O - Babysitters who aren't family - how much do you pay?

katielnkatieln member
in Babies: 9 - 12 Months

So I'm checking out the www.sittercity.com website to check for sitters in my area, since we have no friends or family who live close enough to babysit for a Friday or Saturday night kind of thing.  The rates for sitters on this site is like $10-$20?  Granted these are typically women 18+ who have had experience with children, work at daycare centers during the day, etc.  I would feel better about leaving my 6 month old with an experienced person, but $10 an hour?  Man, I remember when I got a $1 an hour babysitting and was happy about it.

What do you all pay for your sitters who are not family or friends and how old are they?

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  • whitneyj988whitneyj988
    I live in a small town and people pay cheap. I only pay 20 a day for DC but when I get a sitter on a Friday or Sat I always pay at least 20 dollars min. for the night so mostly around 5-10 an hour. We havn't been out more then 2-3 hours for dinnner.
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  • ~Soleil~~Soleil~
    I pay a sitter (family friend) 100 for a 4 day wek...so 25/day.
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  • JARbabyJARbaby member

    I made $10/hour when I was in high school 89-93...

    I pay $15-17/hour for 2.

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  • labooshkilabooshki member
    We pay our sitter 125 a week or 30 a day. If we have a sitter at night (which is rare, I think we did one time) we paid her 30. She was also my SIL though! She had him for about 2 hours. I guess I would normally pay about 30 for an evening.

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  • wellfleet04wellfleet04 member
    It depends a lot on where you live.  We pay $10-12 for a high school kid when the kids are both asleep, $15-17 for an older (college, nanny, etc) sitter and/or the kids are awake.
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  • MegDCMegDC member
    $15/ hour
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  • dlm07dlm07

    I use a college student and pay $12/hr for LO.

    But that's not the main reason why I responded to this post...

    PLEASE USE CAUTION when using sites like sitter city!  My sister followed all the right steps when hiring someone off of that site - interviewed her outside of the home first, followed up with all references before she had her meet her children/husband.  I know the site says they do a background check but I have to wonder how thouroughly - my sister ended up with a crazy woman - thankfully she got rid of her before anything bad happened but it actually went so far as having to go to the police for protection.  Just wanted to give you a heads up.  I'm sure there are many good sitters listed - just be careful!

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  • DoubleDiamondDoubleDiamond

    I asked my niece, a seasoned babysitter, what the going rate is around here.  She said $5 is good, $7 is better, $10 is great, $15 and they'll never leave you. 

    We pay $10/hr. 

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  • Mysterious_MamaMysterious_Mama
    i would not use a sitter from sittercity.  too many bscrazies out there.
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  • katielnkatieln member
    imagedlm07:

    I use a college student and pay $12/hr for LO.

    But that's not the main reason why I responded to this post...

    PLEASE USE CAUTION when using sites like sitter city!  My sister followed all the right steps when hiring someone off of that site - interviewed her outside of the home first, followed up with all references before she had her meet her children/husband.  I know the site says they do a background check but I have to wonder how thouroughly - my sister ended up with a crazy woman - thankfully she got rid of her before anything bad happened but it actually went so far as having to go to the police for protection.  Just wanted to give you a heads up.  I'm sure there are many good sitters listed - just be careful!

    Thanks for the info. 

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  • kpips20kpips20 member
    We used SitterCity.com and found a really great sitter for the occassional night we go out and we pay her $12/hr. You're right - most of the sitters were between $10-15 and the ones who were less didn't have the experience. IMO it's worth it to us to pay the extra $10 a night to get someone who's really qualified and we're comfortable with. But again, we only use her maybe 1-2x a month. I had originally thought $10-15 was high as well but then I asked our neighbors and that's typically what they pay as well.
     
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