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December 2010 Moms
lindseybell3
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Why do they have to make it smell so good if you can't eat it??
How much would you pay for childcare?
lindseybell3
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Here is some background on my situation:
I'm a certified 7-12 English teacher and I've recently been laid off from my job. I can't find any teaching jobs so I've been looking to take on nanny or babysitting jobs that I might continue once I have my baby because I'd like to be a SAHM. Before I taught highschool, I worked in a daycare so I have experience with young children.
So far, I've been asking $8-10/hr as a childcare fee. However, I see a lot of ppl offering childcare as low as $25/day, even providing snacks. This blows my mind! How can a provider offer service at such a low price? How would they profit at all?? And I know it's difficult to afford childcare but it doesn't seem like a great thing to cheap out on. Or am I being unreasonable/asking too much?
What would you be willing to pay for childcare or expect a provider to ask for?
Why do they have to make it smell so good if you can't eat it??
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Re: How much would you pay for childcare?
In-home care costs about $5/hr around these parts (SD - much cheaper than NY) unless you hire for a one-on-one situation in which I'd have to pay like $10/hr.
The childcare facility we are looking at is $4.15/hr with a minimum of paying for 25 hours/week.
I'm guessing this doesn't really help you as our areas are so different - but if you take 4 kids, $40/hr is a lot... you can probably get by with less?
A daycare facility is about $350/week here!
Nannies in my area charge about $10-15/hour to come to your house - with our work hours, that would probably equate to anywhere from $80-150/day.
Licensed in-home daycare (that take multiple children) tends to run about $250-300/week ($50-60/day), from what I've seen so far.
Yup. Lady Juliet and I live in the same area. Reading the costs in other parts of the country makes me think about moving! An in home nanny (thinking of sharing 1 day of someone else's 4 day a week nanny) is $18 and hour.
HOLY CRAP!!!
That's A LOT of money!!
MrsTechie posted a study on national daycare costs last week. It was long but had a lot of really good information. The price will completely depend on your area. Where I am, in Southern California, the average is about $300 a week for full-time daycare faciltiy care and about $150 for full-time in-home care.
This is the 2009 NY average cost from the link that MrsTechie shared:
Appendix 1
2009 Average Annual Cost of Full-Time Care by State
New York
Child Care Center
Infant 13,676
4-year-old 10,847
School-Age 10,400
Family Child Care
Infant 10,187
4-year-old 9,474
School-Age 9,240
Link to the study: Cost Report by NACCRRA
The first half is the study findings, the actual numbers start on page 32.
Hope this helps
I am in the western wealthy suburbs of Chicago and several of my friends are nannies.
They usually go to the house of the people the work for and make $10-$12 per hour for one kid, and $2-$3 per additional kid.
It's a usually a little less if they drop off at your home.
I'm on the other side of NY, so I'm not sure how different things are here. I have a friend who does in-home childcare and she charges $125/week. She gives discounts for families with 2 or more kids.
I don't know much about the Syracuse area, but you need to keep in mind too what the average family's income is and how much they would be able to afford while still paying other bills. If I was looking into childcare, I certainly wouldn't pay the same amount for in-home as I would for a certified day care facility.
Think about how much you would be willing to spend on in-home childcare and start there as a guideline.
In my area, it's pretty much this as well.
I'm kind of jealous that a lot of you laides only have to pay 125 a week for day care!!!! I'm offering family members $50 a day to watch my LO when I return to work and I was thinking even that was too little to pay. But I guess not depending on where you live.
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Here in Vancouver I pay $1316/month for my 22 month old which works out to roughly $65/day. Everything is expensive out here but for me the cost was never an issue because this is one of the best centers here!
That being said, today is his last day at that daycare since we have decided to move him closer to home (his current daycare is downtown). His new place is only 4 blocks from home and will cost $1125/month or about $56/day.
Both daycares provide morning/afternoon snacks and diaper wipes.