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How much do you pay a babysitter for an evening out?

ladybugbabypladybugbabyp
in Indiana Babies
How much would you pay a teenage neighbor to watch a 18 month old for 6 hours? We usually have family or friends watch him and they just watch him for free.
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Re: How much do you pay a babysitter for an evening out?

  • lemen99lemen99 member

    What I always read was you should pay them what they are "worth" in the free market.

    so, if they are 16 and can drive (could get a job) you'd pay them approx min wage. (I'm not even sure what that is now? $8/hr?)

    If they are younger, less.  If they are older, more. 

    I think our sitter (senior in HS) charges $8 if I remember right.  We pay her a little more b/c we love her. 

    We pay our college sitters $10/hr. We haven't hired anyone younger than a senior in HS.

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  • shauna060708shauna060708
    The going rate in our town is $10/hour but that is for a college student.  Can you believe that?!  I wish I would have made that kind of money when I used to babysit! 
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  • BrendaKBrendaK member

    $10 an hour? Seriously? Yikes. I remember making, on a good night, like $10 total.

    I can't imagine going out for 6 hours (like, 6pm to midnight) and paying someone $60 to babysit. Especially since she goes to bed by 7:30!!

    I guess I'm glad we have family and friends around!! :-)

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  • lemen99lemen99 member
    imageBrendaK:

    $10 an hour? Seriously? Yikes. I remember making, on a good night, like $10 total.

    I can't imagine going out for 6 hours (like, 6pm to midnight) and paying someone $60 to babysit. Especially since she goes to bed by 7:30!!

    I guess I'm glad we have family and friends around!! :-)

    We went to a wedding this summer and were gone for 12 hours.  Yeah. Broke.

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  • ladybugbabypladybugbabyp
    Thanks! I was going to pay her $10/hour but was hoping that was too high. It makes the holiday party not as fun when you are paying $60 to be there.
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  • SusieDMBSusieDMB
    From what I hear from my students, it seems like $6-12 is normal, with most of them getting around $7-8.  We're lucky that both sets of grandparents and an aunt and uncle live in town.
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  • IndyPRGirlIndyPRGirl member
    We live out in Brownsburg, but we typically pay $25-30 for a night out.  Our sitters are college-age and that's what they typically get.
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