What to pay babysitter?

IkesHawaiian06 · October 2008

Please don't feel like you have to answer this if you're not comfortable. I haven't babysat in a good 3-4 years and when I did, the family I babysat for paid $10 an hour. What is a good price per hour to pay a babysitter? I've asked around and some say they pay less than $10. We do have a bunch of the girls from the college that would probably do it for next to nothing cuz they love Emma, but I'd still like to have an idea of what a good amount is.

Thank you!

AnnetteWalker · October 2008

$10 per hour sounds fair to me. We have not used a pay sitter yet. But that sounds good to me.

Rachlove · October 2008

For a college aged sitter I paid $10 an hour for one kid.?

LuvBug12683 · October 2008

Man! I really should get back into babysitting again. 5.00 was more than average when I was babysitting...darn inflation! 10.00 sounds like plenty!!

scarletii · October 2008

Ditto Keren! Wow! When I was babysitting (granted like 10 years ago), $5/hr was incredibly generous. $3.50/hr was pretty good.

JRS72206 · November 2008

$10 an hour seems plenty to me too. From the time I was 12-16 I used to babysit ALL the time and got $5 an hr max. I had this one family that would pay me like $5 for a night with 3 kids. Talk about cheap!

Em7.31.04 · November 2008

We pay $10/hour and round up the total depending on the cash we have. Especially if it involves dinner, bath, bedtime, etc.

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