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nanny of 3 pay?

PenWeddingPenWedding member
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would love your thoughts. our current nanny will have been with us just over 1 year when baby # 3 arrives.
Children will be 3.75 years old, 2 years old, & a newborn. We live in the suburbs of Chicago. What is an appropriate raise when the baby comes? We currently pay her $14 an hour.
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  • mexicolombianamexicolombiana member
    I pay my nanny a flat rate instead of per hour.  If I actually paid her per hour at $14 an hour I would have to pay her $700 a week.  That's EFFING insane.  I pay her $450 a week for 2 kids.  If I had a 3rd I would probably pay her $500-550 a week. 

    If you paid her $15.50 per hour how much would that be per week? For me it would be $775.00 a week and I would never in a million years be able to afford that.  

    Anyway good luck! This is exactly why I can't have a 3rd child right now! 




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  • dizzycooksdizzycooks member
    I was always paid a flat rate, but I was never taxed.  That said, if we were to get a nanny I guess I would take into account what I pay for a center and what I would be paying for 3 at a center and go from there.  An au pair is about $390/week after all the fees to get set up and that includes as many kids as you have.  We are probably going that route since two in our center will be running me $650/week.  I'd probably expect to pay a nanny at least $15 for three kids, that's only $5/kid.
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  • Sept07b2bSept07b2b member
    hocus said:
    While very common paying a fixed weekly or monthly rate to your nanny is usually not legal. Nannies cannot be classified as exempt employees in my understanding, though I think that there may be some state by state variation on the details.



    That's correct, but as long as you are paying minimum wage and paying time and a half for hours worked over 40 hours per week, you can always do the math "backwards," and for a lot of people this is easier and works better. For example, if your nanny works about 50 hrs per week, and you pay them $450 per week, you are fine. 

    $7.25 * 40 = $290
    ($7.25 * 1.5) * 10  = 109
    $290 + $109 = $399, so at $450 per week you are still within the requirements of the labor laws.  Saying you are going to pay your nanny $450 per week looks a lot better than telling your nanny you are going to pay her minimum wage.  
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  • mexicolombianamexicolombiana member
    Yes what Sept said above is what I was going to say about not having to actually to break down the pay as per hour. 




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