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What do you pay a teenage babysitter per hour

Littlejen22Littlejen22 member
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What do you pay a teenage babysitter per hour?
Jen - Mom to two December 12 babies Nathaniel 12/12/06 and Addison 12/12/08
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  • Lavender PLavender P member
    We have one who is CPR certified and we pay her $11 an hour. It was what she requested and we thought it was reasonable.
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  • ambrvanambrvan member
    Holy cow $11/hr? Yikes!
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  • unm00redunm00red member
    Our teen sitter charges $10 an hour.  If we use an adult who's CPR-certified through our care-on-call service, it runs $14-$15 an hour. 

    Would love to find a cheaper option, but every time we had one they flaked out on us. :(
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  • KendraL86KendraL86 member
    $10-$15 an hour, depending on the skill levels and the ages of your children. Younger kids that require more care obviously fetch more.
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  • Littlejen22Littlejen22 member
    It is my neice that is going to sit for us. She is only 14 and going into high school but other people are using her already so I want to be fair and I know she would never tell me a rate.
    Jen - Mom to two December 12 babies Nathaniel 12/12/06 and Addison 12/12/08
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  • twister22twister22 member
    When I nannied (just one day per week) I was paid $10/hr or $100/day, whichever was more. That is also what the family paid the other nanny who worked the remaining four days a week.

    I am SO glad my parents live close by and watch the kids for free - we would never get to have date nights if we had to pay! ;)
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  • +just+j++just+j+ member

    Small town Iowa, a friend of ours insisted we not pay her daughter more than $2.50 per hour, her going rate.  But XH paid her $5.  I thought that was more than reasonable.

    No doubt I'll be paying more in the city I'm moving to.

    My times have changed.  When I was a kid, it was $1 an hour and if you got $1.50 an hour you were considered pretty damn good and were a high demand babysitter.

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  • Littlejen22Littlejen22 member
    Yeah things are definitely more in NJ than 5 and hour. The only person that I know that uses a sitter is planning on using gym neice so I felt weird asking her. I have to ask around now.
    Jen - Mom to two December 12 babies Nathaniel 12/12/06 and Addison 12/12/08
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  • CurlieWhirlieCurlieWhirlie member
    Around here (SF Bay Area) professional nannies/babysitters make around $25 an hour, and the teenagers make between $10-15, depending on number of kids and ages. I think $10 an hour is reasonable for a 14 year-old who is relatively inexperienced. 

    15 years ago when I was babysitting, I got $10 an hour for watching 4 kids ages 2-8! (Get off my lawn, you kids!)
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