How much do you pay a sitter?

JackoftheBox · December 2013

I am hiring a sitter from my sons DC to watch him Monday and Tuesday of next week since they will be out of "school." She said to pay her whatever but I don't know what amount to begin to offer... How much would you pay a sitter? It will be from 8-4:30.

Ardmhs83 · December 2013

I have no idea what the "sitter" rate is, maybe someone with more info will chime in. I pay our day care $25 a day though (7-45-3:45). I'm not sure if you are to pay a sitter more or less than normal day care??

Ardmhs83 · December 2013

I thought it was more too. Isn't it kind of weird that you pay a sitter, who may not be near as experienced, more than a daycare that is licensed? Our daycare is an in-home setting too, not a center.

JackoftheBox · December 2013

We pay approximately $30 a day for daycare.

shadypines · December 2013

$10-$15/hour... How old is DS?

JackoftheBox · December 2013

Almost 2. Maybe it should be noted that this sitter in particular has also played co-ed softball with me for 3 years and I work with her dad. I know her pretty well i just don't want to ask her to think I ant her to do it for free.

LoveActually4 · December 2013

Our daycare is $37/day per kid.

I would pay a private sitter more. Probably $50 for the day ($100 total) and I think that's really lowballing it. She may expect an hourly wage, I usually pay sitters $8/hr which would put you in the $140 range.

JackoftheBox · December 2013

I just text her and asked her if $50 a day was fine and I will pay for order in lunch each day. She said that sounded great! So looks like I have a plan!! Thanks for the input ladies.

LuckyDad · December 2013

$10 an hour (tax free) is the going rate around here.

melody921 · December 2013

Our sitter is $10 an hour. So yeah, that comes out to more than what I pay daycare for a day.

msdrdg · December 2013

I just paid our DC teacher $10 an hour to watch DS and then I gave her an extra $20 because she drove him home from DC.

LuckyDad · December 2013

melody921 said:

Our sitter is $10 an hour. So yeah, that comes out to more than what I pay daycare for a day.

Yeah, full day daycare is always cheaper than a sitter. They have more kids per adult and you book and pay in advance, rather than hiring a sitter a la carte. Our daycare is relatively expensive and I think it's about $8.50/hour, give or take.

LuckyDad · December 2013

LauraT25 said:

Minimum wage here is higher so that may play into it, but I would pay $10/hr minimum. And damn I need to get my kid in daycare. Fucking wait lists.

Wait lists stink. We had to sign our kid up about six months before he started I think.

JackoftheBox · December 2013

We were on the wait list for 13 months before getting him in.

robyn2201 · December 2013

We pay between $8 and $10 an hour, depending on a few factors like how much experience they have, and if we have used them before and like them. I normally also provide food, so if they are there all day, I make sure to stock up on things like frozen breakfast burritos and a pizza. And also fun snacks.

RayRay007 · December 2013

I pay daycare $35/day.

I pay my almost 12 y.o. babysitter $5/hr, that's what she asks for. I think the going rate is actually more like $10/hr. (I say her age because I think her rate is reasonable based on her age/inexperience).

chardonnay24 · December 2013

We usually pay our babysitter $10/hour, which I consider a discount rate. She's my cousin, but she's also a professional nanny, so she usually charges $12-$15/hour for one kid. My kid is a terror, so I try to pay her more but she won't accept it.

BluepointToasted · December 2013

Our daycare is $42 a day. We seriously were considering having a nanny when I went back to work, but I would have felt wrong paying anyone less than $12-$15 an hour, and that adds up quick! Daycare it is.

RondackHiker · December 2013

Ardmhs83 said:
I thought it was more too. Isn't it kind of weird that you pay a sitter, who may not be near as experienced, more than a daycare that is licensed? Our daycare is an in-home setting too, not a center.

No.

Daycares do multiple kids so aren't making three bucks an hour. More individual care costs more.

MrsT0514 · December 2013

We pay one of our sitters (30 yo former nanny to twins with 17 years of experience) $15/hour. Our other sitter (19 yo college student with about 4-5 years experience) $10/ hour.

HappyMess15 · December 2013

$10 an hour, provide meals, and gas $

Maebb · December 2013

For my in-home daycare person (who watches DS along with her two children), we pay $40 per day for about 8:30-5:30. For other babysitting, we pay about $12 per hour. I would probably pay somewhere between for your situation.

lpowell333 · December 2013

ShadyPines920 said:

$10-$15/hour... How old is DS?

Holy Crap! I my my sitter, which is a friend that lives a couple a blocks away, $3/hour. I'm in a small town in Ohio, are you in a big city?!!!

lpowell333 · December 2013

lpowell333 said:

ShadyPines920 said:

$10-$15/hour... How old is DS?
Holy Crap! I my my sitter, which is a friend that lives a couple a blocks away, $3/hour. I'm in a small town in Ohio, are you in a big city?!!!

* I pay my sitter

citygirl22 · December 2013

10-15/hr

RondackHiker · December 2013

lpowell333 said:

lpowell333 said:

ShadyPines920 said:

$10-$15/hour... How old is DS?
Holy Crap! I my my sitter, which is a friend that lives a couple a blocks away, $3/hour. I'm in a small town in Ohio, are you in a big city?!!!

* I pay my sitter

You only pay three bucks an hour? I made more than that babysitting in middle school.

lpowell333 · December 2013

That's the number she gave me when I asked how much....in my area thats pretty standard.

Helenahhandbasket · December 2013

I just popped into this thread because we have been thinking about getting a sitter for NYE, but I can't help but comment on the per diem day care rates you guys have. I am jealous.

I know it's COL related, but holy hell. We pay 65.00 per day. I need to move.

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