My Salary—

Okay, so I've kind of excepted this Nanny position for about a year or so -- I will have 3 children (7 yr old and 2 infants who are a year old ... I think)that I will have to take care of. It's partly a live-in situation but I can go home 3 days out of the week. The lady has a mom who will be the main caregiver of the twins but she needs help as well because she has things she needs to do.

Both the lady and her mom live far from me, so I will be driving 45 min each day to take the older one to school and twice a week I will be there to watch over the infants while the grandmother is off running her errands.

There are a few other things I will have to do as well but that's still being discussed with me.


I've searched online but I haven't really found anything -- how much should my salary be as a Nanny?

I've babysat many times but I've never been a nanny, so this is a first for me.

Nanny Salary

There are many variables that need to be considered when deciding a nanny's salary. Experience, Responsibilities, Number of children in the Family, Live in or Live out arrangements, area in which you live (cost of living for your nanny) and any benefits that you're offering your Nanny.

Experience is the most important aspect to consider. Bottom line, this is what you are paying for. The salary that you're considering should reflect the amount of experience the nanny has.

Your child(ren) are the #1 Responsibility of any Nanny you are considering to join your Family, but there may be other tasks that you may ask of the nanny. Grocery shopping, errands, laundry, housekeeping or cooking are just a few things it takes to run a household smoothly. The house and its everyday/week routines takes time, energy and organization and should be compensated. Also, does the nanny have experience in performing the tasks at hand and how well? That question can only be answered by talking to their references.

Number of children in the family also needs to be a factor. The Nanny's responsibility level is raised with the amount of children that she must look after and take care of.

Living arrangements for your nanny need to be addressed. Live out Nannies are generally paid more because you are not offering room, board, food and car as a benefit. Live in Nannies are paid less because you are offering them room/board and possibly a car.

Area in which you live plays a part. Just as in any other job the cost of living in the area reflects your salary.

Benefits that should be considered in the nanny's salary are health, vacation time, sick days, overtime, traveling and the use of a car.

Average National Nanny Salaries

Live in (average 45-50 hours - $ 400- $ 600 weekly)

Live out (average 45-50 hours - $ 500- $ 700 weekly)

Mother's helper (average - $ 8-13 per/hour)
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Average National Nanny Salaries

Live in (average 45-50 hours - $ 400- $ 600 weekly)

Live out (average 45-50 hours - $ 500- $ 700 weekly)

Mother's helper (average - $ 8-13 per/hour)

OMG SC, thanks a bunch 😄 I was just getting ready to log off lol. Dude, shows how much I know, I didn't even know the national average was that high but I guess so because there's alot of stuff involved.

I might just send you my agenda once it's all figured out lol, just so you KNOW WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH xD!

I can't believe I'm going to be a Nanny ... OMG, what was I thinking, I will still be working my parttime job. I'm use to working 2 or more jobs -- it's that capricorn baby 😛 😉

But ... I will be dealing with kids on both jobs now instead of just one -- camp is over and school is in session near the last week of Aug AND I'm in school fulltime. Good grief.

Oh yes it SURE is that CAPRICORN Cweetie.

You've got a good chart😉

I'd be happy to discuss your agenda! The more you tell me the more I learn.
So plz do at your own leisure🙂

since your working 2 jobs and going to school you won't have time for boyfriends😢

Id say the more you deal with kids the easier it is to deal with people🙂
Very rewarding and fun!

gotta run. prob be back on late. If so, Ill catch up to ya🙂

I'll be back on late too 😉

cYA

Crap! It's 8:00 already. I should've got off when I said I was lol.

Are you even gonna get any studying in starting August or will you be forced take a vacation from DXP? lol 🙂

This may be a stupid question to ask a capricorn woman with a very similar chart to my own😉

Posted by SuperCap
Are you even gonna get any studying in starting August or will you be forced take a vacation from DXP? lol 🙂

This may be a stupid question to ask a capricorn woman with a very similar chart to my own😉

I'm working on the balancing act my friend 🙂 Just think of what you would do if you had my agenda. I will see, if you don't see me until August 2011, then you will know that things didn't balance out well LOL!!!!!!