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Posted by Ronda (ronda@vegasolsons.com) on Mon, Nov 5, 01 at 2:29
| I have one 17 month old son. Generally, What are the going rates for sitters while babysitting in our home? Any suggestions? We live in Las Vegas. |
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| Last time I paid around $5/hour |
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I pay $6/hr for my three children. Two are older and easy to watch and the baby goes to sleep soon after a sitter comes. I think $6 is enough! Don't get out often though.
Pay seems to really depend on your area. Maybe you could ask some moms in your town. |
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| In S. Florida $8-$10 per hour for three kids. You can pay less ($6-$7) if you are willing to let a young teen (14-15) sit. I am not. I want an older (at least a Sr. in High School) sitter. Mommabear |
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| I use a 15 year old. She seems quite mature for her age and lives right next door. |
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| Remember-you get what you pay for. it is probably cheaper where you live than where i am (s.florida), but be careful when choosing and dont settle for cheap-babysitters really dont get the money or the respect they deserve and its a shame! |
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| WOW! You guys pay good! I pay my sitters what I got paid when I sat; $3.00 an hour! Or, sometimes we have a sitter come over after our son goes to bed at arounf 9:00 while we go out dancing. We usually don't gewt home until around 2 or 3 a.m. so we just pay $20 for the night. All our sitter say we pay well. We live in Alaska, should that make a difference? |
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| I live in NY and my babysitter only wants $1 hour per child. I have 3 so that's what I pay an hour. She is 16. The most I ever received an hour per kid was $2. |
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| $1 per hr per child?!!!! I've never heard of those kind of rates. I have 1 child & live in NY (Long Island) & the rate around here is $5-8 per hr for 1 child. Michie |
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| I'm near Boston, and we pay what Michie1 pays, $5 on the low end, $8 on the high. That's for one child - I presume the babysitters would want more for more kids. |
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| $10/hour and I pay for the pizza. I live in Colorado and have two kids that are 8 & 9 years old. My baby-sitters range in age from 7th grade to college grad students. If the babysitter has to drive my kids to piano lessons or something, I pay more. I don't know anyone that pays less than $8/hour. |
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| We rarely ever use a babysitter, but when we have it was $15.00/hour! I have a 2 1/2, and 4 1/2 year old. The woman is 33, and VERY responsible! The average for 1 child is $10.00/hour! |
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| What would be a good weekly rate for say around 6 hours per day? Should I still charge $8 and hour? What if I need to pick up the child from school and such? I am a stay at home mom of 2 and I am about to be watching a little boy for 5 days a week at 6 hours a day. Any suggestions? I want to be fair to the parents AND myself in the process. |
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| What would be a good monthly rate for 7 hours a day? I am a stay at home mom of 2 a 18 month and a 2 month old I am about to be watching a little 4 year old girl. Any suggestions? anything will help thanks |
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| i am a senior at college and i wanted to do some babysitting this summer back in austin. i've gotten some full time offers but i haven't babysat in a year and i'm not sure about rates..what would should i charge for a 10yr old boy 9-6pm weekdays? |
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I too am a college senior in Austin, and I have never gotten less than $10/hour. Some of these $5-6/hour blow my mind. Then again, I'm not a teenager, and I met these parents through the afterschool program they are enrolled, and I am employed at.
Bob |
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| What should I expect to be paid for babysitting? Sometimes I babysit for 3-5 hours. I am 12 1/2 years old and in seventh grade. If you have an idea please write back. |
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| Well from looking at these posts, I guess it depends on the area you live in. What are your friends charging? $5-$7 an hour is norm the here, but it sounds like many places it is much, much higher. If you are babysitting for dinner and movie type things, you may just be able to ask your employers what they pay; they probably know the going rate too...just don't let them take advantage of you. |
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| what should i (High school Sr.)charge my dentist secretary for babysitting a 13 yr old girl and a 9 year old boy. she said set the rate.. but i dont want to sound over the top. i usually jus take whatever! any suggestions? |
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| I'm wondering why a 13 yr old girl and 9 yr old boy need a babysitter...Is there more to story? |
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| I am a senior in high school and a lady wants me to babysit her 3 children and wants me to set the rate. I normally charge around $6 an hour but since there're 3 kids should I change it? Is $8 too much? |
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| Jeez, I'm shocked that u guys pay so much. I live in Northern California & all the sitters I found(only adults, not teens) charged $3.00 an hour per child.I actually thought that was expensive b/c I personally can't even afford that(I only get $600 a month) But wow, $5 or $10 an hour? I would laugh at them if they tried 2 charge that much. So yeah,its definitly where u live! |
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| I'm 16 years old and I'm a certified babysitter. I live in a pretty big city in Canada and I was wondering how much I should charge. |
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| The national average for babysitters is $6.04 per hour (assuming a teenager taking care of 1 kid). In New York City, the average is $11.08/hr. I hope this helps! |
Here is a link that might be useful: New-York-Babysitters.com
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| I pay $10.00 hour on Long island I have 4 children |
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I live in Los Angeles, and I am 24. I am a nanny for one child and I make $20/hr. I have been her nanny for three years. I started when i was 21 at $10/hr, then realized that ten dollars an hour was way too low for the amout of work i was doing (we are raising children here! not serving up fast food!) after about one year i asked for a five dollar raise, and since then i've gotten two more raises. her parents are pretty well off, so they can afford this.
when i babysit other kids, I charge $15-25/hr, depending on who I am working for, what they can afford, how many kids, and what the working circumstances are.
When I was a teenager I made around $10/hr.
My advice to babysitters/nannies looking for work: Don't accept any pay that doesnt feel good to you. If you want to get paid more, keep looking and find the people who will pay you more. When someone tells you "name your rate", you name it! tell them the highest rate you are comfortable asking for, and then you can always go down if they need to. Never say "i dont know what my rate is" This shows that you are inexperienced and naive, and they will try to pay you the lowest rate possible. Be confident in yourself and your worth, and know your value. Be professional. "I charge $18/hr, will that work for you?" and if they say no, then go down 1 or 2 dollars. Also have your lowest rate, but dont tell them what it is, until they try to pay you less, like maybe they say, how about 14/hr, then you could say, actually, the lowest i work for is 15/hr. if they wont pay you what you want, SOMEONE ELSE WILL!!!
My advice to parents: Find a good babysitter and pay her well. A low paid babysitter/nanny will not put the energy into her job that a well paid sitter does. These are your children, if you want someone who is qualified to take care of them for you while you are gone, you are going to have to pay the price. Taking care of someone elses child is a lot of work and responsibility!
bottom line for rates:
teenager- $10-15/hr,
experienced caretaker, $15-$25/hr. |
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| Wow those are some good rates. I live in a small town in southern MN. I have one son who is now 2 1/2. I would generally give 3-4 dollars per hour. I feel pretty cheap after reading some of the others. My normal daycare hours while at work are only 2/hr. I feel pretty lucky about that. |
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I was just yelled at by my babysitters mom for not paying her enough. She came over at 7pm, my 6 yr old and 9 yr old were fed and bathed and watching a movie. we came home at 9:30 and I paid her $26.00. Also my 19yr old (college student) daughter was home at 8:30, so she was not alone.
We only use her 2-3 times a YEAR!
I should mention, the movie for my husband and I was $21.00 and I had to pay her (I gave her another $5 after her mom freaked)so I paid her $31. Hardly worth the nite out. I could've waited for my oldest to sit for FREE. |
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| Your better off paying by job, not by hour. Honestly $2 an hour seems low, but not if your watching the child all night while they sleep. Your looking at $25 not to do much. But watching a few kids for three hours on a Friday you could have spent with friends, you at least need twenty-five bucks.... even if that is over 8 bucks an hour. I'm a little older (22) but, one couple I watch for pays 15-20 an hour, but I serve as their one night nanny. I do crafts with the children, clean up the house, do the laundry, bathe the children, put them to bed. If you can't get a sitter cheap, give them a larger work load. At least you'll get your moneys worth and it will be worth it to them to ALWAYS watch for you. |
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| anyone know of a good nanny agency that serves in the heights/dumbo area? I'd prefer to go through an agency, but if anyone has a fantastic nanny who just might be available in a few months, feel free to pass it on! thanks |
Here is a link that might be useful: babysitting
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