Nanny Questions?
 

My wife is a retired flight attendant and wants to "nanny" a baby.
She is trained in CPR ect.
What's the going rate for a nanny?
Is a salaried thing, hourly?

I'm sure some of you have dealt with this in the past.

Not the "Nanny" route, but the "Au Pair" deal.

Going rate is $200 a week for APs, plus room and board, fees, etc. Works out to be, after all is said and done, $400 a week more or less.

The key for APs is that it is not tied to the number of kids rather a flat rate.

I would peg the "Nanny" cost higher, and pay it, if the level of care is solid and they didn't have to live with us.

french maid is a higher paying gig than the others.

My wife has found that it's quite variable. Does the nanny drive? How many kids? Live-in or not? (Live-in is less expensive, as you're providing their room and board.) In general, it may run from $10-12/hr up to $16-18/hr. You also may include the nanny in certain family activities, vacation, etc. Does the nanny work at night? If a kid wakes up at 2 in the morning, is that the nanny's responsibility, or yours? I don't know if there's a universal answer.

We paid our nanny $12/hr for one kid. Light driving to activities. We had a nanny prior that we paid $2000 a month.

You a little confused, my wife wants to be the Nanny, we are retired and quite frankly, she is bored. The people that need a nanny are having their first kid and they both work.
The Mom will go back to work after staying at home for 4 months. My wife loves kids and she would be taking care of an infant, maybe five days a week.
I'm all for it. We have been married 30 years and spend 24/7 together:eek:

5 days a week, assuming 6-8hr days, and live-out, in Coto? I'd say at LEAST $3k/mo.

Local rates vary but I will share my experience.

My niece moved in with us for our 1st child.

She was 18.

I paid all her living expenses - room and board.
I paid her night school tuition at the local community college.
I gave her $ 1,000 a month to cover her car, insurance and some spending money.

That lasted a year.

I then sent my daughter to an awesome Montessori Daycare.

Liked the daycare better, mostly since there is no tv on all day.

1 infant at a premium daycare is about $ 1,300.00 a month. Includes food and 12 hrs a day if you wanted. My boy is there for 8-9 hours.

1 infant and my 5 yr old daughter who is in Kindergarten at the same center is $ 25,000 a year.

So, I would guess in the Midwest a nanny who shows up each morning to watch the kids until Mommy and Daddy get home from work is worth between $1000 - $2000 a month.