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My daughter (16, no pics you freaks) has been asked to babysit for a couple of nearby families, one to two nights a week.  Any thoughts on current rates that sitters charge?  The kids all seem to be in the 6 to 10 age range.

I haven't hired a sitter in over a decade.  I recall paying $9-$10 per hour back then.  I'm hearing numbers more like $15 which seems high, but if they'll pay it, then fine.

Depends on how many kids and what exactly she's responsible for. For 1 or 2 kids, $15/hour is reasonable. I would pay more if there were more than 2 kids or if she was expected to cook dinner for them.

The pay rate will be nothing compared to how much blackmail material she can pick up when snooping around the house.

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One kid for one gig, two kids for the other.  No driving, no cooking.  Mostly just engaging with the kids (art, dance, games, reading), maybe a little schoolwork, plus baths & bedtime.

Man, $15 sounds high.

$12-15 is about what we pay depending on a few things.

How many kids?

Do they have to change diapers?

Do they have to cook or are you buying food (pizza or door dash)?

How long are they actually watching your kid, versus how long are they simply just hanging out at the house while the kid is asleep?

Do you know when you’ll be home?  If not and say you’re going to a Texas game that could go into overtime that expectation needs to be set ahead of time.

Our babysitter got about $80/night a few years ago. She’s a cheerleader at LSU right now. Sorry, no pics  

Bernard

14 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Man, $15 sounds high.

That is because you, like me, were a teenager when money was worth more. Today's 15 is like 5/hour back in the 70s.

Hmm... I made 2 bucks an hour in the 70s. Maybe it is high....

We pay $15/hr for two kids, 5 & 6. We supply dinner, they do activities, bath, bed. Anywhere from high school to college, depending on which of our regular rotation of 3 are available. 

I agree that $15 sounds a little high.  Your daughter doesn't want to charge more than what will allow the families to go out on a regular basis.  A regular gig at $12/hr is better than a sporadic gig at $15/hr.

We pay 15 a hour. I Thnk it’s the gong rate. 

$15 an hour is nothing to raise an eyebrow at.  We used to pay $10/hr for one kid and $15/hr for two kids a few years ago.  I'd probably up each by $5 today.  That was for high school seniors/college students doing the babysitting.

We pay 15 an hour to watch a 7 year old and a 10 year old.

2 hours ago, hornbri said:

We pay 15 a hour. I Thnk it’s the gong rate. 

Phrasing

22 minutes ago, Hanrahan said:

We pay 15 an hour to watch a 7 year old and a 10 year old.

Again, phrasing

https://www.sittercity.com/parents/find-child-care/how-much-should-you-pay-your-sitter-or-nanny

$13 to $15 is about right in Austin. With that said, we don’t let our daughter charge that much because we want to encourage couples to go out on dates so they focus on their marriage. She agrees with that. She charges $10 for the first 2 hours and $13 per for each additional hour. With that said she only babysits for our friends and some neighbors. Some of it also depends on the family as well. For example, we have some friends who live paycheck to paycheck and she charged them $7 per hour.

17 hours ago, Bernard said:

She’s a cheerleader at LSU right now. Sorry, no pics  

Modz plz ban

$10 an hour for one kid, $15 for both (2yo and 5yo). They’re all family friends.

After kids are in bed we pay $10 an hour.

$15/hr, but our "babysitter" is really almost a family member.  She's been babysitting/nannying since Chad Jr. was about three months old.  She also cleans up around the house (we didn't ask her to, she just does) as she really only ever has to fix Chad Jr. dinner and play a little bit before he's off to bed (2 hrs tops) and she's just hanging out for a couple hours to make sure the house doesn't burn down while awaiting the return of the Mrs. Chad and myself.  

 

21 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

$15/hr, but our "babysitter" is really almost a family member.  She's been babysitting/nannying since Chad Jr. was about three months old.  She also cleans up around the house (we didn't ask her to, she just does) as she really only ever has to fix Chad Jr. dinner and play a little bit before he's off to bed (2 hrs tops) and she's just hanging out for a couple hours to make sure the house doesn't burn down while awaiting the return of the Mrs. Chad Fuck and myself.  

FIFY - has a better ring to it.

8 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:

FIFY - has a better ring to it.

That's usually what I do. Must've slipped my mind.  Thanks for catching it.

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3 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

$15/hr, but our "babysitter" is really almost a family member.  She's been babysitting/nannying since Chad Jr. was about three months old.  She also cleans up around the house (we didn't ask her to, she just does) as she really only ever has to fix Chad Jr. dinner and play a little bit before he's off to bed (2 hrs tops) and she's just hanging out for a couple hours to make sure the house doesn't burn down while awaiting the return of the Mrs. Chad and myself.  

 

I would love to be a fly on the wall when Chad Fuck Jr.'s teachers get introduced.  Well done.

18 hours ago, Hanrahan said:

We pay 15 an hour to watch a 7 year old and a 10 year old.

 

18 hours ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

Again, phrasing

I busted out laughing.

10 seems too low.  15 seems about right as a baseline.  It's got to be worth it to them as well.  I know a teenagers time isn't worth much, but they don't know that.

We pay our nanny $10/hr and the same rate when she babysits on weekends.  We didn’t negotiate; that’s the rate she quoted us.  Sounds like we are getting a good deal.

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We paid our nanny $15 hour for during the day, or during babysitting. 3 between 2 and 6. 

My wife teaches and will keep kids she likes every so often.  It’s normally for multiple days when she does it, and it’s $15/hr for daylight hours outside of school plus $150/night if she’s staying there.  She’ll do it a few times a year to fund her shoe/travel habit.  She teaches in a rich ISD.

On 11/4/2018 at 12:11 PM, Bernard said:

Our babysitter got about $80/night a few years ago. She’s a cheerleader at LSU right now. Sorry, no pics  

Bernard

maybe the most neggable post yet on surlyhorns.com

My wife teaches and will keep kids she likes every so often.  It’s normally for multiple days when she does it, and it’s $15/hr for daylight hours outside of school plus $150/night if she’s staying there.  She’ll do it a few times a year to fund her shoe/travel habit.  She teaches in a rich ISD.

Lol. She’s getting paid to fuck someone.

Reallly guys?  REALLY?  It takes this long to give the correct answer?

'Bout tree-fiddy......

On 11/4/2018 at 7:05 PM, Hanrahan said:

We pay 15 an hour to watch a 7 year old and a 10 year old.

Damn, your avatar makes this post even funnier somehow.

 

Edit: happy 1000th to me...

Edited by SHOOTER12

On 11/4/2018 at 10:11 AM, Bernard said:

Our babysitter got about $80/night a few years ago. She’s a cheerleader at LSU right now. Sorry, no pics  

Bernard

We will let you try this again.

5 minutes ago, SHOOTER12 said:

Damn, your avatar makes this post even funnier somehow.

 

Edit: happy 1000th to me...

What a waste. 

We pay $15/hour officially and round up generously. Our only current babysitter is a grown woman with a real job and I assume real social engagements of her own, not some high school kid.

 

Are some of y'all really that precise with the rate and timing? "Well, we were gone for 2 hours and 47 minutes, so here's $41.75. Say, you got change for a five?". FOH with that nonsense. It's three hours. Hand the sitter 50 bucks and push her out the door so you can commence to fucking the missus, which is the real reason why you went out to dinner in the first place.

Also, I'ma help Bernard, cuz I'm a nice guy.

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She's in there somewhere.

16 minutes ago, tokamak said:

We pay $15/hour officially and round up generously. Our only current babysitter is a grown woman with a real job and I assume real social engagements of her own, not some high school kid.

 

Are some of y'all really that precise with the rate and timing? "Well, we were gone for 2 hours and 47 minutes, so here's $41.75. Say, you got change for a five?". FOH with that nonsense. It's three hours. Hand the sitter 50 bucks and push her out the door so you can commence to fucking the missus, which is the real reason why you went out to dinner in the first place.

I make them fill out a W-9 before I pay.

26 minutes ago, tokamak said:

We pay $15/hour officially and round up generously

That's what we do and it gets us the pick of neighborhood teenage kids and same day service if we need it.

My kids aren't monsters, so I guess that helps.

 

We pay $15/hour officially and round up generously. Our only current babysitter is a grown woman with a real job and I assume real social engagements of her own, not some high school kid.
 
Are some of y'all really that precise with the rate and timing? "Well, we were gone for 2 hours and 47 minutes, so here's $41.75. Say, you got change for a five?". FOH with that nonsense. It's three hours. Hand the sitter 50 bucks and push her out the door so you can commence to fucking the missus, which is the real reason why you went out to dinner in the first place.

This. I want the babysitter to want to watch my kid. Not resent that I’m nickel and diming then.

One way to check is to head over to care.com and see what it would cost to hire one from there.  $15/hr sounds about right.  

Our babysitter got about $80/night a few years ago. She’s a cheerleader at LSU right now. Sorry, no pics  
Bernard
There are pics every week of her

there should be a formula based on the $/sq ft and your age and the price of your daily drive vehicle

 

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