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Jan 18, 2019
2:34
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Iman23
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How much should I expect to pay a babysitter to watch my kids for 1 week
while my wife and I are away on a trip.
4 kids 13, 11, 9 and 6. All will be in school from 8 to 3 for 5 of the 7 days.
She will stay at our house overnights (obviously).
What is a fair wage for 7 days of care?
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How much should I expect to pay a babysitter to watch my kids for 1 week
Iman23
1/18/19 2:34pm
$100 per day
Mr. Belding
1/18/19 2:35pm
That’s below minimum wage, even subtracting the hours they are at school.
TCuz
1/18/19 2:42pm
Are you counting sleeping hours?
bluecougar1985
1/18/19 2:43pm
Yup. Unless she gets to go home in the middle of the night.
TCuz
1/18/19 2:44pm
That’s a sweet gig. Most wives would make more than the national average
bluecougar1985
1/18/19 2:50pm
Except for the watching your own kids deal.
spugeddy24
1/18/19 2:51pm
Right, I get that. But it’s silly to set watching kids pay higher than a regular
bluecougar1985
1/18/19 2:56pm
Yeah. I can see that
spugeddy24
1/18/19 2:58pm
Full time at $26k/year is $12.50 an hour. Well above minimum wage
TCuz
1/18/19 2:59pm
At 40 hours per week it is, not if you count sleeping hours. Then it’s less then
bluecougar1985
1/18/19 3:05pm
Yup. But like I said, if a 24 hour nanny accepts 26k, she’s getting ripped off
TCuz
1/18/19 3:08pm
That is what I found to be the going rate.
bluecougar1985
1/18/19 3:17pm
Full time nannys, even live in nannys, do not have an obligation to the kids
CougHomer
1/18/19 2:59pm
I agree, just not at the same rate.
bluecougar1985
1/18/19 3:07pm
If you ask them to name their price
2FarGone
1/18/19 2:44pm
Then you’re paying too much.
Mr. Belding
1/18/19 2:45pm
How many kids do you have?
kccougar
1/18/19 2:48pm
Zero. Does having kids give you a right to be cheap or something?
TCuz
1/18/19 2:49pm
That’s not being cheap. You obviously are ignorant on this topic. I appreciate you trying not to be cheap. But you’re
Mr. Belding
1/18/19 2:58pm
It's not a real job, Alan Greenspan.
UberDeek
1/18/19 9:03pm
$500
BlueFrog
1/18/19 2:36pm
This is baseline if they're running them to school and all that.
TaiJuan
1/18/19 2:39pm
What is the age and relationship?
bluecougar1985
1/18/19 2:38pm
Older single sister in our ward, who has a nice relationship with our kids
Iman23
1/18/19 2:39pm
I think $500 is fair, the going rate is probably higher. $10 per hour for awake
bluecougar1985
1/18/19 2:42pm
I would pay more than I thought was necessary just to
crack
1/18/19 3:03pm
A bag of donut holes per child per day
trom2foot3
1/18/19 3:17pm
$700 would seem fair to me, But I would also leave
MikeDitka'sStache
1/18/19 3:44pm
$700
jwf
1/18/19 3:54pm
1k, minimum.
memento
1/18/19 5:38pm
Me and my wife did this several times for a family before we had our own kids
WhiteKnight
1/19/19 5:47am
How much would you want someone to pay your wife to watch 4 young kids
Fdnman
1/19/19 6:07pm
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