Nanny Rates

Well, I run an in-home daycare, but I'm not near the city--I'm in the Dekalb area. But, I generally charge $150/week for full time care for an infant, and then with a family discount, I would charge an extra $100/week for the 2yr old. I would normally charge $125/week for the 2yr old, but like I said I'd offer a family discount to help out a little bit. I'm not the type of nanny who charges when you are not here, so I generally try to keep everything as competitive as I can!
I hope this helps!

I was a nanny previous to having children of my own and I went through Lake Shore nannies. www.lakeshorenannies.com. They screen all nannies and do a backround check as well as a criminal check. Hope this helps good luck.

I was a professional nanny for twenty years in the Chicago area. Your pay rate depends on what type of nanny you want. If you are just looking for the average nanny, rates will be around $10-12 an hour. If you are looking for someone who has experience, knowledge and is a nanny because it is her profession, meaning, she attends conferences, belongs to a professional organization and has the knowledge of children emotional, physical and intellectual levels. You will have to pay a lot more, starting at around $700 a week. You as an employer are responsible for taking out taxes, I would recommend calling a nanny tax agency, and I love Breedlove and associates. http://www.breedlove-online.com/ Nannies are not independent contractors, that means your nanny can choose her hours and days, which most families do not want. I love North Shore Nannies in Evanston, having used the agencies to find the families I worked for and working in the office I can tell you, the nannies there are screened very well. If you use sitterycity or care.com I would definitely have your own background check done and would ask for three child care references. I would pay the most you can afford and offer benefits, like paid vacations, holidays and sick days, if you cannot afford a top-notch nanny you will attract more with great benefits. Make sure you have a contract and a trial period for the nanny; this will help you and her make sure this is a perfect fit.

Hi C.,
I employed too many nannies in my kids' lives, so here are my pears of wisdom.
First, I want to tell you not to pay attention to any experience/reference and such. They do not matter. Look at the person, ask questions at the interview and pay attention how she responds to you and the kids. Do you like her? Does your child? That's it.
Some of the best nannies I had working for me were not experienced at all. You can train them to your liking. The experienced ones know all the shortcuts, expect a lot, and will judge you/your kids based on their previous experiences with employers.
If you have time I recomend you post an add in a newspapers used by immigrants (polish, chineese, spanish, indian, you can add a few more). Their English could be limited by they will be willing to work for much less with a lot more quality. Immigrants tend to be hard working and honest. Plus your child can learn a second language and nanny's English will improve as she will learn from all the kids books/movies. I had some working for $5-9/hour or $300 weekly if they are come and go. Live in you can pay $1300-$1800/month.
Another advise, do not spoil your nanny. Do not give her meal money, gas cards, other freebies. Ask for more, add less privileges. Have her cook, do lundry, clean, whatever your needs are. What is she going to do while your baby sleeps, watch TV, and you are paying her? Ask for receipts if you send her shopping. Check on her when she is not expecting it. Hide in bushes :) near playground and see how she is with your child. Plan her day for her. You should know what she is doing for the day, where is the free time, fill it with chores. Make lists and tell her specificaly what you need. I tend to write/tell my nanny a day plan every day. Then you ask what she accomplished. You can relax a bit when you are confident that she is a good person and takes reasonably good care of your child.
Many mothers kid themselves thinking that nanny will love their kids like they do. What a BS! It is a job for her. In the best scenario you will get someone responsible and nice enough to like your kid, not love them. The worst - you see them around a lot: kid strapped in the stroller, yelling while she is yapping on the phone; or the ones telling kids to sit all the time because she is lazy to run with them; kids eating their boogers- nanny cannot be bothered to wipe them; or sometimes I see many of them just spaced out, like they are not there with the kids but in some far away land inside their head.
Look for a young, energetic, pleasant, quick to smile.
Good luck!

I'm actually in the burbs, but we pay our nanny $10/hour to watch my 18-month old. She brings her son with her to our house. When our #2 is born in May, we will increase it to $13 or $14/hour. I found my nanny on sittercity.com and we absolutely love her. Good luck!

We pay our nanny $12 for one child in the city. She started with us at $11 but we gave her a raise and she will charge $13 for two kids. We found ours through someone we know who was no longer needing a full time sitter.. That is the best way, in my opinion, then at least she comes fully recommended by someone you know. Good luck

I'm in Baltimore and have been a nanny for 10 yrs. For two children at their age I would charge $15/hr. Don't forget anything over 40 hours should be paid at time + 1/2. And as the employer, you are responsible for withholding taxes from the nanny's wages and contributing to medicare and social security, as well as paying unemployment taxes.

(This applies to Chicago-city rates... which tend to be different than suburb rates.) When we were hiring our nanny, we went through an agency and found that the minimum was $12 an hour for one, $14-15 for two. We wound up hiring outside an agency and the rates were the same.

My son's girlfriend just got a job nannying in bolingbrook. she works 8-6 m-f and is paid $400 cash plus room and board. she has been given a family car to drive during the day when taking the children too and from things. Not sure if this is the norm but it is what she gets.

we have found all our nannies on sittercity. we pay a flat fee per week (less than $10 for one kid/hour) and hen $10 pr hour for anything over her normal schedule. we made it very clear that we were only interested in non smoking, english speaking females. everyone has their own things that they want, but i didnt want to waste time oninterviews for people that did not meet those basic requirements. we also made it clear that you had to have your own car and insurance, etc.

I am a fulltime nanny in Northwest Indiana. 10-15 hourly is reasonable.

Im mostly here to comment on Cherry Jam response. I WOULD HATE to work for you. My family gives me a gas card monthly. (i drive to and from activites daily) Money for food, Paid vacations, days off, etc. You slave off your nanny just cause she is illegal? Your kids are probably brats so poor girl!
I love when my family treats me with diginity and a little perks. It makes me enjoy my day. So please do not listen to her! Treat your nanny like a human being and she will treat your children well.

I do not know exactly what a nanny charges but if you are interesed in an au pair your cost averages approx $330/week or $7.40/hr no matter how many children you have. Some of the benefits of having an au pair are: They live with you so you are guaranteed they will be at work and on time. You dont have to hire a babysitter if you want a date night. Au Pairs have health insurance. You have the option to take your au pair with you on vacation to help with the kids. Your children can learn another language. I am happy to answer any other questions you have,
M. Terlecki
http://mterlecki.aupairnews.com

I was on sittercity years ago and charged $10-15/hr depending on the number of children. I am now on care.com as a parent and that is still about the average. Starting at $10 for one, $12 for two, $15 for three plus. Last time I checked they had a nanny rate calculator. When I sat in the city it was about $15 for three. If your hours are fixed it makes more sense to pay a set amount weekly. Say, $500 otherwise the extra 10 hours would be considered time and a half.

just moved to the burbs and am currently paying $10/hr for our nanny. I have a 3yr old and 21 month old. When we lived in the city, I was paying $12-13/hr. We have found both our nannies using sittercity.com and have had lots of luck. I did a lot of screening and held plenty of interviews! They have both been part of ou family since we met! Good luck

It does depend on what the nanny is responsible for, just the kids or some cleaning also. I pay my sitter $10 an hour but will will be raising it ina few months. She just watches my little one, superrvises my older ones to make sure they don't run wild without mom or dad here, and cleans up the tpys and does some dishes. I found her on sitter city also. They have a bunch of nice people and you can check them out via the site. Most were looking for $12 to $15 an hour, though I do know that you can sometimes negotiate based on what other perks you might be able to give. A woman at my job pays $10 an hour for 9 hours a day but also gives the nanny access to the gym and a prepaid card for paying for gas.