r/Atlanta • u/SeasonWaste7768 • 5d ago
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u/jamieg55 5d ago
I think you have to start with what amount of experience and responsibilities you are wanting.
If you are looking for someone to effectively babysit (play games, watch movies, feed) I think you can stick around 20-25/hour depending on the age gap.
If you are wanting someone to teach the kids and have a plan towards their development that's a different tier of need and I think that's going to start around $35/hour and expect them to have a minimum number of hours required as well as PTO.
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u/bateleark 5d ago
It's usually 2/3 the cost. I think going rate is around $18-23 an hour for each family. There's a buckhead babysitter group on Facebook where I think people have luck.
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u/Different-Let3498 5d ago
I have an existing infant nannyshare in kirkwood and I charge 2/3rd per child ($20/hr)
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u/elephanttoes123 5d ago
When we were in a nanny share, we paid $30-$35/hour for 2 kids with guaranteed hours, holidays, and PTO. We found our share on Facebook (intown Atlanta childcare or something like that).
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u/cyber_deity 5d ago
Former nanny here, I charged $20 an hour for 1 kid and $10 per additional kid, and that was almost a decade ago. I know prices have risen but I'm unsure of the current range. I found all of my families off of the "Roswell GA babysitters and nannys" fb group, try to see if there is one local to you!
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u/DasWandbild South Downtown 5d ago
My ex did this pre and during covid. The model she ran was $20 per family for the first kid, with $10 for each additional kid in each family, e.g. a brother and sister would run $30/hour, but an unrelated pair would be $40. 3 kids in the same family would also be $40. Reason being, each new set of parents adds another set of "bosses" to have to deal with, and another set of schedules to maintain. The mental load scaled more along dealing with the parents than the kids.
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u/atlhart Underwood Hills 5d ago
Current nanny employer here. I have 4 kids and pay $30/hr. ~$30/hr is about the going rate it seems. When I make job posts, I get a lot of applicants. My kids are all school age, so the work and care involved is different than if they are all toddlers at home all the time.
+$10/hr per additional kid is great if that’s what you made, that’s not the norm today, and definitely wasn’t 10 years ago. Some people do $30/hr plus maybe $2/hr more per kid.
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u/OldDogTrainer 5d ago
Wow, $30 an hour to watch 4 kids feel criminally underpaid. I’m not judging, just to be clear. It’s just a lot of work for $30 an hour.
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u/atlhart Underwood Hills 5d ago edited 5d ago
Not really, it’s not 4 toddlers. Our position is being the adult at the house while the kids free range the neighborhood.
It’s be different if it were all toddler/preschool kids.
I didn’t want to be begging for applicants so I made sure we were offering a competitive rate. If you read nanny forums and comments, they will definitely say for four kids they would want $40-$50 an hour… But I don’t know what to tell you. I looked at similar listings. I made a job post, I was transparent about what I was offering, and plenty of people wanted the job.
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u/OldDogTrainer 5d ago
With respect, I’m sharing my opinion about it not discussing the going rate on nanny forums. Also, I did read the comments and several have said it’s $20 an hour for one kid then $10 an hour for each additional kid which feels more fair for the amount of work involved.
If people are willing to watch 4 kids for $30 an hour then that’s cool for them. As I said, no judgement. I sure wouldn’t though.
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u/atlhart Underwood Hills 5d ago
Well, I can only share my own experience and what I observe.
What I observe is a lot of job postings offering $30 an hour with a lot of people excited to apply for them. At the same time I see a lot of nanny‘s claiming that they make $40 and $50 an hour. But I don’t see job postings offering $40 and $50 an hour so I don’t know where those nannies are finding those jobs.
I offered $30 an hour because it seemed like a lot of people were able to hire nanny‘s at $30 an hour, I got a lot of applicants. My take away is that plenty of people think $30 an hour is fair.
The point of my post also is not to debate nanny pay, but to give OP information from a nanny employer.
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u/OldDogTrainer 5d ago
My friend, I am not disputing your information. I am not arguing. I’m not giving OP advice. I am commenting on a public discussion on a public forum. I only mentioned the other comments in response to what you said.
If you pay that, then that’s fine. If that’s the going rate, then great. My opinion is that that’s criminally underpaying someone for the amount of work they’re doing. We can agree to disagree about that.
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u/Pb4ugoyo 5d ago
My sister makes the equivalent of $33 an hour as a 1st grade teacher with 24 kids in her class in Atlanta. I do not think that $30 an hr to essentially supervise 4 school aged kids is “criminally” low.
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u/OldDogTrainer 5d ago
Teachers are also criminally underpaid for the amount of work they do. It’s been a pretty commonly discussed issue for at least a few decades now.
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u/Pb4ugoyo 5d ago
While I agree teachers aren’t compensated adequately for what they do I don’t consider it “criminally underpaid” to make essentially that same wage to supervise 4 kids who are self sufficient. And “criminally underpaid” is an exaggeration. It’s a living wage. It’s not like it’s exploitative.
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u/turquoisebead 5d ago
Was part of a nanny share pre-covid (actually broke up due to covid) and what we paid hourly depended on how many kids were there. It was typically just 2 kids but one day a week there were 3 - we basically did Wed-Fri with the nanny and the host family’s son, there was another little girl that did Mon-Wed. I think on 2 kid days we paid $24 an hour and 3 kid days we paid $20 an hour. Wednesday and Thursday were our contracted days so we paid if we used it or not and it was handled as direct deposit to the nanny’s account. Friday we could use it and pay cash but it wasn’t contracted so we didn’t HAVE to use it. We used a company to handle the pay, so things like taxes, insurance and vacation were included.
We had a fantastic experience and shockingly I found the family on NextDoor! I’d say nowadays I’d probably look in a neighborhood Facebook group page and start asking around there.
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