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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
I'd guess it depends on the market,what end of the market you're at, and what you're asking the nanny to do.
I know that the top of the line for nannies in the D.C. area is in the ballpark of $35K - $45K per year salary, plus some benefits (health care, etc.). That seems to involve a roughly 45-50 hour work week. A friend of mine in the business gets that plus, IIRC, two weks of paid vacation and ceratin holidays off.
That said, I know a couple who are paying just over $40K per year plus benefits, for a _live-in_ nanny. But that nanny works about 60 hours per week, and cares for twin toddlers, one of whom has significant medical needs.
S_A_M
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We're only asking her to look after the munchkin - no light housework, no cooking, no shopping, no plumbing (or whatever else people ask nannies to do), just babysitting duties. And apparently the baby is not much trouble. He has no med. or other difficulties and has a consistently pleasant disposition (I'm not sure how long that will last, but we're enjoying it while we can).
We're going with 2 weeks paid vacation to be scheduled at a time of mutual convenience (i.e.: when we have time off) and no set number of paid sick (or emergency, etc.) days, with the understanding that if it gets to be a lot we'll need to talk, and that she'll need to be somewhat flexibile, too, in terms of our getting home 15-30 minutes late on occasion.
eta: Thanks, everyone, for the input, it was very helpful. We really are pretty clueless, and we don't have many friends in the area who have kids and two working parents and no local family.
