S/O sitters

[al dente]

The other thread got me wondering...
How much do you pay your babysitter?
What is their age (like a highschool teen, college, older?)
How many kids are they watching?
Your areas COL?

[pinkdutchtulips]

Aug 2, 2021 16:06:02 GMT -5 al dente said:

The other thread got me wondering...
How much do you pay your babysitter?
What is their age (like a highschool teen, college, older?)
How many kids are they watching?
Your areas COL?

I just got out of this stage …
1- $20/hr
2- late HS/early college
3- 1
4- VHCOL (SF/Bay Area)

[joy]

High cost of living
One child
$20/hr
All babysitters and age ranges

[sdlaura]

Between $20 and $30 depending on how many kids they’re watching and age of babysitter. Our regular babysitter gets $30 an hour for all four kids. HCOL. We don’t use any babysitters under college age but I’m sure we will as the kids get older.

[puppylove64]

$15/hr
College and older
3 kids (2 are pretty self sufficient, 1 baby)
Lcol

I’m always worried about what to pay sitters, I feel cheap after seeing other rates, but I am Lcol. 😬

[janegold]

We pay our college age sitter $20/hr. 2 kids but rarely both at the same time. HCOL.

[countthestars]

We pay $15-$20 per hour.
Two kids (5 and 8).
Sitter Age 16-32.
MCOL

[coffee]

$15 for occasional. $10 when I need her 8 hrs a day, several days.

High school student / college student
3 kids (4,6,7)
LCOL

[SusanBAnthony]

MCOL
2 older kids (easy)
High school sitters
15$/hour

[jorja]

$17-$20/hr
College students
Three kids (6,3, and 1.5)
MCOL

[isabel]

$20-25

College educated 30-something who nannies full time

2 kids (4 and 6)

Denver, CO

We paid her $20 per hour last summer when she nannied for us. She babysat tonight and I paid her $25. I pay her far more than I would a teenager or even a college student. This is how she makes her living, so I pay her enough to make it worth her while to watch my kids on a random evening.

[vtdiamond]

$20/hr
2 kids (6 yr old twins)
HS student - 18 yrs old
HCOL

[boiler717]

I guess I am the cheap one!
$12-15/hr
One kid (5)
MCOL
Sitters are generally high school ($12) or college ($15). Maybe I should pay more, although my HS students tell me they charge $10. We haven’t had a HS sitter in 2 years though with Covid.
We have 2 guy sitters we use mainly now, before was only girls.

[ellipses84]

$15-$20 / hr, 2 kids, HCOL, college age- mid 20s. I do know a 14 year old who was just starting out and was charging $9 but that is super low. My kids are finally old enough where I’d be ok with a young teen. Generally people try to pay minimum wage which is $13.

[waverly]

How much do you pay your babysitter? $15/ hour
What is their age (like a highschool teen, college, older?) Older than college age
How many kids are they watching? 2
Your areas COL? MCOL

[scm1011]

How much do you pay your babysitter? $20/hr rounded up + uber home

What is their age (like a highschool teen, college, older?) 20s (daycare teachers)

How many kids are they watching? 2

Your areas COL? HCOL

[Cheerio]

This is what we are paying our niece who is nannying for us for the summer and I'm starting to think she's underpaid. We did give her a $100 gas card at the beginning of the summer as well to make up for the driving she'd be doing.

How much do you pay your babysitter? $10/hr
What is their age (like a highschool teen, college, older?) College
How many kids are they watching? 1, Age 10
Your areas COL? L/MCOL (Kansas City; I never know what to consider it.)

[treschic]

I paid $10/hr Sat night for a 16 year old, low to moderate COL. She arrived at 7 and put my daughter to bed at 7:25, so it was only 25 min of work, and she earned $50. If it would be during wake hours, I’d pay $15/hr.

[beerlover]

LCOL, small town
just watching one kid
We pay $10 an hour and I think we're one of the better paying families around. Less than $10 seems ridiculous to me though.
Age ranges anywhere from 15 to early 20s - some high school students, and some college ones who are home for summer break

[vamoose]

$25-$30 depending on experience
College age and up
3 kids (2, 8 and 10) - we often say the 8 and 10 year olds can do video games so the sitter can focus on the toddler
VHCOL (nice suburb in the SF Bay Area)

[goldengirlz]

Similar to others:

$20/hr, college-age or recent graduate, one child, VHCOL

[tacom]

We live in HCOL and have two sitters

First is a career nanny/former au pair who brings her daughter with her. $20/hr for one kid

Second is a 14 yo neighbor, $15 / hour and either my husband or I are always around if she needs us. These are more like 90 min outdoor play dates.

[corgimom]

Aug 2, 2021 16:06:02 GMT -5 al dente said:

The other thread got me wondering...
How much do you pay your babysitter?
What is their age (like a highschool teen, college, older?)
How many kids are they watching?
Your areas COL?

We're using our first ever sitter other than grandparents tonight!

We're paying $15/hr
She's the pre-k teacher at the girl's daycare and is probably late 30s or 40s. She bringing with her elementary aged daughter that DD1 loves
2 kids, 3 and 6 months
M/HCOL

[erbear]

We don’t use a babysitter anymore but we used a high school kid. Two kids. We paid her $15/hour (my kids are older and pretty self sufficient - we paid $20 for an older sitter when they were little). We live in an east coast city.