https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:45:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143573 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:53:30 +0000 daniellemybelle 2143573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$9-12 per hour for one child. I try to stay on the $9-10 range but we did have one babysitter that was phenomenal, did dishes and laundry, and was worth $12 per hour! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143566 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:50:48 +0000 SweetiePie 2143566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay $20/hr for one kid, every Saturday (that she's available. She also has a life so we compare schedules every few weeks).<br /> As I mentioned in the other sitter pay thread, that's the higher end it normal but still "normal" in my city. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143563 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:47:52 +0000 lady grey 2143563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$15/hr for an experienced babysitter, more like 10-12/hr for a teenager/mothers helper </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143560 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:46:29 +0000 blackbird 2143560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pay $12/hour for one kid for a college educated sitter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143537 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:37:07 +0000 hellobeeboston 2143537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do $12/ hr for one kid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143530 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:33:52 +0000 regberadaisy 2143530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@abdubbs: So I just put a post out on a local mommy group. This one girl watches 4, four!!!, kids, the youngest is under 1 and she gets paid $10/hr!<br /> My average is around 5-10 for two kids.</p> <p>Do you have a local mom group you can ask? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143523 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:31:13 +0000 buffalove 2143523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: I try to have her about once a month even if we don't have anything planned. It works for everyone - keeps the kids used to her, and gets us out of the house :) I know so many people who use daycare teachers....it's a great resource and they probably have friends, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143485 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:13:58 +0000 regberadaisy 2143485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@buffalove: how many times have you used her? Haha can you tell I'm getting date night desperate?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143484 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:13:15 +0000 abdubbs 2143484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Third spin-off question! (Didn't realize I had so many questions about this... am definitely over thinking things).</p> <p>Is dealing with twins (as a babysitter) more difficult that dealing with two siblings of different ages, and worthy of more pay? Or is it more the fact that they are infants vs older children? </p> <p>I think I am just so traumatized by the handful of times they've had synchronized full-on meltdowns, that I feel I need to preemptively pay more in the event that a sitter may have to experience those awful double screams/cries. I don't want anyone else (except maybe my husband, ha) to ever have to deal with those moments, they are so hard! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143479 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:11:52 +0000 buffalove 2143479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: nope! she's a sitter I found through a friend. She's 23-ish and has a full time job, this is just extra cash. my friend pays her $12/hr for 3 kids.</p> <p>My 21 year old neighbor who sits for me too actually told me that I paid her too much! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143476 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:10:30 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2143476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: @abdubbs: I agree, it's never too early to teach girls/ young women to know their value- time &amp; effort have value- and not be afraid to say so. I think the first family I began babysitting for approached me with the rate $6 or $7 and I was 12 or 13 and the kid was 5 or 6. That family set the pay scale and I charged a family of a diaper- wearing baby an dollar extra. Based on the rates on this thread I would probably insult a sitter if they left it up to me pick the rate- a $1 over minimum wage is what I would offer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143475 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:09:31 +0000 rachiecakes 2143475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$15-18/hour depending on how much time and if J is asleep or awake.<br /> I pay more for daytime sitters or evenings where he'll need to be put to bed. For late night sitters, $15/hr. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143470 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:07:26 +0000 regberadaisy 2143470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@buffalove: good to know! Is your sitter family? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143463 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:04:06 +0000 buffalove 2143463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$10/hr for 2 kids. She usually doesn't have to handle dinner, just play time and bed time. She drives to my house so I usually bump up for that. </p> <p>I pay my 12 year old niece $5/hr to do mothers-helper stuff. Sometimes I leave her home with the toddler while I run an errand or two with the baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143458 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:00:09 +0000 Pancakes 2143458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For a college sitter for twins, $15-20 an hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143450 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:57:00 +0000 nana87 2143450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we've used a college babysitting service and paid $15/hr in NYC </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143447 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:55:35 +0000 Andrea 2143447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: heh, I know, right? :-p Nah, but we only go out maybe 2x a year so it's just easier for us to do bedtime rather than explaining it to her, prepping the kids, etc! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143446 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:55:28 +0000 regberadaisy 2143446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@abdubbs: haha omg. My niece is 11 and I trust her to keep an eye if I'm cooking dinner and such. But definitely not being gone for hours! And she's really great with them. But sometimes she does silly brain fart things with the baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143445 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:55:28 +0000 abdubbs 2143445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: Those things really do stick with you! I still have a note from my first "regular" babysitting job saying she was giving me a raise to $3/hr for doing such a good job (Again... I was 11. So that was pretty major for me, ha!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143444 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:52:44 +0000 abdubbs 2143444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: Young college students, 18-20. Not quite ready to leave the littles with anyone younger than that just yet (although I used to babysit when I was only 11... what were those parents thinking??? ha).</p> <p>Although that makes me think of a secondary question... if you had younger sitters over as a "mother's helper" while you're still at home (I'm thinking middle school or young high school aged), what would you pay them? I've had a few offer to help out for free just to play with the babies, but I feel like I should give them something at least. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143440 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:50:04 +0000 yoursilverlining 2143440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We haven’t hired a real babysitter yet, but paid a young teen $10/hour to be a mother’s helper while I was doing work at home. I’d pay a babysitter between $10-$15/hour. </p> <p>Total aside and sort of off-topic, but I just want to say that I was *exactly* like those girls when I was a preteen and teen babysitting – I didn’t want to state a rate because I didn’t want to alienate anyone, or risk being rude in any way. Our mother’s helper was the same, and would have taken a lot less than $10/hour, but I said I thought that was a fair starting point for her time. A friend of my mom’s who I babysat for often (who later became a great mentor/friend to me) was mad when I wouldn’t stand up for myself and spent a lot of time explaining that women need to advocate for themselves regarding pay, starting with teenage babysitting gigs. She really impressed on me that my time is worth more than pennies. That talk is something I’ve thought about often since then, especially when I’m negotiating salary/benefits. Her words really helped me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143435 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:47:56 +0000 autumnlove 2143435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>usually 15 but I did 20 last time because it was very last minute. Two kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143433 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:47:18 +0000 hotchildinthecity 2143433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually just reached out on my local Facebook group about this and the answers ranged from $10-20 an hour (I'm in queens, NY) I'm hiring a friend of a friend who is doing this on the side for extra cash and I'm planning on paying her $15/hour. Oh and this for one kid, a 2.5 year old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143431 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:46:37 +0000 coopsmama 2143431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, everyone here pays so much. I do $10 an hour for both my kids. Everyone who has watched my kids said that was a very generous rate for how minimal I have them do -- most of the time the kids are already down for the night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143426 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:42:00 +0000 Mamaof2 2143426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@abdubbs: Are they teenagers?</p> <p>I had 2 super sweet 15 yr olds come to the house and offer to babysit - I asked how much they charged and they said "Whatever you want to pay" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143424 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:39:52 +0000 abdubbs 2143424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I think they are just sweet and not-so-confident. They all live in our neighborhood and have great references, and just love babies. Which is exactly why I want to make sure I'm paying them fairly, even if they don't have the courage to say what they feel like they deserve to be paid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143419 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:37:13 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2143419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@abdubbs: well these would-be sitters are not very helpful. I wonder if they would be more forthcoming if you told them you won't consider hiring them unless they state their fee. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143418 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:36:11 +0000 travellingbee 2143418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$15 is what we pay but I wish it was less!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143417 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:34:22 +0000 Mamaof2 2143417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: what?? your missing out - make her work for the money! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-pay#post-2143414 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:33:29 +0000 Andrea 2143414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$20/hour for 2 kids. We always put the kids to bed and then go out so the sitter just chills. </p>