https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:13:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-rate-in-urban-areas#post-1630406 Tue, 13 May 2014 01:08:48 +0000 Kimberlybee 1630406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: hi how are you feeling? Did you have your baby yet? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-rate-in-urban-areas#post-1620564 Thu, 08 May 2014 00:13:43 +0000 Bao 1620564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I need one of these babysitting jobs :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-rate-in-urban-areas#post-1620547 Wed, 07 May 2014 23:41:52 +0000 Mrs.Someone 1620547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: Thats exactly what I was thinking! Loved those books :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-rate-in-urban-areas#post-1620543 Wed, 07 May 2014 23:38:45 +0000 HabesBabe 1620543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: this sounds like a grown up version of the Babysitters' Club! I can just imagine Stacey, Claudia, and Dawn as roommates and doing this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-rate-in-urban-areas#post-1620537 Wed, 07 May 2014 23:22:57 +0000 Myicitygirl 1620537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$20 an hour sounds high to me, especially if it is in the evening when the child is sleeping and the sitter will be reading or watching tv. Unless it is really last minute or the child is a terrible sleeper, I think $15 is reasonable. I am relatively new to San Diego so I asked around and the parents I asked said $12-13 an hour is the norm here for babysitting rates, and a little higher than that for nanny rates. I interviewed a couple of college students as babysitters and they also quoted me $12-13 an hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-rate-in-urban-areas#post-1618898 Wed, 07 May 2014 11:17:08 +0000 mrs. bird 1618898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>excellent! i'm sitting for a friend of my brother's saturday night &amp; wasn't sure if nanny rates differed from date night sitters, but it sounds like it's about the same. not my ideal saturday evening, but with mr. bird unemployed, i'll hang out &amp; watch movies for $20/hr while their LO sleeps :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-rate-in-urban-areas#post-1618897 Wed, 07 May 2014 11:17:03 +0000 MaryM 1618897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I picked up a babysitting gig for a friend who recently moved away. I sat for a woman we both used to work with.</p> <p>We didn't talk money before they left and I have to say, I was SHOCKED when I got the check when they got back.</p> <p>It's about $15-20 here too, and I'm about 20 miles from an urban area. </p> <p>And to think I charged a dollar a kid when I was a teenager... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-rate-in-urban-areas#post-1618847 Wed, 07 May 2014 11:00:15 +0000 hilsy85 1618847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$15-20 an hour seems to be the going rate! parking is not an issue, but I would pay for a cab home at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-rate-in-urban-areas#post-1618503 Wed, 07 May 2014 09:36:25 +0000 nana87 1618503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There's a local college near me that has a babysitting service that we will probably get sitters from. It's $15/hour </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-rate-in-urban-areas#post-1618401 Wed, 07 May 2014 09:10:07 +0000 septca 1618401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay $15/hour, but that's kind of a steal in our area*. Our nanny charges $20/hour for date night babysitting and most of my friends pay in the $17-$20/hour range.</p> <p>*I should add some specifics - we have a group of 3 women (all roommates) who sit for us. They are all about 23 and have real jobs, but babysat a lot in college (in our city) and like the pocket money. We pick 2 Saturdays a month we want a sitter and whomever is available shows up. We live in a really hip neighborhood and are home by about 10:30, so our sitter is usually dressed to go out when we get home and goes out from there (with her bar tab all set from our babysitting gig). It's kind of a perfect system. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-rate-in-urban-areas#post-1618367 Wed, 07 May 2014 09:01:53 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1618367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$15-$20/hour. If they had to pay for parking we would pay for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-rate-in-urban-areas#post-1618361 Wed, 07 May 2014 09:00:26 +0000 Weagle 1618361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$15/hr. Sometimes we get a high schooler to sit at the house after LO goes to bed. We pay $12/hr for that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-rate-in-urban-areas#post-1618335 Wed, 07 May 2014 08:54:45 +0000 mrs. bird 1618335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How much are those living in an urban area paying for a sitter? Not a regular, reoccurring scheduled sitter, but like a date night sitter. Do you pay for their parking (if applicable) or is that included in the hourly rate? </p>