https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:05:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211793 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 06:31:59 +0000 blackbird 2211793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This says $13-ish an hour, but the list I got from my MOPs group says the girls usually accept about $8/hour. I don't expect much except for E to have fun while I'm gone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211784 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 06:21:27 +0000 SweetiePie 2211784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hotchildinthecity: @Anagram: @plantains: NYC also - we pay the "nanny" who is here 2 full days $15/hr and the Saturday night sitter $20/hr with a 3 hour minimum. I'll admit I went in guns blazing for the night time sitter because I was desperate to have a young girl who lives just down the street and was "exclusive" to us. She's a recent college grad who works full time and just needs some extra cash. But since then I've asked other moms in my circle of friends and they also pay $20 just to lock their sitters down plus any travel costs (usually an extra $10-20 for cab fare).<br /> I asked my nanny if she would do sat nights and she said "yeah for time-and-a-half and car service home" and she's really sweet and not very demanding usually. I wanted to call her out on the time-and-a-half thing since she's only working 18 hours a week for me, but I didn't want to cause a rift between us so I paid it once out of desperation and never again. So that's like $23/hr plus a $50+/- car home. It was a very expensive night and that's why I got a girl down the street for $20/hr. It's still way less! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211756 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 02:09:11 +0000 Ree723 2211756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, those prices are crazy! We have a high school girl babysit once per week after school for a couple of hours and I pay her £5 per hour (about $7), which is the normal price according to my SIL, who is a teacher at our local secondary school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211736 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 23:46:25 +0000 anonysquire 2211736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cool, thanks for that! I need to pass this on to some cheapos I know! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211732 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 23:08:54 +0000 plantains 2211732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: yeah, in my nabe the going rate is $20 per hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211543 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 18:39:52 +0000 MrsH 2211543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not sure whether to be happy or sad that my city is the lowest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211465 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 16:04:59 +0000 mrsjyw 2211465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Looks right for our area. Most ppl I know pay more than average at 15-20/hour! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211464 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 16:02:58 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2211464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pay above market for my area. Totally worth it to get a teacher from my kids' school! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211454 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 15:46:49 +0000 daniellemybelle 2211454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Yeeeeeeah. It sucks but that sums it up!</p> <p>For daytime care, the issue has always been making sure that it is worth it for me to even work. I work so we can meet financial goals. We can't meet those goals if we put 2/3 of my income toward childcare. I might as well stay home because while I do enjoy my work, I would prefer to SAH and I work to earn money, plain and simple.</p> <p>Thankfully until this point we have had pretty affordable, high quality care for LO because we have had help from family, and I have a flexible job that allows us to use a small church-based program which follows a preschool schedule. It is less expensive than a large traditional daycare center that stays open all the time and we love it there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211403 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 15:18:27 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2211403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not surprised by this. The link says the average for my metro area is a little over $13. Well I got paid $10-12 an hour to babysit when I was in middle school and high school and I didn't live in a big metro area like we do now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211348 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 14:49:22 +0000 turkeylurkey 2211348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm like most of you I consider a nanny different than a sitter. I also look at what they are doing. So if they only have to do play time then I pay less. If they have to do dinner time, bath time and meal time I think more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211341 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 14:44:21 +0000 LuLu Mom 2211341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>whoa! This makes me glad that our parents are so willing to babysit! I've only had a babysitter one time in almost 3 years that wasn't family but it was our daycare lady's daughter (watched at the in home daycare) and she only charged me $6 and hour and she thought it was so much. I can't really complain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211215 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:56:16 +0000 ShootingStar 2211215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This sounds right to me, but we pay former daycare teachers so I figure they should get more since they're way more qualified than a random high school kid. We pay approximately $15/hour and I usually leave $20 before we go if we're going to be gone during dinner time. </p> <p>It's usually an additional $75 on top of whatever we do. So generally we reserve it for stuff we *really* want to do or special occasions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211207 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:50:46 +0000 runnerd 2211207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: lol! That is perfect wording for the internal conflict of childcare! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211198 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:38:27 +0000 looch 2211198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am not surprised either...I tend to have an internal conflict about the cost of childcare...I want to pay as little as possible for the care of my most precious asset.</p> <p>We have my parents in town, so if we want to go out, we use them. I am pretty sure I couldn't convince a baby sitter to lay down with my son to get him to fall asleep and he'd have to be pretty trusting of the person to accept it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211184 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:29:53 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2211184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$14.50 an hour for our city? Yikes.</p> <p>When I was babysitting, it was $2 an hour, per kid. $5 if it was only one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211179 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:27:04 +0000 avivoca 2211179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Portboston: I remember making $5 for a date night when I was babysitting! Holy cow!</p> <p>I view babysitters as a one-time deal for date night or something. I can't afford to pay $50-60 on top of a night out, so we do a lot of day dates when H is in daycare and we can both take off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211159 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:15:00 +0000 Foodnerd81 2211159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not surprised by this. But yeah- that's why we have never hired a sitter at home. We have hardly gone in any date nights in two years because nothing really seems worth all that extra money on top of the date. I have Paulo r a sitter for a wedding and she quoted 13-15 an hour- paid her the $15 since C was up the entire time, 15 min nap in 8 hours. She earned it. </p> <p>Bils bday is coming up and I'm wondering if it's worth trying to get a sitter or just send dh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211116 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:45:14 +0000 autumnlove 2211116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ya, we usually pay 15-20 an hour but I've only paid for a sitter 2 or 3 times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211114 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:41:31 +0000 rachiecakes 2211114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yep, that looks right. we usually pay $15-17/hour depending on day/night, time, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211108 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:34:35 +0000 daniellemybelle 2211108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is one of the things bumming me out about moving - right now we have free, awesome babysitting from nearby family. :(</p> <p>I'm hoping we can make some friends and do trades! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211099 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:29:47 +0000 Anagram 2211099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: yeah, we go on a date night about once every 3 months. I wish it were more often though! I also have to use our sitter sometimes for my OB appointments or when I have a night I have to work (like 8th grade graduation next week), since my husband doesn't get home till 7:30-8:00 pm).</p> <p>It sucks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211096 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:28:01 +0000 Mamaof2 2211096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, and this is why we rarely go out - no family around so if we do something we have to pay a babysitter - $15 an hour - however she is 25 and I feel good leaving my kids with her! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211094 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:26:31 +0000 hotchildinthecity 2211094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: we got lucky! I really like her too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211092 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:25:52 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2211092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think they are making a distinction between a full/part-time babysitter (what I would consider a nanny) and an occasional babysitter (what I would consider a babysitter.) </p> <p>Our nanny makes $17.33 an hour to watch 2 children (2 different families split the cost) for 40-50 hrs per week, but for an occasional afternoon or evening, we typically pay $10-12 per hour and round up to the nearest half-hour. Per this survey, the average babysitter makes $13.76/hour and I don't know anyone who pays that for occasional babysitting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211091 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:25:25 +0000 Anagram 2211091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hotchildinthecity: wow! That's cheap! I have gotten adult babysitter recommendations from friends and every single one charges $15-$20 an hour and one lady asks for $ for her dinner, too (insane). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211089 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:23:57 +0000 birdofafeather 2211089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: Oh, I'm not saying I pay it, just that I'm not surprised! We've always done trades with friends, waited for family to be in town, or do date nights in. We only pay for childcare for work purposes. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211087 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:22:31 +0000 hotchildinthecity 2211087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I live in NYC and I pay my sitter $10 an hour. I was honestly ready to pay more but she's on urbansitter and she sets the price. I'm in an outer borough though, not Manhattan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211086 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:21:33 +0000 daniellemybelle 2211086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: I think that is what this is for, too, but I still find it very hard to pay $50-60 on top of dinner &amp; movie or what have you! Especially if the kids are asleep much of the time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-is-what-you-should-be-paying-your-babysitter-via-marketwatch#post-2211082 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:20:20 +0000 Portboston 2211082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with PP...to me 'babysitter' means date night, not a full day of care. I know it makes me sound old but, holy crap babysitters get paid a lot nowadays!!!! I made like $5 an hour when I baby sat!!!! </p>