Seems like it really varies here - 10-15 an hour, though 15 is the norm.
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I just secured my first ever babysitter today (daughter of a friend).
$10/hr -
8-10$/hr. We're using one for the first time in December and she's only 8$/hr (and she's a teacher at G's school! woo!).
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$12-15
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We pay $12/hour, plus cab fare home. Might be worth noting that LO is always sleeping by the time our sitters arrive.
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It's 15 regardless if whether LO is sleeping! Oh well
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10. 15 is a lot!!
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Babysitters here start at $20/hr and it goes up from there. Needless to say, we don't use babysitters. On the odd occasion we need one, we ask a couple of DH's colleagues who absolutely love our LO. They refuse money so we usually buy them dinner and/or give them a bottle of wine.
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I don't know what the going rate is but we've paid some friend's young teenage daughters $10/hour to be "mommy's helpers" (they play with LO while we are home, working upstairs (or taking a nap upstairs!). We haven't hired a babysitter to be home while we are out, I'd pay $10-$15/hour for that.
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$15/hr... Which is why we usually just do swaps with friends.
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$15, but one of my friends daughters just started and she watches the kids for $25 bucks regardless of how long we are gone. Usually like 3 hours so it's a good deal
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$7-$8 for a teenager, less for a young teen (like 12-15). For someone who is older and experienced (18+) I would say $10.
When I worked as a nanny I was paid $10/hr with 8 years experience! $11 when they had a second kid. May have been the family though- a friend nannied twins and she had less experience than I and she made $12/hr.
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Seriously... What some people quote as the going rate for a babysitter in their area is what *I* make at my current job!!!
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@Mrs. Pen: wow, that's low!!! What's minimum wage there? My sister is 15 and makes $12, but would probably make more if she could drive and didn't have to be picked up.
My other little sister is 21 and makes $20-$22/hour as a nanny.
We haven't had to hire a baby sitter yet but would pay $15.
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$10. Min wage is 7.75 here so I feel like 1
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@Mrs. Pen: right?! We'd never go anywhere if it was 20$/hr...
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$10/hr - but that is for a daycare worker who we know and trust. We haven't received quotes from anyone else.
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Ugh that seems so high! I remember when I used to babysit back in the day for $5/hr or less... Yep, I realize how much that statement ages me
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We are paying her day care teacher $12 an hour tomorrow. First time we had to hire one. Usually use family but they are all going to wedding with us.
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$15 an hour - which is why we never go out! After paying the babysitter and having dinner and whatever else we just spent $250! ouch!
We wait until my mom is town and have a free babysitter =)
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I pay $15-20 per hour.
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Next Wednesday is the first time we're using a paid sitter. It's a teacher from her school.... I'm expecting her to tell me 10-12 an hour?
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We pay my niece $7/hr.
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9-10€/hour.
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We haven't had to hire a babysitter yet but my coworker recently paid $20/hr and they were gone for 5 hours! I'm so glad we have friends and family that will watch DS. All we have to give them is a bottle or two of wine!
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I pay $12 an hour. She's our former nanny. When she was the nanny it was $10 an hour. It's the going rate here according to care.com.
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