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C.W.
True Blue Farmgirl
101 Posts
Chelsea
Prosser
WA
USA
101 Posts |
 Posted - May 21 2009 : 2:59:33 PM
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| What is the going rate this day? I went on a ride this morning and paid my girlfriend's daughter $40 to watch a one and two year old for 3 1/2 hrs. Is that enough? I figured $10ish an hour. |
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RuralSuburbia
True Blue Farmgirl
251 Posts
Leslie
Northern CA
USA
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Posted - May 21 2009 : 4:41:51 PM
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Jaysus, woman! I'm a licensed provider and I only charge $30 a DAY for that age! I'd say you are very generous! lol
*I've got stars in my eyes and exactly $1 in my pocket!* |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22942 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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kmbrown
True Blue Farmgirl
459 Posts
Misty
Waynesboro
Pennsylvania
USA
459 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2009 : 6:27:52 PM
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| I guess it depends. I babysit for a couple every once in a while and they pay about what you paid your sitter. I had them just a few hours one night on very short notice and they paid me over $50. BUT, he is a fed. government worker and she is a psyciatrist and a professor. Yeah they bring in well over $250K a year so I think they can afford to pay well!!! They've been very good to us in all seriousness. |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Posted - May 22 2009 : 06:01:49 AM
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I think $10 an hour is right on target. I made about $13 an hour about 15 years ago but I was living in a very well-to-do area.
Here is how I look at it. Most likely a teen who is babysitting doesnt have a regular job. If they work minimum wage they will only get between 7 and 8 but they also have a "consistant" income. Babysitting jobs are often less frequent so a few extra dollars is a nice gesture in my opinion.
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ranchmama
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Elise
Rosebud
MT
USA
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Posted - May 22 2009 : 07:41:21 AM
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I think I've paid $10 an hour before.. But that was for the gal to stay with the kids till we got home late, then she spent the night with us. She lives to far away to take her home at 1 am. So maybe it was $50 for the whole time. She would have been with the kids alone say from 6 pm till midnight..
I think I paid my other neighbor girl $5 an hour to help with my children at a wrestling tourney that I was at. I thought I was going to have to work and not be able to keep an eye on them. I paid for her way in and lunch and all she had to do was keep track of the youngest one. That made out to about $35 I think..
And ya know, if you live way out in the country, $10 is a good price for the babysitter, town is to far for a real job, and as long as it's every once in a while, not $10/hr for an every day job, well I think it's ok.
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Mamarude
True Blue Farmgirl
107 Posts
Anna
Durango
Colorado
USA
107 Posts |
Posted - Jun 02 2009 : 4:26:57 PM
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How old is your babysitter? I pay my two 14 year old babysitters $6 an hour, but they're usually babysitting for at least 4 hours, and my kids are 11 and 7 so they're fairly self sufficient. Now I do pay an older babysitter $10 an hour, especially our friend's daughter who just finished medical school and is home before her residency, she's the best sitter ever!
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knittingmom
True Blue Farmgirl
665 Posts
AnneMarie
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
665 Posts |
Posted - Jun 02 2009 : 4:42:57 PM
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I think $10/hr is fair, especially if she's good with the kids and they like having her over. People you can trust are hard to find.
"There is no foot so small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world" |
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C.W.
True Blue Farmgirl
101 Posts
Chelsea
Prosser
WA
USA
101 Posts |
Posted - Jun 02 2009 : 4:49:18 PM
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| She is 14 and has 8 siblings, she is the second oldest. She definitely has more experience with children then I do :) Plus, she is home schooled, so available during the day if need be. I don't use a sitter often, only for special things, so I was hoping the pay was at least enough to make it worth her time to help me out once in awhile. It sounds like my pay was about right, thanks. |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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