Babysitting Rates - What are they!?
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Topic: Babysitting Rates - What are they!?
Posted By: 1stBABY4me
Subject: Babysitting Rates - What are they!?
Date Posted: 31 May 2011 at 1:43pm
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Anyone know what the going rates are for babysitting? We have found someone to babysit while we are out Friday night for dinner (18 mth old will be asleep or they may have to put her down)and I have no idea what hourly rate to give.... can anyone help - what's the norm - is it different for night and day or all the same!???! Cheers :-) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: linda
Date Posted: 31 May 2011 at 2:04pm
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We tend to pay $15 per hour but it really does make you get back home early. I have on occasion suggested a set rate of say $50 and say I will be home by a particular time ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: sarahm
Date Posted: 31 May 2011 at 3:20pm
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I work at a nanny agency, our rates are $18 an hour before 7pm (as we assume most children are still up then) then it goes down to $14 an hour. You may find high school students or uni students who are happy to do it for $10-$12 but it depends how much experience / age of sitter etc you want. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">  
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 31 May 2011 at 6:07pm
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Wow...way better than the $20 I used to get for a night!
I guess you have to supply snacks on top of the cash? ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 31 May 2011 at 8:25pm
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I pay our daycare (qualified) teachers $15/hr and always round it up .... and my teenage neices $10/hr. ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: 1stBABY4me
Date Posted: 31 May 2011 at 9:22pm
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Thanks for that... and I'm assuming you'd supply dinner etc?? And if they aren't qualified and in their early 20's would you still do $15? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: freckle
Date Posted: 31 May 2011 at 10:08pm
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LOL Kel I agree, for a big night I use to get $30 LOL... I would ask what they normally get paid? ------------- mum to 3 lovely girls :D |
Posted By: jaz
Date Posted: 01 June 2011 at 9:54pm
My 15 yo still babysits for $20 a night plus a ride home and snacks. Although this is her rate from 7pm to about 10ish and only through the week, she puts her prices up for Friday and Saturday night. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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AandCsmum wrote:Posted By: Whateversville
Date Posted: 02 June 2011 at 6:53am
| I once got $50 and a pack of smokes for babysitting 3 kids aged 11, 7 & 5 for 3 days and 2 nights while the mum went to auckland. I had to make their lunches for school, drop them off & pick them up etc. I thought i'd made heaps lol |
Posted By: fairy1
Date Posted: 02 June 2011 at 10:07am
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Arghh, is it just me or do these prices per hour seem expensive. I have to get a babysitter for about 10hrs in September for my sisters wedding and am not looking forward to the cost.
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Posted By: Panda289
Date Posted: 02 June 2011 at 11:48am
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Fairy you might be able to charge less for a full day like that, I used to babysit for a set amount and time. My 17 year old sister who lives in Wellington would probably do it for $80ish cos she adores babies!
I remember when I first started 10 years ago and my going rate was $5 an hour! I was babysitting at least once a week for various people in the neighbourhood.and loved it cos it mostly meant control of the tv which I did not have at my house.. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 02 June 2011 at 12:45pm
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I usually supply dinner (cooked chicken and rolls and salad stuff for them to make themselves). I'd also ask what they usually charge before agreeing to have them babysit. My daycare teachers used to charge 12.50 but found that some charged more and now are all qualified so they set the amount so they all charge the same, as the person charging least would get all the work! haha.
For the 10 hours, if its overnight they may do it for less as they will just be sleeping ... if its during the day I'd work out a set amount with them. We don't pay babysitters often, so just suck it up and deal with the expense as we know they are in great hands with their teachers and will have no issues. Mostly we use my mum tho = free! Or one of us stays home. :( ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 02 June 2011 at 12:46pm
| Holy crap, i used to get $25, free range TV and a selection of snacks. For the night. Might get back into babysitting if thats the going rate these days! |
Posted By: Gina175133
Date Posted: 28 February 2015 at 1:52am
| I say be up front with the sitter as to what you can afford to pay when you first call them "take it or leave it". If the sitter doesn't have qualifications ie. first aide and CPR Certs then that's another thing to consider. I would go with 10-12 an hour especially if your going with a teenager. I can't justify paying a teenager 20 bucks an hour when they don't have to do much like cook or clean, and most likely spend the evening on their phone or watching a movie. |
Posted By: Bellaz
Date Posted: 28 February 2015 at 8:39am
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I would suggest paying a high school or uni student $10 an hour... that's what I always used to do it for (not that long ago). Once the baby is asleep, they will probably just sit there and watch a movie or do uni work, so it's not a hard job. Now I just babysit for free for our family and friends. ------------- |