What do you pay your cleaner per hour?

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And have they put their prices up recently?

She is self employed so it's up to her to set her prices.

This. We're in south London.

We pay £15/hr and supply products. I am expecting her to put her rates up soon though as she hasn't for a whole

£18 per hour, uses own products and hoover/mop. South West.

£15/hour. She was only charging £10 until quite recently in the SE. I doubt she earns enough to pay tax as she walks between jobs, will rarely let me give her lifts, doesn't want to put her prices up, hates it when I round up and pay her a whole extra hour if she stays beyond. Sometimes I feel more like her mum, some of the things she asks me about. I might offer her another increase.

18ph in North west. Hard to find any for the old standard rate of 15. Uses all own products

I charge £18ph:

-not my full time job
-use client’s products
-only have one, irregular, gig which suits me.

£10 per hour is not ok. It doesn’t matter the age of the person doing it. They have to pay their own holiday pay, sick pay, NI, income tax and pension contribs.

I pay her sick pay she’s missed one session (it’s 3 hrs twice a week) and that’s in 14 months so it’s not like it’s all the time and I don’t mind paying if she’s too ill or her child is unwell

£14 - SE London plus £26 a month agency fees.

£20 per hour, W Midlands. She's amazing and we increased her wages

£13.50 and haven't put prices up but I always round it up

£12.50 per hour. North West. I provide all cleaning products, and only a 2 minute journey for her by car, so no travel costs.

£54 for 3 hrs. She provides her materials.

£20 in Yorkshire, far more than I’d like but we’ve really struggled to find one

£25 per hr

£15 per hour, we supply the products. Cornwall.

The previous cleaner was £20 and I've paid £30 for a one off clean.

but What happens if she gets something more long term like shingles, cancer needing time off for chemo or radio, etc?

would you be prepared to pay the equivalent of statutory sick pay, which is for up to 28 weeks? If not, then this is a cost ultimately borne by your cleaner as eventually everyone will need more than the occasional day over their working life.

What about maternity pay? Employer pension contribution? Sure, the state will cough up maternity allowance and state pension, but they are very low and you are not contributing to your cleaner’s pension which is a bit rubbish.

@Funniestlion isn't an employer so she doesn't have to do any of these things. The onus is on her cleaner who is self employed to work out what rate to set to cover them. Most likely she does the cleaning as a top up and/or lives with her parents so has lower costs. But whatever her reasons, she sets her rates because that is how self employment works

16/hr south east

£18.33 an hour (£55 for 3 hours) NW Labour only.
PP paying only £10 because her cleaner is 19 is awful though. The lower wage is to take account of young adults still living at home, but that cleaner has a child of her own and deserves not to be exploited.

It's quite interesting that there isn't a North / South divide in prices the way I thought there would be. If anything, people in the North seem to be paying more.

When I first employed my cleaner 6 months ago, she quoted £15 an hour. From week one I gave her £20 an hour because what she did was totally worth it for me. It's bloody hard graft. Maybe it's because I can't actually do it myself as I'm disabled, so I really see the value.

I do wonder that the variables are here (actually self employed versus casual cash in hand etc) as well as the age and expectations. It surely has to be mentioned that some of these cleaners may be from poor backgrounds and / or typically from countries that are used to low rates and grateful for anything they can get. My friend in Twickenham, for instance, has a Filipino lady and only pays £12 per hour, yet he works in the city and is on 250k a year. I find this a bit unpalatable to be honest and I've told him. As the PP said, it's almost exploitative. She has to bring her son with her in school holidays as she can't afford childcare.

My Mum recently had a quote from a professional cleaning company (North East England). They quoted £30 per hour plus VAT. So it would have cost her over £100 for 3 hours. They said it was because they offer a good rate to their staff plus holiday, pension and sickness pay. It does make you think.

For what it's worth, I'm a single mother on 30k a year, and I'd still rather pay my cleaner what I think she's worth, rather than the bare minimum.

It does make me laugh. My nanny is £15 an hour to look after 2 actual real life humans that are my world. And cleaners on here get the same. I'm in the wrong job

I clean once a week and charge £15ph SW. I work as a TA and do this to top up my appalling wages. In the Summer I clean holiday cottages for £20ph.

You’re supposed to pay them?

£20 an hour. Was £15 but increased in late 2022. Labour only, I provide the products. Entirely worth it to us .