Babysitting going rate

[popsickle555]

I’m in the north west and we have a 16 year old babysitter who lives next door doing the odd evening for us when we go out.

what should I be paying her per hour? My kids are 11 and 8 and easy / well behaved and usually in bed before 9pm so she does an hour putting them to bed and then usually sits doing homework until 11.30 when we get in.

£50 a night £10 an hour after 12

£10 when they're awake, £5 when they're asleep

£50 a night seems a bit much? That’s over £14 an hour at 16? I used to get £10 for the whole night although I am 40 now 😂

I think that poster read your op that it's just 3.5 hours wrong, as otherwise it goes down after midnight which wouldn't be very common!

Yep so that’s my thinking, pay her more when they’re awake and £5 an hour when asleep. That seems fair but I don’t want to underpay her as I know she’d never complain as is not the type to.

£8 per hour is way over minimum wage at age 16 so I reckon happy with that plus £5 per hour once they are asleep.

£50 flat rate for however long you are bur if you're back after midnight you need to top it up

Yeah I used to get £20 and a £5 extra for every hour past 12 - usually just the one. But you know. Inflation and all.

I'd pay at least £5.28 an hour (even when asleep but obviously more when awake). Although it's casual labour the morality of paying under minimum wage wouldn't sit right with me.

I think I'm fine with the morality of the £5 because when they're asleep you literally don't have to do anything. Just phone/tv/homework whatever you might do in your own house. There's not that many jobs about where you get paid to do nothing. Compare it say to washing pots in a cafe for £5.28

£5 plenty ph

£10 gets you a qualified nanny