Researching nannies......anyone have an idea of the rough cost?

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Does anyone know roughly how much a nanny
would cost for three days per week?

We are considering looking for a nanny, we don't live in London which I assume would push the cost up. At the moment we pay over £600 per month for our DS nursery place and its not always fantastic, I feel.

We would want someone with a few years experience and would consider a nannyshare.

Any help gratefully received!

We have a nanny 3 days a week, outside London in Surrey. We pay £1300 gross a month for 30 hours a week. Works out at £10 ph gross.

Thanks surr3, seems to be about double the cost of a nursery then, handy to know as this would mean we would definately need to share with another family.

Thanks!

A rough figure is £100 per day, this will vary by location, expected duties, hours worked... but I feel it would be a reasonable estimate if in the Home Counties. It can be double the cost of a nursery place, which is why having a nanny is more cost effective the more children you have. As a nanny, in my previous job there were 3 children, in my current job there are 4 children.
Generally I say that for a family with 1 child, a nanny is not usually a viable option (unless working hours are unusual). For a family with 2 children, there won't be much in it. For a family with 3 or more children (particularly if 2+ are pre-school aged), a nanny can be more cost effective.

Gross... though in some areas, nannies may expect that Net.
24K should be a reasonable amount, if you are wanting a live-out nanny, working 50 hours per week. I'd certainly look at jobs of that salary level around my part of West Surrey/North Hampshire.

Make sure the applicants understand that the wage offered is Gross, as many nannies seem to expect any talk of money to be Net.
You may want to use ListenToTaxman to calculate roughly what the net amount would be, and advice candidates who don't seem to understand the difference between Gross and Net to visit that site, enter their tax code and calculate how much they may get as their take-home pay.