How much would I expect to pay for a nannie per day?

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Looking after a baby and doing the nursery run for a 2:6 year old morning and afternoon. Very light housework maybe.Starting at 7:30 finishing at 4:30

where about are you?

i would say if your in london anything bewtween £8-£10 per hr.

Very typically, Home Counties I would say would probably average around £10 gross per hour (about £7.70 net)... so £90 gross per day in your case.
That would be for someone with baby experience.
You may of course find someone who does not expect that much... or the opposite and find that people want more.

Have a look at job adverts in your area to see what is on offer.

We are in Sussex. Wow £90 is much more than I expected

Dare I ask how much you were expecting?

£60 tops!! I live in a bubble don't I?!!

Well, you might be able to find someone young/newly qualified/used to work in a nursery and looking for first nanny job for £7 gross an hour. Then you'd need to factor in Employer's NI, food, mileage, activities kitty, maybe a payroll company on top.

If you have two children though, why not take the 2 year old out of nursery? Then a nanny would be more cost effective.

All in, after taking account of Employers NI, nannies activities kitty and travel on duty costs, additional food costs, additional heat/light costs... oh the costs all mount up... £60 a day just won't cover it I'm afraid.

Example Costs of Employing a Nanny - this is an example I produced late last year, in which are outlined many of the costs involved (and I may have missed some).

National Minimum Wage for someone aged 22+ is currently £5.80 so with a 9 hour day that's £52.20 A live-out experienced nanny in my view will cost a lot more than NMW.
I feel you would be exceptionally lucky to find someone you would trust to care for your baby who would consider a salary of just above NMW.

Only my view of course... others may not agree.

totally agree nick

plus a nanny who is experienced with babies may not want to do light housework and esp not at nmw

It sounds as if you are looking for a mothers help not a nanny and I doubt if a good mothers help would work for what is effectively just above the MNW.

Nannies usually expect to do only things related to the care of the child. tidy their toys, look after their clothes prepare the children's meals! They don't do housework in general to be honest a lot of people will pay more to their cleaners than their nannies. A sad reflection on how they value good quality childcare.

If you had a CM or nursery would you ask them to pop round and clean your house.

Depends what the light housework is though, surely?

Nannies usually expect to do nursery duties, cook for the children (and probably not too much extra hassle to cook for parents if they eat the same!), tidy/clean the children's rooms/bathrooms and keep neat/hygienic the areas of the house they use.

nursery duties - what does that mean these days? Do any of us really have any clue as to what that entailed in 1920's... yet along now.

Better IMO to not use Nursery Duties but to list individual things that a nanny may due related to care of a child... for example making up formula feeds, cleaning bottles, cooking for the children and themselves, putting wash loads on, hanging out washing, folding clothes and putting away clothing, could do quite a long list I expect.

Personally I define nursery duties as any household tasks related to the child. I would advertise with nursery duties rather than light housework so nannies know that they'll be expected to do some stuff around the house but have an actual list ready to discuss at interview and written in the contract.

Nursery duties also vary from job to job so it's about the best catch all there is.