How much to pay a babysitter?

[FernieB]

How much do you pay yours? Just wondering as we have one coming for the first time in ages to look after my 10 year old DT's.

Lol at cat64

And 100% correct

our nanny/babysitter charges us £30 per night with our 2 kids! if we get home past midnight we give her a little extra!

we used to pay £9 per hour.

As a Nanny in London-I got paid anywhere between £10-12 per hour. In the midlands with 'Sitters ' agency ( you have to have 2 yrs Childcare exp and have an interview.ref checks and a CRB and Paed 1st aid.) its around £5.70 per hour. I pay my teenage sitter £5ph with a minimum of 4 hours.

I too work for 'Sitters' agency and am based in SE London. The rate varies from 5.90 to 6.90 an hour depending on day of week. We also get paid a minimum of 4 hours work even if you come home before then to make it worth our while coming out. HTH

I too work for 'Sitters' agency and am based in SE London. The rate varies from 5.90 to 6.90 an hour depending on day of week. We also get paid a minimum of 4 hours work even if you come home before then to make it worth our while coming out. HTH

How long is a piece of string? It entirely depends on the person, their experience qualifications and how much you expect them to do. Is it a case of sitting watching TV or do they need to supervise bedtime etc (which is probable, given the age of your DTs).

We pay our 15 year old neighbour £5 an hour and we let her have free internet access and UK calls, some snacks and drinks. However, she doesn't actually have to do anything much for this rate - we go out once the kids are in bed - so all she has to do is sit there and watch TV while they snooze away.

I would probably pay more like £7 / £8 an hour for a teenager if they had to actually do something!

£6.50 for an adult as its not worth their will - time they travel up and for a few hours its got to be around £20.
I have a lady who has a good creative job but needs to top up her income. She works with children and has all checks.