How much do you pay your nanny?

[SapphosRock]

Ours is £12.50 an hour which seems expensive but she is brilliant with our DD and we only have her 12-15 hours a month after school.

Looking into options for baby DS and her day rate is £120 which seems very pricey compared with £50 a day for nursery but appreciate he'll get 1:1 attention.

What do others pay?

That does sound like a lot. How many hours is the day rate for? 10 hours?

I pay £80 for nursery (7:30-6) each day including all meals, and I thought that was a lot! I was under the impression nurseries are usually more expensive than childminders?

I guess it simply depends on if you can afford it, think she's the best option, and are happy to pay it!

It does sound a lot doesn't it? The day rate is 8am - 6pm so yes 10 hours. There will also no doubt be expenses on top if they do anything like baby massage, baby sensory + parking etc.

Definitely can't afford 5 days a week!

I think that seems reasonable, don’t forget your employment costs on top of that too - employers NI etc.

It works out as an annual salary of approx £30k which as someone’s sole annual income isn’t outrageous (depending on your location).

PP mentioned childminder which is a lot cheaper as you are sharing the cost, children in minders home and likely a higher ratio of little ones and then add in some older ones before/after school.

A friend has just hired a nanny for £15 per hour (and she is bringing along her own child).

depends on their qualifications and experience surely. As a qualified Nanny I got 700 p/w net for 60hours

and that was a live in position with all food paid for by the family.

Thanks all. Our nanny sometimes looks after another girl at the same time as our DD (fine by me as DD has company) but we pay her the same hourly rate whether or not she has the other child.

Perhaps she will agree to a reduction in the day rate if we agree to her looking after other kids at the same time as DS. £30k a year is a lot to pay someone if they are also getting income from other parents.

It seems about right to me. You would pay less for a nanny share but the nanny gets the same in total iyswim. You are asking somebody to work what are usually long days looking after the most precious thing in the world to you. It costs.