The rate for a babysitter?

Question

I put an ad in the local paper to start watching kids. I got a call from a woman with 4 kids. 3yr old twins (mom says they look nothing alike) 11 yr old boy and a 12 yr old girl. It would be on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday nights from 4 p.m. until the following morning at 6:30 a.m. I am confused as to what to charge for this situation. Please help!

Answer 1

I have a friend who sits overnight for 3 children. After 10:00 when the oldest goes to bed she charges a flat rate for the rest of the night of $8.50. From 3 pm to 10 pm she charges $15.00 and hour because it involves making sure homework is done, bathing and cooking dinner.

Answer 2

I think somewhere around $150 a shift is fair. Your shifts are 14.5 hours, which are long. That averages to slightly over $10/hr for the total shift--which you can get at most jobs. That would be $450 a weekend. You can play around with this until you get the right mix--then explain it to her. But I figured this at $12/hr from 4pm-12am--based on how much I pay my sitter, then flat rate around $50 during sleep time-- from 12am-6.30am. I actually rounded up a few bucks to $150. You may want to change the hourly rate, or the hours, or play with the overnight rate--but work with it til it seems fair to you. I pay my sitter $12/hr for 3 kids under normal social circumstances--no overnights---my kids are 4, 2.5 and 1. She's about 21, college student, knows CPR. We pay her $12/hr regardless of the time of day--it's rarely past midnight, if she needs to cook dinner, put kids to bed, or if she has all 3 kids or just 1 kid. We also let her eat whatever, and bring her very nice boyfriend over--who is an EMT. We borrowed her from my neighbors who use her for their 2 boys, 7 and 5 and pay her about $8-10/hr--ish, and they pay her differently when she works into the wee hours because of work (cop/fireman situation). So, consider exceptions, like dinner, picking up from school, homework, diapers, bathing, formula, weekend, holidays, night wakings, special needs. Also consider that is a long shift, prime weekend and overnight. Also will you be able to leave the house with them or need to take them anywhere? And consider what to do on holidays or any shifts she asks you to come earlier or stay longer. Also, consider your location, geographically and how far you have to drive. Certain areas pay more for sitters. And our sitter is only a couple miles away.

Good luck!

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Answer 3

Well, since the other 2 kids are older, and therefor can handle themselves, I would focus on charging for the twins. I nanny for 3 year old triplets, and I get paid $12.00/hour. Maybe that could be your base rate. But if you are doing things like changing diapers, meal times, putting to bed, etc. I would charge around $14.00/hour.

Answer 4

$5.50 an hour see what she says im sure she will go for it plus that is really good money cuz one.... you are babysitting hello im sure she will tell you to eat whatever you can find plus the oldest is twelve im sure she wont be to big of a mess the only ones you will really have to look after are the 3 year olds and im sure they go to school so the only time that you really have to baby sit is for a couple of hours then you are free of kids and you can eat and watch T.V. so that is the perfect amount plus that is what i used to charge and after a while i asked for more and people told me NO that was to much so start out at $5.50

Answer 5

6-8 bucks per hour 2 more per hour for each kid so 12-15 per hour good luck

Answer 6

sice they will be asleep most of the time and two of them are older I would say maybe $75-$125 a week

Answer 7

Probably 20.00 to 25.00 a day. They will be asleep most of the time.

Answer 8

50 bucks...