Current rate?

[Lewis's Mummy]

Hi. Just wondering what people pay for babysitters these days... having a friend's daughter look after DS while I go to physio appt and she says she doesn't want money, but I feel like I'm just 'using' her if I don't give her something iykwim

[Kitt3n]

How old is she? Around here the going rate would be $15 - $25 per hour, depending circumstances etc.

My brother pays our niece $20 an hour and she is only 16!! i wish i could have made that kind of money at that age.

[Celsie]

$20 OMG!!! I'd do it for $20!!! LOL

I used to charge a family $5 an hour when I was 16, (althought that was 13 years ago. No wonder they'd be gone for 7 hours or more at a time!!!

Celsie. xoxox

[Enchanted]

I used to get paid per night. One girl I babysat I only used to look after for a few hours and I got $20 for the night. Another group of people I babysat for paid me $10 an hour and there were a few more that were a bit higher. If you feel bad not paying her and she says she doesnt want money why don't you buy her a voucher for a cd store or something like that after she has babysat a few times?

[jaspen]

i pay an organisation $15/hr for the first three hours then $10 or $12/hr thereafter - min of 3 hours - so the carer would get less than this by the time the org takes their cut

[Rouge]

Jaspen what organisation is that? I would love to be able to get some permanent babysitting but its just too exxy for us, the cheapest I've found is 18/h day 16/h @ night.