What's the going rate for babysitters?

[willow5]

My sister has a 3 year old and is wondering what the going rate is for babysitters? She understands that the $5 an hour she used to get when she babysat probably isn't going to cover it these days

[Astrid]

2 years ago I was paying $10 per hour whilst awake. This yea,r by someone else, I was quoted $20 per hour. Both women were qualified childcare workers.

[~me~]

Depends on the age of babysitter. I had a teenage girl (16yrs) babysit my 3kids. She had to put the two boys (8 and 5) to bed and DD(2) was already in bed. We paid her $10 per hour. The Carer's at the Creche DD goes to charge $20 per hour.

[nickle730]

I pay a uni student $16 per hour before midnight, $20 per hour after.

[willow5]

Thanks guys

[Boo Boo]

$22 an hour here.

[MamaPan]

I pay $20 per hour.

[RockingBaker]

I get paid $10 an hour for up to 3 kids, $15 an hour for any more than that.

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

I've just paid a teenager (college age) about $60 for looking after DS from after school (3pm) until just after 9.30 (so just under $10 an hour). She picked him up from school, made him dinner and put him to bed. She thought that was generous - but it really did save my skin tonight.

She also did the washing up from dinner AND from the breakfast pots DH left this morning.

[willow5]

Bonus with the dishes TFB!

[JLeigh29]

We paid a friend $50 to watch DS for about 4 1/2 hours, give him dinner and put him to bed. We thought that was fair and reasonable (but couldn't afford to do it all the time!).

Wow, it seems $$$ when you consider we pay my qualified FDC provider $6.85/hr! I know she has four children to look after (who each pay the same), but she's following a programme, providing art/craft materials, documenting everything and actively playing with them the whole day! Or, is it that child care workers are paid a pittance!

[Babyluv]

Going rate is usually $18 - $22.

[Boo Boo]

our nanny is through a reputable nanny agency, on top of the $22 per hour, each time she comes to us we pay an agency fee $18 and $4 travel fee. Yes it is expensive, but she is fantastic.

[redgum]

We pay $15 per hour if DD is asleep (no work required) and $20 per hour if she is awake. All the girls who work in my shop do babysitting part-time, they are either university graduates or still going to uni and have been babysitting for 5-8 years. The high school girls also babysit and they charge $10-$15 however I wouldn't get them to look after her whilst she was awake and I wouldn't go far.