I needed a babysitter the other night and she charged me TEN bucks an hour. I almost fell out of my chair! How much does everyone else pay? By the way, this was a teenage babysitter not a professional nanny or anything. I don’t want to be a cheapscate but it seems excessive to me!
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Comment by auto on August 21, 2009 at 9:35 pm
7.50 a hour
Comment by ivy gial on August 25, 2009 at 1:44 am
that is way to much, seriously.
Comment by Tiffany on August 28, 2009 at 4:24 am
I pay $50 a week for a 1 1/2 year old and a 2 1/2 year old. Our babysitter is also our children’s grandmother.
Comment by bill on August 30, 2009 at 4:41 am
6.00 per hour
Comment by lorelei on September 1, 2009 at 8:56 am
wow ten dollars an hour IS alot!!! i’m a baby sitter myself and the going rate canadian is about 5-6 dollars, for a normal babysitter. ten dollars is way too much!!
Comment by BigSexyMami on September 2, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Gosh when i used to Babysit i got 2 dollars an hour…who can afford kids these days with those prices
Comment by 46 on September 4, 2009 at 7:01 am
I’m a babysitter, some families pay me $10 an hour. I feel bad that they give me that much, alot of times I don’t feel that I do enough work to merit that kind of money. Normally if they ask I’ll say something like $5 an hour.
Comment by Reese on September 6, 2009 at 2:53 pm
I myself am a profesional babysitter and i charge 5 dollars a child, and 6.50 per hour. i also have children of my own so i believe that any where between 5-7 dollars is reasonable.
Comment by maryandbobo on September 9, 2009 at 11:06 pm
That’s about average here for a teen who drives themselves to your home. If I go to pick up a teen, I pay them around 8 an hour.
I’m a big believer in getting what you pay for, so if I find a good sitter, I’m willing to pay more for her.
Comment by perry22131 on September 11, 2009 at 6:12 am
I actually am charged 60.00 a week. 5 days a week. I work 8 hour shifts and give or take 30 minute drive to work and 30 minute drive home.
Comment by amanda p on September 13, 2009 at 2:03 pm
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Comment by Chris on September 16, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Two or three dollars an hour at the most. I’m a preschool teacher and I don’t even charge that much.
Comment by Queen of it all on September 19, 2009 at 10:21 am
I pay my full time sitter $60 a week. I would have thought $5 an hour would be more than adequate!
Comment by riddlemethis on September 22, 2009 at 7:50 am
10.00 an hour. but that’s just for 1 or 2 hours.
Comment by AH on September 25, 2009 at 6:36 am
As a graduate student and a former preschool teacher I’ve been paid $10 an hour but for a teenager I would say 5-7 would be enough, unless you live in an area with a really high cost of living.
Comment by djtjbertsch on September 25, 2009 at 6:56 pm
#1 how many children do you have? If it is 3 or more that is very reasonable. Especially for night time care.
Comment by girl power on September 27, 2009 at 11:27 pm
heck yea it sounds like she took advantage of you and i wouldnt use her again!it depends on how many kids i would say 2 dollars an hour per child per hour.how much work could she have done watching kids doesnt sound like hard labor or anything i am a provider for the state and am licenced and i only charge 2.50 an hour and i provide meals!
Comment by tabatha1333 on October 1, 2009 at 6:01 am
depends how many kids you have. I babysit a 2 and a 3 yr old and get 10 dollars a hour. However they are young and need a lot of attention. I also babysit a 8 and 9 yr old and get 6 dollars a hour. Hope I can help.
Comment by amyvnsn on October 1, 2009 at 1:37 pm
That’s WAY too much for a babysitter. Normal charge is about $3.00 per hour. On a weekly basis, about $75. If it’s on a Saturday night or something, for a couple hours, I would give $10-15.
Comment by sexy mama on October 4, 2009 at 5:39 pm
9 dollars per hour
Comment by kelly a on October 5, 2009 at 8:41 am
I have a 4 month old and a 4 yr old and I pay 145 a week for the both of them. which is high but they get excellent care and its close to my job.
Comment by Happyperson on October 7, 2009 at 11:02 pm
I am a babysitter, and I tell them that they choose what they want to pay me. I babysat my cousins for $6 an hour, basiclly that was $2 per hour, per kid.
Comment by Figure Skater on October 8, 2009 at 6:54 am
I have a 17 year old babysitter and she charges 5-6 dollars an hour.
Comment by Cortney Nathan on October 10, 2009 at 4:00 am
My babysitter charged me $20-25 per day. That is for a full day. It usually was $125.00 per week. If it was just for several hours, however, I just asked my husband what he would pay for a babysitter (our daughter is 7) and he said 10. so maybe she wasn’t that far off by asking for that. Especially if your kids are small, and bratty. I know some kids that are a real handful on occassion (including my own).
Comment by I_had_a_bad_day on October 11, 2009 at 12:30 am
My cousin is 15 and she baby sat my daughter who is 6 (and never had a baby sitter) for the first time a couple weeks ago. We paid her $10 for almost two hours. When we handed it to her, she said she would babysit my daughter anytime. We thought it was because my daughter was well behaved, but when we asked her dad about it, he said because we paid her so much (and our daughter was really good). We were told the people she normally babysits for give her $20 a night to watch anywhere between 3-8 kids. We live in Michigan in a very rural area, so that might be part of the cheap rate.
Comment by ♥Cole_Sprouse♥ on October 12, 2009 at 7:56 pm
well i am a babysitter and i get paid $5 . u be in charge give the babysitter how much u think she earned. like if the babysitter cleans pay a little more.So I would say $5 dollars is plenty to give a babysitter.