Thursday, October 16, 2008
What do they make these days????
I have a question and I really need feedback. How much do you pay your babysitters when you go out for the night? We have had the LUXURY of having Tommy's parents as our primary babysitters. But there are times when they are not available or times when the adults of the family want to go out for a dinner, etc. So I am curious, I know rates have gone up since I was 10, but how much? Can you all give me some ideas on what to pay someone? Thanks a bunch!
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It just depends on how long we are gone. If we are just out for dinner (3 hours or so)...I pay them about $20 - $25. If it's longer I pay more. I usually just talk it over with them and see what they "charge" or what they are expecting to make. I have friends who pay more, and I have friends who pay less...I think I'm in the middle.
We pay our high school girl $6 and hour, but always round up. So if we were gone 2 hours, we give her $15. Our college girl is $10 an hour.
Can you guess who we call first?? Seeing as how we ALWAYS pay. Another reason to consider moving home. Free sitting!!
Stacey- I am now mostly past the "babysitter for dinner" days..But I always hoped I was paying enough too. It varied for me depending on the age of the sitter. If I had high school or younger girl I would usually give $20 for the evening because they never wanted to tell me how much they wanted.
For young adults I would go $25 or above. Taking into consideration my kids age or my relationship with the adult. So complicated:)
Have a great time!
i thought i was doing really well to pay $3 per hour, but i just recently heard that is really low. ooops:) at least we don't go out much, so we haven't cheated too many sitters...
i think the going rate is around $8. ouch! that makes a date so expensive!
We usually do about $5 per hour, but give more if the babysitter was going to have to do more - such as feed, bathe and put the kids to bed, less if all they are doing is watching tv while the kids are already asleep. I think the average is more than this though. I am hoping I am doing okay for rural Indiana babysitters.
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