Summer babysitting rates
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really good question, bc im needing to look into this too. We pay our sitter $20/hr for date nights. ( i have a 6 and 9 year old so they are easy). I've been meaning to chat with her about some days where i need a full afternoon. I assumed I would pay the same rate, and give some money or a debit card to go do some activities with the kids.
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@OneMinute said in Summer babysitting rates:
Curious, do most people do a flat weekly rate or hourly rate for their summer babysitters? We do hourly right now for the afternoons she helps us but it will add up quickly with her helping us more this summer.
We’ve always done hourly for our babysitters over summer, primarily because our schedule, and sometimes we would find that the Sitter’s schedule would change. I did try to commit to three days a week for a certain amount of hours each day so she could guarantee a certain amount per week and if she ended up not babysitting on one of those regular three days, we would make up the hours in a date night or on another day.
The hourly rate worked for us because we weren’t committing to five days a week 9 to 5 for example.
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We’ve found that hourly works best, although have tried both. When paying flat rate it has been based on a benchmark of x number of hours per week anyway, but I’ve found people tend to want to try to work fewer hours to earn “more” per hour.
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It’s so expensive. We also do hourly bc I try to cut my working hours shorter during the summer as I work from home. I think if I was needing 9-5pm care I would do a flat rate. But could get tricky if sitter gets sick or has to miss for any reason
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I think it depends if you’ll be having consistent hours and if it is a “full time” role vs a few hours each day. If full time I think a flat weekly rate could make sense, that being said I have typically just done hourly for our family summer needs.
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For teenagers, we do $20/ hour in the summer and $25/hr for anyone older than high school. Hope this helps!!
