Helping Nanny Find a New Job- Hourly Rate? Where to Look?
We have been helping our extremely experienced, loyal, reliable, bilingual nanny look for a new position in North Berkeley /Albany for months. She has been with us for 5 years and now that my kids are going to school we no longer need her (but wish we could afford to keep her!). I have received no inquiries on BPN, Next Door, Care.com, Facebook, etc. and I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing this same thing. I realize this is the time of year when many nannies are available due to school starting, but in her 30+ years of nannying this timing has never been an issue. Does anyone have any advice? After her raise last year she currently receives $40/hr for a full-time share ($20 per family). Can she expect the same from a new share? What about for one child? Thank you so much!
Parent Replies
When we were interviewing nannies (about 6 months ago to be fair), there was a lot of availability. Our current nanny is $35 for two in a share but that was on the lower end -- range was 34-45 for two kids in a share in El Cerrito. Five years with one family is quite the positive review! Has she gotten interviews or is it hard to even get those?
It might be a tough market because of tech layoffs etc?
I think that the market is saturated and fewer parents are looking for private nannies than in years prior. At least that was our experience trying to place our nanny who was phenomenal. Personally, I also think $40/hr is high. We have a private nanny at $25/hr and I think going down by $5/hr for shared care would not seem with it to me.