{"id":349,"date":"2024-12-05T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s37407.p1377.sites.pressdns.com\/homepay\/2021-nanny-pay-rates-how-much-should-i-pay-my-nanny\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T21:18:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T21:18:53","slug":"nanny-pay-rates-how-much-should-i-pay-my-nanny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/hp\/nanny-pay-rates-how-much-should-i-pay-my-nanny\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 nanny pay rates: How much should I pay my nanny?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Once you’ve made the decision to hire a nanny to care for your kids, the next step is figuring out how much you should pay them. If you’ve never hired a nanny before, this can feel a little overwhelming. However, we’ll cover several topics that should help you come up with a realistic pay rate for your nanny.<\/p>
According to the Care.com 2024 Cost of Care Report<\/a>, <\/strong>parents posted rates for nannies averaging $766 per week, or about $19.15 per hour.<\/p> To get a baseline for how much a nanny earns in your city, Care.com is a great resource. Based on the millions of job posts on the site, the average posted nanny rate in the U.S. currently ranges between $20.13 and $27.27 per hour, and here is the average posted starting rate* for a nanny in several major cities.<\/p>