Part-Time Nannies Make More Per Hour Than Full-Time Nannies According To Survey

Park Slope Parents found that part-time nannies make more per hour than full-time nannies according to its 5th Nanny Compensation Survey of employers who employ a nanny. These results are based on more than 750 Brooklynites who employ nannies who are not part of a nanny share.

Nannies who work for 10-20 hours per week typically make about $17.43 per hour, while nannies who work 50 or more hours per week make $16.05 per hour. Typical compensation for a nanny caring for one child is $15.93, $.82 more than in 2013. And nannies caring for two children make about $17.33 per hour, which is $.87 more than in 2013.

The study also found that 58 percent pay their nannies completely off the books, an improvement since 2008, when 79 percent did. Nannies paid under the table aren’t eligible for unemployment benefits if their jobs end, and can’t receive worker’s compensation if they’re injured on the job.

And 88 percent do not pay their nannies overtime when they work more than 40 hours per week, despite it being required by law.

Park Slope Parents recommends that parents pay nannies on the books and have a written work agreement outlining a nanny’s duties and other work policies, such as pay rate, overtime, and vacation.