Babysitter - Fountain Valley,CA

For my 2 kids, I pay $10/hour for irregular babysitting (i.e. date night, etc.)

My neighbor paid $15/hour for her kids to be babysat regularly once a week. My girlfriend would only pay $10/hour for babysitting for her kids twice a week and she's had a real hard time finding and keeping someone.

You also may want to determine if you're going to pay "under the table" or take the childcare tax write-off. This can have some ramifications on how much you pay.

Based on your 2-3 hours every other week, I think you would do well to pay $10/hour for a responsible High School aged individual or older.

It's always best to ask Mother's in your area. I think $10 would be an absolute minimum and I'm not sure about your other answer but I would NEVER let a 12 to 14 year old watch my kids (I think that was like 10 years ago). In NYC you'd pay a minimum of $15/hr for a good babysitter.

C.,

You are in California. 1 of the 3 statest that pays more for sitters. I run a very busy babysitting services in Texas. I have 30 families. I charge $12 hour for 1 or 2 kids and $2 per hour after that.

In California the average is $15 an hour for an experience babysitter. If she is doing anything with the dogs such as feeding, walking etc then you need to pay an extra 1 or 2 dollars an hour as that is petsitting as well.

The hourly wage depends on what she is doing. If the family is within 15 min of my house I have a 2 hour min if 15-30 min there is a 4 hour minimum.

I would never let a sitter under 18 watch my 6 yo daughter. CPR/First aid and experience is a must. Also ask ?s!!!

I think it kinda depends on the babysitter. Like if you get a 12 to 14 year old to watch your kid then you could pay her less and she would most likely be fine with that. Like 5 to 7 dollars an hour. But if you get a collage age girl or even older they are going to want more pay.....like $10.00 an hour. Actually I had a steady babysitting job (about twice a week) when I was 16 and I got payed $10.00 a hour.

When i was a babysitter i got paid about 5 bucks an hour per child.