$$Babysitting Fees?$$?

Question

How much is the going rate for babysitting??? Im afraid to charge too much but i dont wanna get ripped off and charge too little.

Answer 1

The average rate for a college babysitter in a metro area in the US is $10-12/hour.

If you have more than two kids, consider raising your rate to $13-14/hour.

If your sitter is younger than college-age, expect their rates to be around $8 lower.

Answer 2

10-15 dollars an hour...lean more to 15 if you have a car and have to drive to them because of gas prices.

Answer 3

$5 per hour $2 more for each kid

Answer 4

i'm 14 and i charge $2.50 an hour to babysit a four year old.

if you are a teen and babysitting a kid i would charge $3 or $4 an hour

Answer 5

Depends on ages...daycares charge 4.50/hr at the highest rate for one child. I'd charge that much for anyone under 2 and then lower it by .50 cents as the age gets older and the child get tamer.  I pay my babysitter $4/hr for my infant and it seems reasonable to me...Hope it helps.

Answer 6

If people care truly about their children, and as long as your fees are not ridiculous, they should be willing to pay you AT LEAST minimum wage.  I don't know exactly what it is right now, because it will change, but I would start at $7.  The longer you babysit for a family and show that you are responsible, you can raise your rate to 7.50 or 8.00.  Good luck!

Answer 7

$7.50., Start of with minimum wage then start going bigger after experience.

Answer 8

well in between 5 and 10 dollars an hour. but its more depending on how many kids. you dont want it to be too expensive cuz then you wont get any work but dont charge too little either. i just babysat for one famlily. i got 5 bucks and hour for 3 kids!!! it was rediculous. i watched them for 5 hours and had to cook them lunch and all together got 25 dollars!! now thats a rip off!!! just do what you think is reasonable and what the parents think is good. and it also varies from family to family for me. depending on how the kids are and such..so good luck hope this helped!!!

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Answer 9

Charge them $20 per hr. They will respect you, and think you are valuable.  

Answer 10

whrn i was babysitting a year ago i charged 10 a night but its problay gone up a little  

Answer 11

I usually charge 7 dollars an hour.

Sometimes 20 dollars for a 2 hour evening.

But I always make sure that the house is cleaned up before they get home, just so they feel like they got their moneys worth.

Answer 12

5-7 dollars an hour per child. [:

example;;

two hours,three kids

child 1 $10

child 2 $10

child 3 $10

you get thirty dollars for just two hours!

woo hoo you!

xoxo[no homo]

sam

Answer 13

I have the same problem as well lol. I think that that you should charge around 7 to 8 dollars an hour. Hope I helped![:

Answer 14

i usually charge $5.00 a hour.

Answer 15

it depends on if your if your certified or not then you could make min wage if not then i don't know what the wage is and your only aloud five kids i believe at least that was the way it was when i was younger and certified