how much to pay a babysitter?

[shopangie28]

How much is the going rate for paying babysitters?

[raven1114]

i've never useda sitter myself but a friend of mine babysits and she charges 2.50 an hour per kid.

[footemama]

I think it would depend on how long you are wanting them watched. I watched my friends kids (2 all day, and 1 I got on the bus to school) for around 8 hours and I got paid $40 a day. Another friend I watched her daughter for between 5-7 hours and charged $20 a day.

If I was going out to dinner and a movie or something I would probably pay between $15 and $20, that's around $5 an hour and I don't think I would go much less than that. Good babysitters can be hard to find and I probably wouldn't be going out all that much anyway. For daycare I think what I charged is fair and would expect to pay someone else the same.

[sempermade]

It depends where you live and if the babysitter is certified in CPR.

[bostonian504]

Is being a male babysitter weird??

[bostonian504]

pbly around $20... depends on the kids and the babysitter i suppose haha

[vb543]

5-10 an hour, maybe?

[kc1976]

It depends on your area...check out sittercity.com, they will tell you the average for your area and you can also find a babysitter on there.  And all their sitters are pre-screened.  Hope that helps!

[medule]

7.50 an hour per kid,  and then charge maybe like 10 for nights,

[discardedheart]

i think $20 per day is reasonable.

maybe $5 per hour.

[masked_brown_guy]

how ever much you value your children's lives, jk.

[hephzibahpotoak]

our neighbor's asking pay is 20 dollars. :-(

[luvh8tragedy87]

I got paid $10 an hour. But I did also say they could pay me what they thought was fair.

[greatestenergy7]

What ever you can afford!

[hayhal74]

I usually pay $5 an hour...but that is for two kids.