How to Pay a Baby Sitter

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Tip 1 - How Much Should You Pay Your Sitter?

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Carlos M | permalink

The average babysitter rate is $13.44. A New York City babysitter costs $15.09, while a San Francisco sitter costs $16.55. Learn more about costs from Care.com.
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For further reading: https://www.care.com/a/how-much-should-you-pay-your-sitter-04131708 ^[1]

Tip 2 - Babysitting Rates Calculator

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Lisa Hamilton | permalink

Check babysitting rates on Care.com's Babysitting Rates Calculator. Its simple and free. Enter the number of children, zip code and number of years of experience. The result is based on the rates reported by local babysitters in your area
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For further reading: http://www.care.com/babysitting-rates ^[2]

Tip 3 - When you are looking for a babysitter, you want to make sure you're not paying too much or too little. What is the going rate for a babysitter?

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Bryan Pope | permalink

How much money should I pay a babysitter?

For further reading: http://www.circleofmoms.com/question/how-much-money-should-i-pay-babysitter-1701018 ^[3]

Tip 4 - Do I Have to Pay 'Nanny Tax' on a Babysitter?

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Lantec | permalink

For every parent that posts a panicked “In Search Of: Help with Nanny Taxes!” plea on parenting listservs, there are countless others who are looking the other way. And its not just the parents. Even though the taxes are in the caregiver's long-term financial interest, the immediate loss of wages to [...]
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For further reading: http://www.forbes.com/sites/annabahney/2014/09/24/do-i-have-to-pay-nanny-tax-on-a-babysitter/ ^[4]

Tip 5 - Babysitting Rates - Sittercity.com

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Steve Friedmann | permalink

How much do I pay my babysitter? What is the going rate for babysitters? Sittercity's babysitter rate calculator uses data from thousands of babysitting jobs to determine the right babysitter pay.

For further reading: https://www.sittercity.com/babysitters/babysitters-rate-calculator ^[5]