Pricing for babysitting?

Question

I’m thinking about starting to watch children. So far I have one 7 month old and a 2 year old. I’m about to have another 7 month old and I’m wondering about pricing? I am licensed and childcare and I know lots of things to do. Scheduling, lesson plans and what not. I probably sound a little dumb I’m not good at wording things lol. I live in norther Arkansas and I’m not sure what a good price is for 5 days a week and 8 hours a day or less never over.

Answer

I think it depends on how much it would be a week if they just went to a daycare center. For example where I live it is $300 a week per child (for an 8 hour day, 5 days a week, but if they had more than an 8 hour day then they would charge $20 an hour after 8 hours) for daycare so if I were in your shoes and that’s how much daycare would be a week if they just went there then I would charge $220 a week per child but if they have more than one child like let’s say they have two then I would charge them $290 per week and that is for 4 year olds and younger. If they are 4 years old and older, plus depending on how many hours it is per week then I would only charge $150 a week if that is for 8 hours a day for 5 days a week but if their child is in school and they still need a babysitter after they get out of school, for an example 4 hours then I would just charge $95 a week since a child that age don’t require more attention than children younger then them. But if they just need a babysitter less than four days a week then I would charge $40 a day and anything after 10-12 hours I would charge an extra $5 per hour after that since that would be very long hours. But if they are four years old and younger and you were only watching them a couple times a week then I would charge them $50 a day plus the extra $10 an hour after 10-12 hours.

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I watch family kids and charge 20 bucks per kid per day and that’s a steal. I’m well worth at least 15 an hour. Daycares are usually 250-300 a week around here. Also depends if you will be providing food and other stuff. If you are licensed then you should be able to get a pretty decent amount. And people who can’t afford it can also go through the state and they will pay you.

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I know care.com has/had a price calculator you can dump in ages, times, where you live and it can help figure it out. 
then depending on experience you can decrease or increase your value. 
I always charge just a little bit more since I can prove to my clients I have a early childhood education degree and worked in daycare/nanny before.

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For 2 kids I would charge $20 an hour. And that’s being nice lol

Pricing for babysitting?

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