What is the rate of pay for babysitting?
This is a tough questions to answer. It really depends on many factors; how much babysitting experience you have, what will your responsibilities be,do you have you Red Cross babysitter’s certificate?, how many children will you be babysitting, and how much can the family afford. Most youth start at around $4.00/hour when providing babysitting services. Discuss this with the family BEFORE you babysit, they will appreciate your prefessional attitude for asking. Many babysitters have flexible rates for families that they babysit for often and even offer to babysit for free occassionally. Don’t feel rude for bringing up this topic, you’re a trained and safe babysitter and people are confident knowing that you have your Red Cross babysitters course, and will expect to discuss rate of pay with you.
