**How much do you pay your Filipino nanny?** Post Reply

[cosmopolitanmum]

I was hoping some other Mums can help me understand if I am underpaying our Filipino nanny. We pay her £325net a week. She is live in and has her own bedroom, ensuite, flat screen tv, dvd, wireless etc etc
I was planning on increasing to 350 as she is amazing and has become a good friend also. Someone told me that some are getting paid 450!! My sister is now looking to employ someone and I thought if she offered £325 that would be fine but she is being told that is under market rate. Can anyone share their experience please? Thanks

[Goldhawk]

How many hours is she working and what is she doing for you?

[Superbalhamnanny]

It depends on her hours and duties but lets say for 5 days £350 is great as a live in.
I get £400 for 4 days live out
Im glad you want to increase her salary because she is so good.
She will love the appreciation!
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[Jen66]

What relevance is her nationality?

[agasaga]

Very good question Jen66

[Sunnies]

Thank you Jenn66 for that question, I was wondering the same and looking forward to the answer.

[cosmopolitanmum]

Thank you SuperBalhamnanny for your helpful reply. Her nationality is relevant so far as that is where she benchmarks her salary. Filipinos are a tight knit community and she is not comparing her salary to anyone that isnt Filipino. Also she is more of a housekeeper than a nanny.

[Tinasan]

Horribly pedantic I know but she is a FilipinA. And I agree that the post title is offensive. Tightknit or not, shouldn't their salaries be comparable to any other nationality?

[coolmum]

Really? What is it with Nappyvalley always trying to pull someone up and claiming as if the OP is segregating a nationality/race from the rest.

Filipino nannies do that extra bit towards what most nannies do. They tend to be more nanny/housekeepers as opposed to just nannies. It's a fair question to ask about salaries.

[NorthcoteLuvvie]

I think this is a good example of a post where we are all getting a bit carried away without thinking about what we are saying.

1. OP wants to INCREASE the pay of her nanny and wants to make sure it's a fair wage. That's wonderful news and something to be applauded, well done!

2. She wants to make sure that nanny feels valued compared to her friends. From the salary quoted I dont think it's too low agaisnt ANY bench mark and a futher check or balance against her friends is womderful. Again a motive to be applauded, well done again!

3. If people have issues with the title of the post that might be your own prejudices reflected back.

4. Was the OP a bit clumsy? Maybe but to be openly criticised and have words like offensive bandied about is ridiculous.

There are lots of bad things in the world we can fix, this is not one of them

Mo on, nothing to see here!!!

[Annabel (admin)]

Can we keep the discussion to the pay level please?

If anyone wants to start a separate thread about nannies of different nationalities then that's is a separate discussion.

This post was a good faith request for information and I don't want it turning into something else.

Thanks everyone!

[nanny_kitty]

I think £350 net is very fair for a live-in nanny housekeeper. Good on you for wanting to hang on to her.

If it helps, I've been speaking to a number of agencies recently who consider £450 to be the "higher end" of a live in salary. Of course, there are a number of families who pay more than this but £350 is apparently about the average.

[Nightingale]

We pay 350pw net and were told by the agency we used this is standard for any live in (5 days a week). Think it may vary between different areas in London but certainly in SW I know this is pretty standard.

[emmabridgewater]

Please may I ask where you found your nanny? As she sounds great! Did you use an agency?

[schoolssoconfusing]

Don't forget that its an agencies interest to get the highest salary as there commission is normally the salary multiplied by however many weeks. We found that agencies tend to charge more or say people are paying more than they were in reality.

350 sounds very reasonable if you are covering living expenses etc.