# Babysitters and hourly payment?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitters-and-hourly-payment/64465>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 5, 2001, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitters-and-hourly-payment/64465 "2001-05-05T20:25:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babysitters-and-hourly-payment/64465/21 "2001-05-12T20:16:02Z")

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LOL, back when I was in middle school, I was making the big bucks at $2 an hour. Course, the kid practically lived at my house, so I was raking in an easy $30 a week. Big change for a 13 year old! One day last year I agreed to babysit for a friend of my mom’s, because she had no one else. She showed up at my house at freakin 6 am, dropped off 3 kids (I was under the impression it was only 2 kids…)They didn’t leave until 6 pm that night, and I had to work at 7. I made $50. Minus happy meals, gas, and ice cream, I came out with maybe $10 a kid, for the whole day. Divided by 12 hours…damn did I get screwed. Now I know why I work fast food…at least there, I get minimum wage at the very least! I’d go with $7 an hour or so. Or, you could ask her what she usually makes…she’d probabably be straightforward with you.

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