How much do you pay your cleaning lady?

amother

Papaya

Sat, Jan 19 2019, 8:14 pm

Just raised mine to 15$ was paying 12$ before. She’s amazing and worth every penny

amother

Chocolate

Sat, Jan 19 2019, 8:33 pm

$80 for 6 hrs Brooklyn Although it may go up as she just asked me for a raise

amother

Azure

Sat, Jan 19 2019, 8:37 pm

Central NJ (not Lakewood) $20/hr

OutATowner

Sat, Jan 19 2019, 8:47 pm

$14 an hour for 4 hours. She doesn't do such a grear job, but better than what I can do by the time I get home from work.

amother

Linen

Sat, Jan 19 2019, 9:06 pm

OP, how much is she asking for? She'll take how much you give her? In my community the norm is either $11 an hour plus transportation or $12 an hour.

amother

Wine

Sat, Jan 19 2019, 9:19 pm

amother wrote:

OP, how much is she asking for? She'll take how much you give her? In my community the norm is either $11 an hour plus transportation or $12 an hour.

That is so cheap now I understand why so many amothers have so much cleaning help and insist that it’s a necessity.

amother

Linen

Sat, Jan 19 2019, 9:21 pm

Amother wine, every community has different norms. But the lady's here are so bad and not interested in working, that $11 is overpaying them.

amother

Amethyst

Sat, Jan 19 2019, 10:26 pm

Not the tri-state area : $14/hr plus transportation

1untamedgirl

Sat, Jan 19 2019, 10:33 pm

amother wrote:

We legalized our nanny because my husband wants to be a judge. Costs us 100 a day plus 100+per week for the legalized expenses (insurance, taxes,fees to lawyers).

What is the process for legalizing the nanny/cleaning help? Wouldn't it be easier to go through an agency?

naturalmom5

Sat, Jan 19 2019, 10:41 pm

amother wrote:

In Denver I paid $35 per hour

I am moving to Denver to be a cleaning lady...

flowerpower

Sat, Jan 19 2019, 11:19 pm

The going rate is $13 here.

amother

Denim

Sat, Jan 19 2019, 11:24 pm

Brooklyn
$12 plus $5 transportation. She is only working a couple of months by me so I know she will probably ask for a raise soon.
My cleaning lady prior to this one charged $14 after she worked for 2yrs and then left me for greener pastures.

amother

Hotpink

Sat, Jan 19 2019, 11:26 pm

Brooklyn
$14 an hour

amother

Forestgreen

Sun, Jan 20 2019, 12:08 am

naturalmom5 wrote:

I am moving to Denver to be a cleaning lady...

More money than my job as a professional. I got every two weeks for 2 hours. No laundry and no dishes. My cleaning supplies.

Ema of 5

Sun, Jan 20 2019, 12:41 am

I pay $16 an hour in Bayswater

chocolatecake

Sun, Jan 20 2019, 12:44 am

13 an hr - five towns

Ema of 5

Sun, Jan 20 2019, 12:52 am

chocolatecake wrote:

13 an hr - five towns

It’s funny, I used to pay $14, but my previous cleaning lady asked for more, cuz she lived in queens and had to take abie and train to get here. We ended up giving her $16, and now that what we give our current cleaning lady, even though she drives here from inwood.

amother

Aquamarine

Sun, Jan 20 2019, 1:05 am

5 Towns

I have a cleaning woman 1 morning a week and I pay for the job - $80 for approximately 5 hours. She's been with us for 10 years and is honest and reliable and even sends me a friend when she's going to be away longer than a week. She's worth every penny and I'd pay more if I needed (but don't tell her that!).

amother

Burgundy

Sun, Jan 20 2019, 1:12 am

Just got new lady from agency.
$100 per day. 8 hours.
My old one asked for a raise and wanted $14 plus $6 transportation

amother

Blue

Sun, Jan 20 2019, 1:44 am

$2 an hour (approximately) but I live in South Africa. Plus she lives in so I buy her food, pay for her child’s school supplies etc.... I am aware that it is pathetically little, but it is more than minimum wage here. And yes, everyone I know has full time help. With the Zimbabwean crisis I can only imagine an increase in people desperate for work here.