Nannies' earnings are going up, while employers are asking for flexibility. Stephen Vahrman weighs the figures.
The good news after the year 2000 is that, for nannies, wages and professional status continue on the up!
Several of the many nanny agencies throughout the UK who took part in the Nannytax Annual Survey of Nannies' Wages, conducted for Professional Nanny, ventured the opinion that at last nannies were being paid at the levels that they deserved. The figures for current average pay levels for live-in and daily nannies in different locations seem to bear this out.
RISES OUTSTRIP FORECASTS
Although only 14 per cent of agencies taking part in last year's survey thought that wages this year would increase in real terms (above the rate of inflation), in fact the figures show that significant wage increases took place this year, in some categories even greater than last year. Over the past year daily nannies in all locations saw average wage rises of between 10 and 15 per cent. Daily nannies outside of London and the Home Counties, where wages have risen by as much as 30 per cent over the past two years, are seeing the greatest increases for the second year running.
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