babysitters may have once just been the teenager next door, but nowadays parents in some states are willing to pay over $16 an hour for a caregiver their children adore a new survey has revealed that the average pay rate for a sitter has increased more than 28 per cent in just five years   rising by more than a dollar to $1344 since just 2013 by contrast, babysitters in 2009 made an average $1050 an hour average babysitter wages have increased by 28 per cent in the last 5 years, as the graphic by carecom reveals  but the cost for care has risen much higher than a couple of dollars for certain cities the carecom survey, which had more than one thousand respondents, revealed that babysitters are most expensive in san francisco, where they make an average of $1665 per hour that's five dollars more than the city's minimum wage boston and silicon valley hub san jose are not far behind, with rates clocking in at $1537 and $1563, respectively new york city, unsurprisingly, still made it in the top five with a $1509 rate costs significantly drop further from the coast babysitters make, on average, $1131 an hour in grand rapids, michigan, the cheapest of the rates cities in south carolina, utah and ohio round out the top five least expensive babysitter wages with costs in the $11 rage   with rochester, new york, also making a surprise appearance although one in four parents said they believe they're paying their babysitters too much, the survey found they also have no problem upping the costs eighty seven per cent of parents give their sitters an annual raise, and 26 per cent will tip them and one in 10 parents is willing to throw in an extra $5 an hour if they booked their caregiver on short notice only three per cent of families said they choose their sitter based on expected wages forty nine per cent of families select a sitter loved by their children a new survey by carecom has revealed that the average pay rate for a sitter has increased more than 28 per cent in just five years   rising by more than a dollar to $1344 since just 2013  according to carecom's senior managing editor katie bugbee, parents today expect more from their sitters   and are willing to pay the price 'parents want experience,' she told yahoo! parenting 'they value that it's not longer the kid down the street who will just sit there and eat doritos all night' that means, according to the survey, that the babysitter is between 20 to 25 years old, doesn't smoke and is certified in first aid or cpr training bugbee said that, on the flip side, sitters are likewise working harder to make more of child care 'millennials are graduating college and becoming nannies or babysitters and the interest is there to perfect the profession,' she said 'we're seeing the evolution of the field on both sides' surprisingly, over half of the surveyed parents said they've hired a babysitter without running a background check or checking listed references but a whopping 94 per cent of families said they have complete trust in their child caregivers and many parents will go to incredible lengths to keep them around twenty per cent of parents said they'd be willing to poach another family's babysitter and 16 per cent said they wouldn't share a great sitter's contact with their own friends but that's hardly shocking according to the survey, 31 per cent of parents think of their sitter as family
28 per cent the last 5 years carecom 1344 more than a dollar 2013 only $1050 2009 san jose boston new york 15 utah ohio south carolina 11 only 3 per cent 49 per cent
average babysitter wages have increased by 28 per cent in the last 5 years . carecom survey reveals the average pay rate is now $1344 an hour . has risen by more than a dollar since 2013 and was only $1050 in 2009 . san jose, boston and new york all have average wages in the $15 range . cities in utah, ohio and south carolina among the cheapest with $11 rate . only 3 per cent of families pick their sitter based on expected wages . 49 per cent said they pay up for a babysitter who their children love 