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Pricing for Every Type of Child Care

From occasional babysitters to newborn care specialists to full-time nannies and family assistants. See pricing, understand fees, talk to real people who can help you choose.

Child Care Services & What They Cost

From babysitters to short-term to long-term care, see all the options and costs. Not sure which fits your needs? We'll help figure that out.

Babysitters & Temporary

Need a babysitter for date night, backup care, a day or two on occasion, or an extra set of hands? Our agency-employed caregivers work on your schedule. Book ahead or on short notice as needed.

Annual Registration $175 | Annual Renewal $99

  • PA | DE | So NJ | Richmond, VA $31.95 per hour
  • NYC | CT | DC | DMV | MD $36.95 per hour

Included & Additional*

  • Annual registration fee: Gives access to our vetted team of babysitters & temp nannies (I)
  • Minimum: 4-hour booking per visit
  • Transportation: IRS mileage rate + 2% admin fee if caregiver drives in their car *
  • Rate includes: Agency fee, payroll & taxes, insurance, and workers' comp
  • Overtime: Time-and-a-half rates apply per state law*
  • Federal holidays: Time-and-a-half of hourly rate*

Additional Fees

  • More than 3 children: +$5 per hour
  • Hotel or away-from-home rental sitting: +$5 per hour
  • Peak periods or same-day/next-day booking: +$3 per hour

Peak periods include federal holidays, days surrounding holidays, school breaks, and late August to early September due to high demand.

Tell Us What You Need

Short - Term Care

For getting a nanny, family assistant, household manager, or newborn care specialist working weeks to months (under a year), bridging a gap, handling a busy period, or trying out in-home help. You work with the same person throughout, not different people like occasional babysitting. We can employ them for you, or you can employ them directly.

Application Fee $250 | Returning Clients $175

What's Included (Both Employment Models)

  • Application fee: Starts your search
  • Set schedule: 16-hour per week minimum
  • Interview recommended candidates and do a trial day before committing
  • Same caregiver throughout the placement
  • Ongoing support: We're always available for questions

WE EMPLOY THEM FOR YOU (AGENCY-EMPLOYED)

  • Hourly Rate: $32-85 per hour based on role
  • Rate Includes:
    • Agency fee, payroll & taxes, insurance, and workers' comp
  • Additional Fees (When Applicable):
    • Transportation: IRS mileage rate + 2% admin fee if caregiver drives children in their car
    • Overtime: Time-and-a-half rates apply per state law
    • Federal holidays: Time-and-a-half of hourly rate

YOU EMPLOY THEM (FAMILY-EMPLOYED)

  • Agency Fee: 24% of total total compensation
  • Pay Range: $20-65 per hour depending on role, background, experience, and geographic location
  • What You Handle:
    • Your own payroll and taxes (we can recommend a payroll service)
    • Direct employment relationship with your caregiver
  • What We Provide:
    • Vetted candidates for you to interview
    • Hiring guidance and trial day coordination
    • Ongoing support and consultation
Tell Us What You Need

Long - Term Care

For getting a nanny, household manager, or family assistant, full-time or part time, who becomes part of your family for a year or more. They partner with you to help raise your children, manage your household, and become trusted members of your daily life. They are responsible for your children's daily care, development, and wellbeing, helping to create a stable, nurturing environment. You employ them directly. We handle the search, vetting, and hiring guidance, then stay available for ongoing support.

Application Fee $250 | Returning Clients $175

What's Included

  • Application fee: Starts your search
  • Payment options:
    • Pay in full: Full agency fee due at hire with a discount
    • Payment plan: 60% due at hire, 20% at day 30, 20% at day 90
  • Pay range: $20-65 per hour depending on role, background, experience, and geographic location
  • Benefits: You handle PTO, holiday pay and optional benefits like health care or use of a car

*Add 5% for a live-in nanny referral

Essential Tier

  • Fee 16%
  • Guarantee 90 days
  • Minimum: $3600

Premium Tier

  • Fee: 18%
  • Guarantee: 120 days
  • Minimum: $3850
  • Waived Annual Registration fee for babysitters, backup & temp care

Platinum Tier

  • Fee: 20%
  • Guarantee: 180 days
  • Minimum: $4010
  • Waived Annual Registration fee for babysitters, backup & temp care
  • Education & non-child-care employment verification
  • Up to 3 free days of backup care
Tell Us What You Need
  • We do all screening, interviewing, and reference checking in house
  • Screening includes criminal background, driving record, sex offender registry, social security trace, and state child abuse clearance
  • Through our interview process, all candidates pass the INA Basic Skills Assessment

Hundreds of Reasons to Choose Us

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Frequently Asked Questions

The best place to start is our Meet the Team page, where you can find the person you have already been working with. You can also reach the right person directly using the guide below:

Families
Current family with a short or long term nanny need? Need a a babysitter or temporary nanny? Brittany.Dierdorff@nannyagency.com
Screening service request or question? Shauna.Yarnell@nannyagency.com
Question about on-site event care? Jenna.Hamilton@nannyagency.com

Nannies
Elite Nanny Program nanny, currently employed by us? Josh.Spector@nannyagency.com
Elite Nanny Program nanny with a payroll or benefits question? Shauna.Yarnell@nannyagency.com
Nanny currently placed long term with a family client? Brittany.Dierdorff@nannyagency.com
Prospective or returning nanny looking for a position? Kathleen.Labieniec@nannyagency.com
On a job and experiencing an issue – long or short term? Brittany.Dierdorff@nannyagency.com
On a job and experiencing an issue – backup care or babysitting? Josh.Spector@nannyagency.com

Businesses
Question about backup care or corporate services? Jenna.Hamilton@nannyagency.com
Question about on-site- event care? Jenna.Hamilton@nannyagency.com

Leadership Team
Recruiting – Kathleen.Labieniec@nannyagency.com
Staffing – temps@nannyagency.com
Human Resources – Shauna.Yarnell@nannyagency.com
Business Development – Jenna.Hamilton@nannyagency.com
Operations & Vendors – Terri.Stark@nannyagency.com
Press – wsachs@nannyagency.com

We love talking on the phone! We prioritize answering every call that comes in.
Reach us at 610-645-6550 during the following hours:

General Office
Monday – Friday, 9am to 5:30pm ET
Recruiting Team
Monday – Friday, 9am – 7pm ET

Staffing Team
Monday – Friday, 6am to 9:30pm ET Saturday, 8am to 6:30pm ET Sunday, 8am to 9:30pm ET
If we are unavailable, please follow the voicemail menu and leave a message. All calls are returned within the same hours listed above for each team.

As quickly as possible, and we mean that. Whether you are a family trying to confirm care, a nanny who wants to know their job search is moving forward, or an employer building out a benefit program, we know you are not reaching out because you have time to wait. Inquiries are treated with urgency here.

We are not a 24/7 operation, so responses outside of business hours will reach you first thing the next business day. Within our operating hours, you can expect to hear from us promptly. See our contact FAQ for full hours.

Protecting your information is something we take concrete steps to ensure. We use industry-credentialed platforms with the highest security standards to manage sensitive data, including ADP for payroll processing and Keap/Thryv for client relationship management, etc.. These platforms are built with enterprise-level security protocols, and our system settings are configured to mask personal information so it is never exposed unnecessarily.

We are selective about every tool we bring into our operations and bake into our processes ways for individuals to have control over data input. Our work must embed trust with sensitive information.

If you have a specific question about how your data is handled, contact Terri Start, VP of Operations directly at terri.stark@nannyagency.com or view our Privacy Statement.

We service the major metropolitan areas and their suburbs from Connecticut down to Richmond, Virginia. We have nannies for hire and as our employees in these areas. We have job opportunities for nannies. And we can set up backup care programs and on-site event care in all of our service areas.
As we move from Connecticut south, it includes:

Connecticut – Hartford, New Haven, Stamford areas
New York – New York City – all 5 boroughs, New Jersey – outside of New York City, Albany, Schenectady
Pennsylvania – Philadelphia – about a 50 mile radius out of the city, New Jersey – outside of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh
Delaware – Wilmington, Newark
Maryland – Baltimore, outside of Washington D.C.
Virginia – Richmond, outside of Washington D.C.
Washington DC – the city and suburbs

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