New York City Has The Nation's Priciest Babysitters
New York City has the highest paid babysitters in the nation.
A new report from babysitter booking site UrbanSitter found that in NYC, the average babysitting rate for one child was $15.34 an hour. That's more than the national average for a babysitter, which is $14.97 per hour for one child, $17.12 for two children, and $18.27 for three children, according to UrbanSitter.
In Denver, which had the least expensive babysitters of the cities UrbanSitter looked at, sitters average $10.84 an hour for one child.
This means babysitting can be pretty lucrative, especially compared to other hourly gigs, like those in fast food, where the average hourly wage is $8.69.
UrbanSitter also polled 7,500 families across the country on their babysitting needs. The site found that more than a quarter of parents hire a babysitter at least once a week, 70% tip their sitter, and almost half of spend more than $1,000 on babysitter each year.
The map below shows the average babysitter prices for 10 major UrbanSitter markets, for one, two, and three children. UrbanSitter