Last week Park Slope Parents released the 2010 PSP Nanny Compensation Survey. The results are up on the PSP Website and it reveals some interesting changes since last time they conducted the survey (March 2008). Indeed, the economy has definitely had an impact on the neighborhood in terms of Nanny/Employer relationships.

The direct link is here: http://www.parkslopeparents.com/docs/NannySurvey2010.FINAL.pdf You can also access the the results through the PSP homepage, http://www.parkslopeparents.com.

Here are some highlights of the survey:

–The average pay for 1 child is $13.50 – $15 per hour and for 2 children $15 – $16.50 per hour.

–77% of those surveyed pay their nannies off the books.

–The economy has caused four in ten employers to make changes to their nanny/employer relationship.

–51% gave 2 weeks notice as severance pay, 30% gave 1 week pay, and 19% gave a higher amount.

–91% of employers give year end bonuses.

The folks at PSP contributed hours of hard, invaluable work on this very well presented survey. “While it may seem like a quick thing to make happen, there’s a lot of data cleaning, analyzing, re-analyzing, content analyzing, and over-analyzing that goes into putting this document out,” writes Susan Fox in an email.

The PSP Nanny Compensation Survey is based on data collected in October/November of 2009. Over 800 parents participated in the survey from the following groups: Park Slope Parents; Hudson River Park Mamas; BoCoCa and more!