Washington State Minimum Wage Increasing

Posted on November 16, 2023July 4, 2026 by Admin Team

If you live in Washington state, the minimum wage is increasing on January 1, 2024.

Working with a nanny? It’s important to make sure that you are paying your nanny at least minimum wage. This is especially important for families working within a nanny share.

Don’t live in Washington state but want to see if the minimum wage is increasing in your state? Often, changes to minimum wage laws take effect on January 1st. It’s simple! Head on over to Google and search for “(your state) minimum wage” to check.

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Childcare Pay Survey Results – December 2020

Posted on January 22, 2021December 23, 2021 by Admin Team

Over the past several years, we have asked our members and site visitors to complete childcare pay surveys to provide the parents, care providers, and agencies of the Puget Sound region a snapshot of the average pay for different child care scenarios (i.e. one child, two children, nanny shares, sitter, part-time, etc).

You can find the results of those past surveys by clicking here.

After deciding to place our pay rate surveys on hold for most of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are excited to announce the results of our December 2020 Childcare Pay Survey! A HUGE thank you to the over 700 people who took the survey!

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Sitter Pay Rate Survey for One Child – February 2020

Posted on February 20, 2020July 16, 2026 by Admin Team

In our ongoing quest to provide current and accurate information about child care pay rates in our region, it’s time to update our Sitter Pay Rate Survey for One Child!

We last surveyed our members about “babysitting” pay rates in January 2019. You can find the results of that survey here.

Today we present our February 2020 Sitter Pay Rate Survey for One Child!

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