8.12.2013

Dispatch from the service economy

Babysitter economics: Parents reel, sitters rake it in - Business - The Boston Globe

Wages for most US workers have stagnated, with the exception of one little-noted group: the American baby sitter.…

The [Boston] average is about $12 an hour — more than the average wage of health care aides or retail salespeople. Only San Francisco, New York, Washington, and Los Angeles have higher baby-sitting rates, according to a site for baby sitters, UrbanSitter.com.

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