I have been a nanny for six years in Canada and have almost completed an Early Childhood Education diploma. I am in the process of finding a nanny position here.
I am wondering what would is an acceptable hourly rate to charge for 4 kids (under the age of 7 years) in Switzerland?
Thank you!
For four kids, by yourself, without the chance to take breaks... permanent, full time... you should be paid more than that... 6000+
if you took an early childhood degree and worked in a Swiss kindergarten, you would certainly get more than 6000, for 42 weeks with the children, and 25 hours face-to-face teaching per week...
To be honest, unless you have an EU nationality to call on, you won’t get a job here. It’s strictly forbidden for nannies from 3rd countries to be hired directly by someone in Switzerland.
https://www.perfectway.ch/english/fo…s/information/
You could possibly try through an approved Swiss agency, that’s likely the only way you’d manage it.
Nope. From the link.
“Third countrie members can not be hired as a domestic helper/nanny, it is impossible to receive a permit. The only exceptions is for families that move to Switzerland and did have a domestic helper/nanny employed with them abroad.”
That said, I see the OP is hopefully getting a permit via marriage/family reunification so none of the above would apply since they’ll have a permit and live/work here.
It’s not a question of “if”, there’s a legal minimum that nannies have to be paid. Unfortunately PerfectWay have changed their website around so that info isn’t available any more, but it’s around the 5.5k-6k mark per month iirc. Would probably be more for multiple children.
https://nannyverein.ch/Dokumente_/Lo...li-20_copy.pdf
Without a specific qualification, without experience Francs per hour 19.50 - 23.00
Monthly salary 3‘800 - 4‘100 Without a specific qualification, with experience Francs per hour 23.00 - 26.00
Monthly salary 4‘100 - 4‘600 With a specific qualification, without experience Francs per hour 25.00 - 30.00
Monthly salary 4‘385 - 5‘500 With a specific qualification, with a great deal of experience Francs per hour 30.00 - 35.00
Monthly salary 5‘500 – 6‘500 Note that both the hourly and the monthly payments are specified as gross.
Vacation pay is due even to those paid on an hourly basis (naturally in proportion to the hours they work) and must be specified separately on the monthly pay-slip.
Monthly salaries are calculated for a 43-hour working week, with 4 weeks' vacation, and 12 monthly salaries.
Live in or out?
If the nanny lives in, and eats with the family or eats food supplied by the employer, then lodging and/or board are usually seens as part of her/his remuneration. According to that website, typically Fr. 990 per month. In other words, she would receive, paid out, her gross salary, minus deductions, minus this flat rate for board and lodging.
The following are listed in the table as qualifications: Kleinkinderzieherin . This is a professional qualification, to care for and educate small children . https://www.berufsberatung.ch/dyn/show/1900?id=7720
FaBe Kind . This is a Swiss 3-year apprenticeship , called "Fachangestellte für Betreuung" with a focus on children. It covers aspects of child-care, and the practical training is done, typically, in a creche or child-care centre, and must be supervised by a qualified trainer, while the apprentice also attends school for two days a week. https://www.berufsberatung.ch/dyn/show/1900?id=6196
Kindergärtnerin . This means pre-school teacher . https://www.berufsberatung.ch/dyn/show/4009?id=37203 or https://phzh.ch/de/Ausbildung/Studie...ssenlehrperson%20als%20Klassenlehrperson)
Spielgruppenleiterin . This is a leader of a play-group . 80 hours' theory, plus practicals, over a year. https://www.spielgruppe.ch/basis-spi...ausbildung.htm
SRK Nanny Lehrgang This is an 8-day course offered by the Swiss Red Cross, on the basics of being a nanny . https://www.srk-zuerich.ch/lehrgang-...SAAEgJOOvD_BwE
Grundausbilding Tagesmutte r plus 3 years' experience and 4 further education modules. Although anyone can become a day-mother , receiving children into their homes, a permit is needed above a certain number of children at once. Here is an initiative by the Schweizerischer Verband für Tagesfamilienorganisationen (Swiss day-family organisation) to try to standardise at least a basic training, of 18 hours, in 6 modules.
http://www.kjbe.ch/grundbildung-fur-tageseltern/
Apologies to those in the French- and Italian-speaking parts of Switzerland; that was just as much as I could look up.